Raised in Lancaster, Ohio, Graf completed high school there before studying theatre at Otterbein College, graduating in 1972, and attended graduate school at Ohio State University before leaving in 1975 to pursue acting. He first appeared on television as a contestant on The $20,000 Pyramid in 1979 and soon secured small parts in series such as MASH, The Dukes of Hazzard, Airwolf and The A-Team. H…
