Born in Avoca, Iowa and moved with his parents to Hollywood, California in the late 1940s, Richard Beymer acted in various films while attending North Hollywood High School. He enjoys making his own films and has a film used in a PBS series on the civil rights movement. By: Iowa-born Richard Beymer's most famous role may be as Tony in West Side Story (1961), but he had given good performances both before and since that film in his more than 50-year career. His debut was in Stazione ...[Read Story]