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Mickey Hargitay
Mickey Hargitay with Jayne Mansfield
Birth name	Miklós Hargitay
Born	January 6, 1926(1926-01-06) Budapest, Hungary
Died	September 14, 2006(2006-09-14) Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse(s)	Mary Birge, Jayne Mansfield, Ellen Hargitay

Mickey Hargitay (January 6, 1926 – September 14, 2006) was an actor and Mr. Universe 1955. He was born Miklós Hargitay in Budapest, Hungary. He also is noted for his marriage to Jayne Mansfield, and as the father of actress Mariska Hargitay. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Jaynemansfield4. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 359 days (360 in leap years) remaining. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 359 days (360 in leap years) remaining. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Universe Championships is an annual bodybuilding event organised by the National Amateur Bodybuilders Association (NABBA). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933—29 June 1967) was an American actress and Playboy centerfold. ... Mariska[1] Magdolna Hargitay (born January 23, 1964) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actress best known for her role as Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. ...

Early life and sports career

Growing up in Hungary, he performed in an acrobatic act with his brothers. He also played soccer and became a champion speed skater.[1]An underground fighter during World War II, Hargitay fled Hungary after the war and moved to the United States. He settled in Cleveland, where he met and married his first wife, Mary Birge (with whom he also had an acrobatic act and one child, Tina, who was born in 1949), and worked as a plumber and carpenter. He was inspired to begin bodybuilding after seeing a magazine cover of Steve Reeves, famed for playing Hercules. He became NABBA Mr. Universe in 1955. After winning Mr. Universe, he joined Mae West's muscleman revue at New York's The Latin Quarter, where he met Jayne Mansfield. Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Speed skating, or long track speedskating, long track speed skating, is an Olympic sport where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Professional Bodybuilder Gustavo Badell posing Bodybuilding is the process of developing muscle fibres through the combination of weight training, sufficient caloric intake, and rest. ... Stephen L. Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 5, 2000), was a bodybuilder, actor, and author. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Heracles. ... The Universe Championships is an annual bodybuilding event organised by the National Amateur Body Building Association (NABBA). ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ...

Personal life

His first marriage was to Mary Birge. Together they had a daughter:

Tina Hargitay (1949—).

Hargitay and Mansfield married on January 13, 1958. In May 1963 in Juarez, Mexico they divorced. The divorce was ruled invalid, and the two reconciled in October 1963. After Mariska's birth, Jayne sued for the Juarez divorce to be declared legal and won: the divorce was recognised in the United States on August 26, 1964. They had three children: January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Ciudad Juárez (2000 population 1,142,354) is a city in Chihuahua, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, USA. It is the major port of entry and transportation center of north central Mexico and the fifth largest city... Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Ciudad Juárez (2000 population 1,142,354) is a city in Chihuahua, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, USA. It is the major port of entry and transportation center of north central Mexico and the fifth largest city... August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

Miklós Jeffrey Palmer Hargitay (21 December 1958—)

Zoltan Anthony Hargitay (1 August 1960—)

Mariska Magdolina Hargitay (called Maria, 24 January 1964—), who was born after Mansfield divorced Hargitay in May 1963. She is a 2005 Best Drama Actress Golden Globe award winner and a 2006 Outstanding Lead Drama Actress Emmy Award-winner for portraying Olivia Benson on the television show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Mickey Hargitay remodeled much of his and Mansfield's Beverly Hills mansion, "The Pink Palace", building its famous heart-shaped swimming pool. In November 2002, the house was razed by developers. Its previous owner had been Engelbert Humperdinck. Mariska[1] Magdolna Hargitay (born January 23, 1964) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American actress best known for her role as Detective Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... An Emmy Award. ... Detective Olivia Benson is a fictional character on the TV drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Mariska Hargitay. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

After Mansfield's death in a car crash on June 29, 1967, Hargitay sued her estate for over $275,000 to support the children; in their divorce decree, she had agreed to pay child support and to give him approximately $70,000 in cash and property. Hargitay married again in September 1967 to Ellen Siano, his wife until his death, who helped raise Miklós Jr., Zoltan, and Mariska. is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

Mickey Hargitay had a brother, Ede (the grandfather of actor Eddie Hargitay) and Mickey was Eddie Hargitay's godfather.

Show biz career

He acted in two of Mansfield's most notable films with her - The Loves of Hercules (1960) and Promises! Promises! (1963). From 1959 to 1961, Hargitay hosted a television exercise show. Hargitay appeared in an episode of his daughter Mariska's series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In the episode "Control", Hargitay played a man on a subway station escalator who witnesses the aftermath of a brutal assault. Mariska's character, Olivia Benson, is later seen interviewing him. He also starred as Travis Anderson in the Italian horror film Bloody Pit of Horror. There are two things which endear this movie to people: the mythology aspect and Jayne Mansfield, one of Hollywoods lost goddesses. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... Detective Olivia Benson is a fictional character on the TV drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Mariska Hargitay. ... Bloody Pit of Horror (Original Italian Title: Il Boia Scarlatto) is an Italian gothic horror movie from 1965 about an Italian castle owner who is possessed by an evil spirit of its sado-masochistic past when a group of models come to use his property for a special photo shoot. ...

Recognition

• He is the first recipient of the Joe Weider Lifetime Achievement Award.
• In May 2006, he received the Muscle Beach Hall of Fame Award from the Muscle Beach Historical Committee.
• He was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1982 TV-movie The Jayne Mansfield Story.

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Death

He died in Los Angeles on September 14, 2006, aged 80, from multiple myeloma. The Los Angeles Times noted in Hargitay's obituary: Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahlers disease after Otto Kahler) is a type of cancer of plasma cells which are immune system cells in bone marrow that produce antibodies. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ...

External links

• Mickey Hargitay at the Internet Movie Database
• "Actor Mickey Hargitay dies at 80", BBC, 2006-9-19. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. (in English) 
• Silverman, Stephen M.. "Mariska's Dad Mickey Hargitay Dies at 80", People Magazine, 2006-9-19. Retrieved on 2006-12-20. (in English)