Ed O'Ross

Ed O'Ross (born Edward Orss; July 5, 1949) is an American actor. Some of his prominent roles are as Itchy in Dick Tracy, Max Kale in Walker Texas Ranger, Colonel Perry in Universal Soldier, Lt. Touchdown in Full Metal Jacket, ruthless Georgian mobster Viktor Rostavili in Red Heat, police detective Cliff Willis in The Hidden, and for his role on the TV Shows ‘’Six Feet Under’’ (2001-2005) and Shark (2006-2008). Early life and education O'Ross was born Edward Orss on July 5, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , of Czechoslovak descent. He graduated from Munhall High School, where he was a star baseball player, in 1964. He subsequently attended Point Park College and Carnegie Tech (which became Carnegie Mellon University, where he studied with Ralph Lewando at Carnegie Tech. Prior to becoming an actor, O'Ross was a boxer, winning a Golden Gloves amateur championship in 1964. He was also a minor league baseball player. He even auditioned for two Major League Baseball teams (the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals) but was not selected.