Michael DeLano, the actor and singer who in the 1970s played a Los Angeles firefighter opposite James Drury on ABC’s Firehouse and the lounge singer Johnny Venture alongside Valerie Harper on CBS’ Rhoda, has died. He was 84.
DeLano had a heart attack and died Oct. 20 in a Las Vegas hospital, Jean Delano, his wife of 28 years and companion for 38, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A Vegas resident since 1992, the charismatic DeLano played a casino manager in the heist film Ocean’s Eleven (2001) and the sequel Ocean’s Twelve (2004) and sang standards as a regular performer at the old-school Dispensary Lounge on Tropicana Avenue until recently.
