Gill Garci
- Actor
Gill was born in Sonoma, California, the youngest of three siblings. He
was raised in Napa, where he attended Lincoln elementary; and Ridgview
Jr high school. At the age of six he started boxing at The Napa boxing
Club under "NewsBoy" Joe Gavras who fought professionally in the 30s
and 40s in the San Francisco Bay area. After 75 fights and finishing
Junior high school, Gill moved to Nevada with his father where he
finished high school and continued boxing in Golden Gloves Tournaments.
In 1981 he joined the U.S. Army and while stationed in Ft Dix, New
Jersey, won the Army's super middleweight title.
After the Army Gill worked as a firefighter for BLM in Nevada and as a casino dealer in Las Vegas and other miscellaneous jobs before moving to Los Angeles in 1999. He joined The Company Rep, formerly Actors Ally, at the El Portel theater in NOHO under artistic director Hope Alexander. Gill was also accepted to The American National Academy Of Performing Arts under Dorothy Barrett who worked with Francis Lederer the founder in 1956. He was cast as Uncle Tanner for The Istanbul National Opera & Ballet's "East Side Story" at The Ford Ampitheatre in Los Angeles.
After the Army Gill worked as a firefighter for BLM in Nevada and as a casino dealer in Las Vegas and other miscellaneous jobs before moving to Los Angeles in 1999. He joined The Company Rep, formerly Actors Ally, at the El Portel theater in NOHO under artistic director Hope Alexander. Gill was also accepted to The American National Academy Of Performing Arts under Dorothy Barrett who worked with Francis Lederer the founder in 1956. He was cast as Uncle Tanner for The Istanbul National Opera & Ballet's "East Side Story" at The Ford Ampitheatre in Los Angeles.