Stage name Scicolone), Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky), and Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino), are four more well known examples of this trend. Similarly, retired veteran broadcaster Dave Roberts was born David T. Boreanaz but is known professionally as Dave Thomas and later Dave Roberts as ethnic surnames were discouraged when he first began his career during the 1950s; however, his son actor David Boreanaz chose not to adopt a stage name. The use of stage names for ethnic purposes may vary widely depending on the media market the personality is representing. For example, in Buffalo, New York, a city
Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914) has been the subject of two biographies: "Charles Hawtrey 1914–1988: The Man Who Was Private Widdle" (2002) by Roger Lewis and "Whatshisname: The Life and Death of Charles Hawtrey" (2010) by the broadcaster Wes Butters. BBC Radio 4 broadcast Butters's documentary, "Charles Hawtrey: That Funny Fella with the Glasses", in April 2010. John Lennon facetiously introduces the Beatles' recording of the song "Two of Us" as "'I Dig a Pygmy', by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids". Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914) George Frederick Joffre Hartree (30 November 1914 – 27 October 1988), known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English