Tony Danza Net Worth

Tony Danza's Quotes

• I am looking forward to getting to do things I have never done before.
• Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!
• Hold back the tide. Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.
• We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you kids. It's all about you kids.
• I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them.

Interesting Facts about Tony Danza

1. Attended and graduated from Malverne Senior High School in Malverne, Nassau County, New York (1968).
2. Received his Bachelor's degree in history from the University of Dubuque (1972), which he attended on a wrestling scholarship.
3. He was actually behind the wheel of the taxicab that drives across the bridge during the opening credits of every episode of Taxi (1978).
4. Before he starred on Taxi (1978), he was a boxer and was still fighting professionally during the first few seasons.
5. In 1993 he broke his back skiing in Utah, and had plates, rods, and screws in his spine. He lost his house in the Northridge earthquake on January 17, 1994.
6. Was named as "King of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival (1999).
7. Wrote to the late Tupac Shakur while he was in prison. The two later became friends.
8. Tony Micelli, Danza's character on Who's the Boss? (1984), was ranked #23 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
9. Tony's son, Marc Anthony Danza, appeared on two episodes of Taxi (1978) portraying a foster child that Tony wanted to adopt.
10. Made his professional boxing debut on August 3, 1976 by knocking out Earl Harris in the first round.
11. Danza scored first-round knockouts over Earl Harris, Joe Marcetti, Ralph Garcia, Ray Bryant, Tony Rodriguez, Billy Perez, and Max Hord.
12. On May 9, 2005, he escaped a serious injury when the mini stock-car he was driving flipped over and he wasn't wearing a helmet.
13. His character Tony Banta on Taxi (1978) was originally named Phil Banta, but the producers changed it to his real-life name thinking that the inexperienced actor wouldn't respond to the name Phil.
14. The metal rock band The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza was named after the actor.
15. Became a grandfather for the first time on August 27, 2005 when his son Marc Anthony Danza and daughter-in-law Julie, both 34, welcomed son Nicholas David.
16. Has an Italian-Canadian cousin named Daniel Gianotti.
17. Retired from boxing following his third-round knockout victory over Johnny Heard on May 5, 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona.
18. On September 9, 1977, he was knocked down by Ralph "Rocky" Garcia, but climbed off the canvas to knock out Garcia in the first round.
19. He lost three fights as a professional boxer: a first-round knockout to John LoCicero on October 1, 1976, a four-round decision to Barry Hill on April 21, 1977, and a first-round knockout loss to Morris Watkins on November 11, 1977.
20. As a professional boxer, he fought in Brooklyn, New York City, Long Island, Nanuet, White Plains, and Phoenix.