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 Coleman (actor) Charles Coleman (actor) Charles Pearce Coleman (December 22, 1885 – March 8, 1951) was an Australian-born American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Coleman began his film career in the 1915 silent film, "The Mummy and the Humming Bird", which was also the screen debut of Charles Cherry, a noted stage actor. In his over 200 performances in films, he would appear in over half of them as either a butler, doorman/concierge, valet, or waiter. The 1930s would see Coleman appear in such notable films as "Beyond Victory" (1931), starring Bill Boyd and James Gleason, the Wheeler