Early Years
Rook was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, and attended high school in Nebraska and acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, California, with Natalie Wood, Nick Adams, and Sal Mineo in the 1950s before appearing in the Wild Bill Hickok television series. While attending acting classes he worked at Liberty Records before beginning his career in radio.
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