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'A Nightmare on Elm Street' actor's dreams nearly came true in Michigan

Englund was raised in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, and he had a childhood friend whose yard backed up to the lot at RKO Pictures, where he'd peer through the chain link fence and watch crews do pickup shots for cowboy movies. He studied acting at California State University, Northridge and he auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, but the draft complicated his ability to leave the country and he wasn't sure what his next move was.

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