‘California starlets, -an acting
career, resplendent: with .a

‘studio office -and a pick of .

, pfime:TV_and movie scripts:

But Steve made-sure that his |
. -fantasy-. --would:’:.become -
* reality, arid.at:.18 he: set-sail: .

‘for the. promised | land—
7 ‘Tinseltown. USA” ae

HOW.IT’S)DONE. :_

“1 To make “it. in: Hollywood
- ‘these days, you have to|have
. guile, persistence and lots of

’ Jutk.. Steve: possessed’ all

three, ‘and ‘then: some: ‘He -

“bluffed ~ his «way

, = through
» Studio . gates, <

‘tricked

was" tte
producers’ who were now
chasing Steve, instead of the
other way around. He was
offered a substantial role in
‘The .Boys. From .Brazil,’
which - was being shot -in

‘Portugal. Steve accepted,

but. with one proviso—the
Studio had to send a tutor in
order to prepare him tor med
school. . Sure enough,

prestigious ~Cambridge

University.sent a tutor. ‘The °

Boys. From Brazil’ was a

received recognition and the
Offer to'do ‘Billy’ for CBS.

my i.

. Again Stéve began to work

- secretaries: into; false | ap-. .on’the series: ‘Billy,’ to an

pointments, ~and-. thrust
himself ‘before® a-~ casting

director who proiiptly tossed -

himoutonhisear,  —...

Undaunted, ‘Steve learned
how to. slip into every studio.
“in town and had the chutzpah
to set up his own office in an
unused portion df ‘a: studio
lot. Believe it. or.-net. Mr.
Guttenberg retumed to the
same __ casting: director's
office ‘and by sheer per-
serverance, he landed a role
in ‘Something For Joey’. +

Now the bail was rolling,
and after landing cameo
spots in several TV series
and a feature film, Steve
unceremoniously returned to
New - York, enrolling in
Albany State ‘University in

¢

extent; is the life ‘story of
- Steve -Guttenberg.
~ Rich, one of the original

John

‘producers .of ‘All in’ the
Family,’ adapted the stery of
‘Billy’ Liar,” a perpetual
dreamer living. between the
worlds of. Waiter . Mitty,
embroidering truths and
constructing larger-than-life
pretentions for. TV. At this

_moderate ‘hit.in’ which Steve.

writing ‘Billy’ is-struggling to

gain. credibility’ in . the ‘all-
important Nielsen. race, but
chances are the show will
continue in the fall, based on
the enormous performance
rendered by Guttenberg.

RECOLLECTION
The handsome 20-year

old who now is beginning to
realize his dreams, recalled,

a

Brian Kelth and Maureen O'Hara portray an estranged
married couple whose twin daughters scheme to
reunite them in the rebroadcast of THE PARENT
TRAP on NBC-TV's ‘The Wonderful World of Disney,’
Sunday, May 6.

4

. “twas and stilk.am avery
 -hard worker who wants to be.

successful very; very:badly. . -
. And “1 credit © my.’ current

‘and game shows and is now

“prepared,” he quipped.

ce en pat RAE NA yt a tl tne nt te cea tr Aenean dB tI NAA ONIN HE ES ARRON a OE HN TIE URE

success to: that..’want’ ‘and

“some.” good. -old.° Yiddish. ~

pe

Chutzpah.”. Steve feeis he;is - -

lucky to have. landed, this -

role: “I sit down and say, gee ~~

whiz, fm such a lucky kid, .
Guttenberg.” © 2

"And, he thinks that ‘Billy’ is .
something that TV :needs.

“Some of the stuff on TV-is

crap, and it’s been: done a
million times over and-over -
again. Look, everyone
fantasizes. t mean, let’s face
it, who doesn't’ fantasize
about walking ‘into -- a
restaurant and attracting the
sexy young waitress? In orie
particular episode of ‘Bilt,” |

arn delivering some food to. ~
. Suzanne Somers’ room and! ©

get to fall in love with her and
make-out with her_ l-mean,
hey, Suzanne Somers! 3 -:-

“Billy does crazy things.” °
Steve Guttenberg fantasized
that he'd be a Star, and _here !
am. Billy, though, is a little
more crazy than me.. Billy-is |
stuck working. in .a’ funeral |

parlor and wants out, so‘he. .

fantasizes. He's enjoying: it. -
‘and so am [, but ’m-not into ’

the Hollywood sceéerie yet. ;

I've got to keep my head on
straight," kibbitzed .Gut-
tenberg while assuming
control behind a publicist’s
desk at CBS in New York.

Steve’s brash approach to
Hollywood and his sub-
sequent meteoric rise has:
brought him the following
realities:

‘{a) Living out of his
bachelor pad in Westwood,
Calif., Guttenberg has a list
of ‘gorgeous’ women jam-
ming the telephone lines.

(b) He will be seen in a co-
starring role in ‘Players ,’ the
All MacGraw, Dino Martin Jr.
story of tennis hustting.

(c) He has made ap- |
pearances on various talk

choosing from a choice list of
TV and movie scripts.

Yet Steve is continuing his
dental school studies. “I've
still got four-and-a-half years
of dental school left, but in
show-business you never
know what's going to happen
next. So | want to be

Gee, | wonder if he’d be
willing to trade places with a
hard-working young reporter
who'd like to ... Oops, just
thinking out loud.

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