David Hodo

David Hodo born Richard Davis Hodo July 7 1947 is an American dancersinger He is most well known as a member of the group Village People in which he was the construction worker character from 1978 to 1982 and from 1987 to 2013 Hodo was born in San Andreas California and was raised in Sacramento He graduated in 1969 from California State University Sacramento where he majored in speech and acted in several campus productions including Oh What a Lovely War Carnival and Richard III In 1972 he moved to New York making his Broadway debut in Doctor Jazz in 1975 Hodo appeared as a chorus member in numerous musicals including Salvation a touring company of Funny Girl in 1972 a Broadway revival of Pal Joey in 1976 and The Red BlueGrass Western Flyer Show at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1977 He was also a guest on Whats My Line as a roller skating fire eater Hodo joined the Village People in 1978 and was with the group during its most commercially successful era He appeared with the group in the 1980 musical film Cant Stop the Music and the accompanying promotional television special Magic Night which also featured Cher and Hugh Hefner He left the Village People in 1982 but returned to the group in 1987 remaining until 2013 when he retired Hodo has also appeared on numerous television programs including Married With Children The Love Boat and The Osbournes In 2002 he released a cover of My Sweet Lord originally recorded by George Harrison In 2008 he released an EP featuring the single The Kidsll Be Fine partially inspired by school shootings in the USA Source Article David Hodo from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30