02/07/2019 – Gary Cole – “Under the Eiffel Tower” Santa Monica Premiere – Arrivals – Laemmle Monica Film Center, 1332 2nd Street – Santa Monica, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos
Birth Name: Gary Michael Cole
Place of Birth: Park Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 20, 1956
Ethnicity: English, German, French-Canadian
Gary Cole is an American actor and voice actor. He is the son of Margaret J. “Peggy” (Grove), a director of finance, and Robert B. Cole, a school administrative assistant.
Gary’s maternal grandfather was Wilber/Willis Grove.
Gary’s maternal grandmother was Hazel B. Hartman (the daughter of Clyde Thomas Hartman and Neila/Neala/Nealia Cavanaugh/Cabana/Cabanaw). Clyde was the son of Thomas H. Hartman and Laura C. Neila was the daughter of Francis Xavier Cabanaw, who was French-Canadian, and Harriet Labadie, who was born in Michigan, to French-Canadian parents.
Sources: Obituary of Gary’s mother – https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=peggy-j-cole&pid=15302282
Gary’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4B6-75B
Death record of Gary’s maternal grandmother, Hazel B. Hartman – https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q234-QLQH
Genealogy of Gary’s maternal grandmother, Hazel B. Hartman (through her own brother, Lester H. Hartman) – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56281870/lester-h-hartman