While working as a U.S. Postal Service supervisor, Frankie Imbergamo of Medford wrote a cookbook and appeared on TV’s Food Network. Upon retiring after 32 years, he launched another career working in films as a featured background actor. He also appears in lead roles of an independent film, a web series and several TV commercials. 

Imbergamo’s longtime culinary skills bridged one career to another. He learned how to cook while raised in Boston’s North End, aka “Little Italy.” “I didn’t need to go to cooking school,” he noted. “I was brought up in a culinary atmosphere.”