ACTOR
Daniel Truhitte
10 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
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- #001
Coincidentally, the names of his first wife's parents were Rolf and Liesl.
- #002
After filming The Sound of Music (1965), he joined the United States Marine Corps and served his country.
- #003
He met his first wife, Gabriele, in Austria during the on-location shooting of The Sound of Music (1965). Gabriele was Charmian Carr's Austrian stand-in.
- #004
He was initially turned down for the role of Rolf because his hair was brown. After his manager called and asked for another audition, he won the part and impressed the producers with his rendition of "Sixteen Going On Seventeen."
- #005
He played Captain Von Trapp in a local town production of The Sound of Music at the Old Courthouse Theatre in Concord, North Carolina, with his naturally brown hair, looking very different from how he appeared in the film. The event was covered on the television series Entertainment Tonight (1981) in September 1993.
- #006
His son, Thomas Rolf Truhitte, is a famous opera tenor.
- #007
He toured with Juliet Prowse as her lead singer and dance partner and portrayed Gene Kelly in the MGM Grand's "Hallelujah Hollywood" production.
- #008
He has 3 sons from his previous 2 marriages.
- #009
He lives in North Carolina.
- #010
He performed with Juliet Prowse, Tab Hunter and Celeste Holm.
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