[net.movies] The Acting Estevez Family

leeper@ahutb.UUCP (leeper) (03/02/85)

There have been some questions on the net if Emilio Estevez is related
to Martin Sheen.  Actually he is one of three sons of an actor named
Ramon Estevez.  Ramon was one of three sons of a Spanish immigrant
father and an Irish mother.  He became an actor and when the time
came to choose a stage name he chose to use his mother's family name
and called himself Martin Sheen.  The three acting sons are Emilio
Estevez (REPO MAN, BREAKFAST CLUB), Ramon Estevez (Jr. ?) who does
mostly theater, and Charlie Sheen (RED DAWN).

				Mark Leeper
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wjr@x.UUCP (Bill Richard) (03/12/85)

> Ramon Estevez.  Ramon was one of three sons of a Spanish immigrant
> father and an Irish mother.  He became an actor and when the time
> came to choose a stage name he chose to use his mother's family name
> and called himself Martin Sheen. ...
> 
> 				Mark Leeper

	Funny, I seem to remember him saying on a talk show a few
years ago that he chose his stage name because of his admiration for
Martin Luther King Jr. and Bishop Fulton Sheen.
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leeper@ahutb.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (03/14/85)

REFERENCES:  <506@ahutb.UUCP>, <425@x.UUCP>

 >Funny, I seem to remember [Martin Sheen] saying on a talk show
 >a few years ago that he chose his stage name because of his
 >admiration for Martin Luther King Jr.  and Bishop Fulton
 >Sheen.

Sorry, the "family name" part of my response was hearsay evidence,
probably based on the fact that his mother was Irish.  I cannot produce
my source so I would like to retract that part of the statement.

				Mark Leeper
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