" And no National Geographic photograph has led to a fascinating story about a TARP in spring sponge diver. Who dreamed of acting but he chose his family over fame. Tampa Tribune reporter Sherri Ackerman tells us how this Jack of all trades once starred opposite Marlon Brando and Robert Wagner."

" Like many Greek immigrants and -- and springs John Michael -- as was a sponge diver. But he dreamed of one day becoming a movie star even filming his own documentary about the sponge industry in 1939."

" On my dad always headed inches since cellmate CNN sixteen millimeter camera and he even climbed the tower of the water tower. This film they aerial scenes."

" Even distressed and San Antonio are for professional narrator and the collar -- it was a huge success at the -- guess not return is paid fifty cents to watch him. Morgan not as a Jack of all trades it was the start of a budding acting career."

" Well he's always had that inclinations. Two. Can -- he's seeing as a young man he was quite confident in high school he -- for a long time he spends time. And he was what event. And then he would go to chanting and sing on the radio to come back it would also do part time boxing news I think. And always wanted to --"

" Cannot as helped attract a production company to great town in 1947 to found sixteen fountains deep they called my -- in that movie. -- mean diving scenes and houses and apartments and Johnny in the movie. His sterling underwater diving scenes -- Hollywood -- Sitting director -- and went looking for the daring Greek casting cannot listen to mideast including A Streetcar Named Desire distances and look tonight. Because my father was clinical some things here. And and they hit it off and became very very good thing. Cannot as went on to act in more films including an eight to twelve mile reef also shot on location in carbon springs. Even take his wife and kids to Hollywood for sounding -- very hard living. His three children. Or my -- for the song the back of the car put merchandise back and we went out to California. They sold sponges to help pay for the trip I cannot -- is no life our family and my parents didn't want us. To grow up in the Hollywood atmosphere. A devoted husband and father of three -- has already have the role of a lifetime for news Channel 8 I'm Sherri Ackerman with the temperature began. That's when demand for your choice -- the and add it is."

" There are a few times to stop and go food wonder what if."

" I'm Marlon Brando as something that I don't know everything yeah."