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
Jack Charles (actor) of his tribe in Melbourne. He later commented, half-jokingly, that his cat burglary endeavours in luxury districts such as Kew, Melbourne, were rent-collecting missions on Aboriginal land. Charles told Doogue he took up drugs because he found he was a "bad drinker" but that, having given them up after being embarrassed at what he saw of himself in the 2008 documentary, "Bastardy", he had never looked back. Charles received a Lifetime Achievement award from Victoria's Green Room Awards in April 2014, the first Indigenous recipient. Jack Charles (actor) Jack Charles (born 5 September 1943) is an Australian Aboriginal actor, musician,