Daniel Truhitte

Daniel Lee Truhitte (born September 10, 1943 in Sacramento, California)[1] is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Rolfe Gruber, the young Austrian telegraph delivery boy in the The Sound of Music (1965). Truhitte is a singer, actor, dancer, and performance teacher.

Daniel Truhitte
Born (1943-09-10) September 10, 1943
Sacramento, California
Years active1965-present
Spouse(s)Gabriele E Hennig (1966-?) (divorced)
Mary Michelle Miller (1987-?) (divorced)
Tarealia Haney (1992-present)
Children3

Career

Daniel Truhitte began dance training at the age of 6 and began taking voice lessons at the age of 10. When he was 15 years old, he received a scholarship to The Sacramento Ballet. After high school, Truhitte received a scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse. He also attended Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. After filming The Sound of Music, he joined the Marine Corps. In 1989, Truhitte moved to Weddington, North Carolina, and then finally to Concord, North Carolina, and began teaching young performers. He appeared in an episode of Entertainment Tonight titled "A Day in the Life of Dan Truhitte" on September 10, 1993, after The Old Courthouse Theatre of Concord, North Carolina asked him to play Captain Von Trapp in their production of The Sound of Music. Truhitte portrayed Captain von Trapp once again in the Hudson, North Carolina Dinner Theatre Production of The Sound of Music in October 2013.[2]

Personal Life

Truhitte married his co-star Charmian Carr’s understudy, German actress Gabrielle Hennig, in 1966. They dated whilst filming The Sound of Music and married 2 years later. The marriage ended in divorce. He married Mary Miller in 1987, which also ended in divorce. He later married Tarealia Hanney in 1992.

Truhitte has 3 sons, one of which is opera singer Thomas Rolf Truhitte.[3]

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gollark: If you instantaneously destroy universe A somehow after operating the drive, then everyone will always be in the "good" universe B where its users don't cease to exist suddenly.
gollark: So the drive can be seen as splitting the universe into two. One of the resulting universes ("A") has the drive's users removed. One of them ("B") has the drive's users in a different place.
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References
  1. "Sound Of Music Interactive - Daniel Truhitte". www.sound-of-music-interactive.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. "After 50 years, Dan Truhitte still hears 'The Sound of Music'". Salisbury Post. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  3. "Sound Of Music Interactive - Daniel Truhitte". www.sound-of-music-interactive.com. Retrieved 2020-07-28.


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