Dennis Parlato (born March 30, 1947, in Los Angeles) is an American dancer, actor, and singer.
[1][2] Parlato taught high school English in San Francisco before realizing he wanted to perform.
He went to the Nederlands Dans Theater, a premier theatre company that, unbeknownst to him, was putting on a ballet of Carmina Burana.
[4] His fiancée at the time Maggie Caponio had a scholarship to the New York City Ballet and he decided to go with her.
[3] Parlato is probably best known for his work in soap operas where he played Barton Crane on All My Children, Michael Grande on One Life to Live, Clay Alden on Loving and Roger Thorpe on Guiding Light.