Herbie J. Pilato

Herbie J Pilato was born October 9th to Herbie Pompeii and Frances Mary Turri Pilato in Rochester, New York on Erie Street across from where now stands the city's famous Frontier Field, home of the popular Rochester Red Wings baseball team. An entertainment enthusiast his entire life, Herbie J starting dancing to Chubby Checker's The Twist when he was all but three years old and made his theatrical stage debut at 6 playing Judas in an elementary school production of The Last Supper (at Rochester's esteemed Peter and Paul's School). From there Herbie J appeared in other school productions of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (as Snoopy) and The Story of Santa Claus (Rudolph). After graduating from Aquinas Insitute of Rochester, he received a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Nazareth College of Pittsford, New York, and studied in TV and Film at U.C.L.A. Herbie J later returned to the stage with lead roles in productions such as Leonard Melfi's Birdbath, Christopher Fry's A Phoenix Too Frequent