


Joseph Gary Kaufmann - Actor
"Michael Corleone" Heavy Traffic 1973
Nicknames - Joey , Skip , Skippy
Green Beret Vietnam
Acting Career 1970-1973
1970 "Wild Women"
1970 "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (Uncredited)
1971 "Jud"
1971 "Johnny Got His Gun"
1971 "Private Duty Nurses"
1971 "Brute Corps"
1973 "Heavy Traffic"
and various TV series

Joseph "Skippy" Gary Kaufmann / Born 1943 - Cook County Illinois / Death 1973 - "Plane Crash"
Green Beret Vietnam Discharged 1968 / Hollywood career - 1970 - 1973
Chicago - 2521 W. Winona St - Kaufmann Clan (Joey 3rd Floor). - Skip attended Transfiguration Elementary School (Wauconda, IL) , along with his older brother Bobby and Thomas Considine. Lane Tech High School on Addison. No College / Played in a music band. Fast forward to 1968 and Skip was discharged from the Army and went to Hollywood to be an actor. In 1973, he disappeared in a plane crash, along with several others, returning from Mexico. But, his family wasn't notified of his death in a plane crash until years later. His body was claimed and sent to Rockford, Illinois for burial by Fr. Thomas Considine, now a priest of that Diocese. Burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Note: You will find Father Considine's name in the Anderson Report.
A forthcoming book will tell the rest of the story if the CIA and/or Vatican don't block it's release. It has now been 3 years and it's highly unlikely and story will ever be published.
Skip's Hollywood Friend Cynthia Hull












Image above - Skip's Uncle Charles. This photo was sent to Vic a few years ago for an article. Full article HERE

