"Ty" came from "Typhoon"--a childhood nickname, which was much more pleasing than his given first and middle names of Orison Whipple, and ultimately much more marketable as a Hollywood actor/idol's name too.
"Ty" came from "Typhoon"--a childhood nickname, which was much more pleasing than his given first and middle names of Orison Whipple, and ultimately much more marketable as a Hollywood actor/idol's name too.