Tony Musante
Born: 1936-06-30 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Died: 2013-11-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tony Musante (1936-2013) was an American actor. Born Anthony Peter Musante, Jr. in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Natalie Anne (née Salerno), a school teacher, and Anthony Peter Musante, an accountant, Musante attended Oberlin College and Northwestern University. Musante acted in numerous feature films, in the United States and elsewhere, including Italy. Among his body of work are the television series Toma (predecessor to Baretta) and the soap opera As The World Turns, and the 1975 Broadway play, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work in a 1975 episode of Medical Center, A Quality of Mercy. Musante also played Antonio "Nino" Schibetta, a feared Mafia boss and the Italian gang leader inside of Emerald City during the first season of the HBO critically acclaimed television series Oz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Musante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2016
- FantastiCozzi as (archive footage)
2013
- Ice as Mr. DeMartino
- Pupetta, Woman of Honor as Don Luigi Vitiello
2007
- We Own the Night as Jack Shapiro
- Gladiator of Pompeii as Alpio
2004
- Traffic as Alex Edmonds
- Promessa d'amore as Amilcare
2003
- Life as It Is as Professore
- Italian Kings Of B as Self
2001
- 100 Centre Street as Frank Esposito
2000
- The Yards as Seymour Korman
- A Kiss in the Dark
1999
- The Deep End of the Ocean as Angelo
- The Seventh Scroll as Duraid Al Simma
1998
- Exiled as Don Giancarlo Uzielli
1997
- Oz as Nino Schibetta
- Deep Family Secrets as Lennox
1993
- Acapulco H.E.A.T. as Rocco Santora
1989
- Jesse Hawkes
- Appointment in Trieste as Kirk Mesana
1987
- Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder as Vittorio
1985
- The Equalizer as John Parker
- The Trap as Michael
- The Repenter as Ragusa
1984
- The Pope of Greenwich Village as Pete
- Rearview Mirror as Vince Martino
1983
- Spy Connection as Jurek Rudinski
1980
- High Ice as Lt. Col. Harris Thatcher
1979
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do as Sal Falcone
1978
- My Husband Is Missing as Derek Mackenzie
- Break Up as Paolo Naviase
1977
- Goodbye & Amen as John Dannahay
- Nowhere to Hide as Joey Faber
1976
- Origins of the Mafia as Michele Borello
1975
- Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley as Lt. William Calley
- The Desperate Miles as Joe Larkin
- Medical Story
1974
- The Rockford Files as Charlie Harris
1973
- Police Story
- Toma as Det. David Toma
- Toma as Det. David Toma
1972
- The Pisciotta Case as Francesco Scauri
1971
- The Last Run as Paul Rickard
- The Grissom Gang as Eddie Hagan
1970
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage as Sam Dalmas
- The Anonymous Venetian as Enrico
1969
- Love Circle as Max
1968
- The Detective as Felix Tesla
- The Mercenary as Paco Roman
1967
- The Incident as Joe Ferrone
1965
- Once a Thief as Cleveland 'Cleve' Shoenstein
1963
- The Fugitive as Billy Karnes
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Major DeGuisado
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Candle