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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIFE OF ANTHONY "TONY" MOCKUS, SR.
WHEREAS, WHEREAS, Anthony, "Tony" Mockus, Sr. was a Chicago actor and director of considerable note. His career spanned decades and included appearances on stage, screen, and television. He worked with countless great performers including Henry Fonda, Elizabeth Montgomery, Cloris Leachman, Robert De Niro, and Kevin Costner. He died on April 1, 2011; and
WHEREAS, Tony was born in St. Anthony's Hospital on St. Anthony's Feast Day. His family belonged to St. Anthony's Parish. This led to a lifelong devotion to St. Anthony. He attended St. Ignatius High School. His acting career began in high school when he joined the Summer Stock at Lake Geneva during the summer breaks. He was awarded a 4-year scholarship to Fordham University in New York but went to Loyola so that he could remain in Chicago to care for his mother Veronica Mockus and grandmother. He performed with the Uptown Players and was accepted for a role in the traveling Broadway show Mr. Roberts when he was18 years old; and
WHEREAS, Tony was a devout Catholic his entire life. His faith was reinforced when, while serving in the U.S. military in Korea, he was seriously injured while attempting to disarm an exposed mine. He required multiple operations to remove the shrapnel, and to repair aneurisms resulting from the shrapnel injuries. After his service in the military and the recovery from his injury, he was accepted back into the cast of Mr. Roberts. He moved for a time to New York where he was represented by the Maynard Morris agency through which much of his television work came; and
WHEREAS, Tony returned to Chicago and met his wife, Mary Lou (nee Buckley) while performing with the ensemble company at the Studebaker Theater. They were married in 1958 and raised their two children, actor Tony, Jr. and Judy (Bill) Hooper, in Evanston, Illinois. In addition to his wife and children, he is survived by his five grandchildren, Maximil...
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