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Nicholas Colasanto is a Actor American born on 19 january 1924 at Providence (USA)

Nicholas Colasanto

Nicholas Colasanto
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 january 1924 at Providence (USA)
Death 12 february 1985 (at 61 years)

Nicholas Colasanto (January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985) was an American actor and television director, known for his role Coach Ernie Pantusso in the American sitcom Cheers. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in the 1950s. During his career as a sought after actor and television director throughout his lifetime, he was diagnosed with heart disease in the mid-1970s. By 1984 his worsening symptoms forced him to stop working on Cheers, and he filmed his last full episode in November 1984. He died of a heart attack at his home on February 12, 1985, at age 61.

Biography

Nicholas Colasanto étudie notamment à l'American Academy of Dramatic Arts de New York et contribue comme acteur au cinéma à cinq longs métrages américains, le premier étant Piège à San Francisco de Józef Lejtes (1968, avec Jack Lord et Shirley Knight).

Suivent notamment La Dernière Chance de John Huston (1972, avec Stacy Keach et Jeff Bridges), Complot de famille d'Alfred Hitchcock (1976, avec Karen Black et Bruce Dern) et Raging Bull de Martin Scorsese (son ultime long métrage, 1980, avec Robert De Niro et Cathy Moriarty).

Il apparaît pour la dernière fois au grand écran dans le court métrage The Haircut de Tamar Simon Hoffs (1982, avec John Cassavetes).

Actif principalement à la télévision américaine, il est acteur à partir de 1959 dans vingt-huit séries, dont Match contre la vie (six épisodes, 1965-1967), Les Rues de San Francisco (un épisode, 1973) et surtout Cheers (soixante-dix épisodes, 1982-1985, dans le rôle récurrent du barman Ernie « Coach » Pantusso).

Il joue également dans quatre téléfilms, dont The Return of the World's Greatest Detective de Dean Hargrove (1976, avec Larry Hagman).

Toujours pour la télévision américaine, Nicholas Colasanto est par ailleurs réalisateur sur trente séries entre 1966 et 1981, dont Match contre la vie (sept épisodes, 1966-1967) et Les Rues de San Francisco (un épisode, 1975) précitées, ainsi que Columbo (deux épisodes, 1972-1974).

Confronté à un alcoolisme chronique, il meurt prématurément des suites d'une crise cardiaque en 1985, à 61 ans (moins de trois mois avant la diffusion de son dernier épisode de Cheers).

Best films

Raging Bull (1980)
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Filmography of Nicholas Colasanto (9 films)

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Actor

The Haircut, 22minutes
Directed by Tamar Simon_Hoffs
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors John Cassavetes, Joyce Bulifant, Nicholas Colasanto, Meshach Taylor, Susanna Hoffs
Roles Bobby Russo (Barber)
Rating71% 3.581623.581623.581623.581623.58162
Raging Bull, 2h9
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Films about immigration, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana
Roles Tommy Como
Rating80% 4.048884.048884.048884.048884.04888
In a brief scene in 1964, an aging, overweight Italian American, Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro), practices a comedy routine. The rest of the film then occurs in flashback. In 1941, LaMotta is in a major boxing match against Jimmy Reeves, where he received his first loss. Jake's brother Joey LaMotta (Joe Pesci) discusses a potential shot for the middleweight title with one of his Mafia connections, Salvy Batts (Frank Vincent). Some time thereafter, Jake spots a 15-year-old girl named Vickie (Cathy Moriarty) at an open-air swimming pool in his Bronx neighborhood. He eventually pursues a relationship with her, even though he is already married. In 1943, Jake defeats Sugar Ray Robinson, and has a rematch three weeks later. Despite the fact that Jake dominates Robinson during the bout, the judges surprisingly rule in favor of Robinson and Joey feels Robinson won only because he was enlisting into the US Army the following week. By 1947, Jake marries Vickie.
Family Plot, 2h
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Kazanjian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ed Lauter
Roles Victor Constantine
Rating67% 3.3988953.3988953.3988953.3988953.398895
A fake psychic, Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris), and her boyfriend, George Lumley (Bruce Dern), attempt to locate the nephew of a wealthy and guilt-ridden elderly woman, Julia Rainbird (Cathleen Nesbitt). Julia's deceased sister gave the baby boy up for adoption, but Julia now wants to make him her heir, and will pay Blanche $10,000 if the heir, Edward Shoebridge, can be found. George Lumley discovers that Shoebridge is thought to be dead, but he tracks down another criminal, Joseph Maloney (Ed Lauter), who paid for the tombstone over an empty grave.
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective, 1h14
Directed by Dean Hargrove
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films
Actors Larry Hagman, Jenny O'Hara, Nicholas Colasanto, Woodrow Parfrey, Ivor Francis, Ron Silver
Roles Lieutenant Nick Tinker
Rating64% 3.2313153.2313153.2313153.2313153.231315
Sherman Holmes, un motard du LAPD a été blessé à la tête quand sa moto lui est tombé dessus alors qu'il était en train de lire les œuvres complètes de Sherlock Holmes. Lorsqu'il se réveille du coma, il se prend pour Sherlock Holmes au point de se vêtir comme lui, et il semble aussi avoir acquis un grand esprit de déduction. Le docteur Joan Watson, la psychiatre qui doit l'aider, va être entraînée par lui dans la résolution d'affaires criminelles impliquant un juge...
Fat City
Fat City (1972)
, 1h40
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto, Al Silvani
Roles Ruben
Rating72% 3.647563.647563.647563.647563.64756
Billy Tully (Keach), a boxer past his prime, goes to a Stockton, California gym to get back into shape and spars with Ernie Munger (Bridges), an eighteen-year-old he meets there. Seeing potential in the youngster, Tully suggests that Munger look up his former manager and trainer, Ruben (Nicholas Colasanto). Tully later tells combative barfly Oma (Tyrrell) and her easygoing boyfriend Earl (Curtis Cokes) how impressed he is with the kid. Newly inspired, Tully decides to get back into boxing himself.
The Counterfeit Killer, 1h35
Directed by Józef Lejtes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Lord, Shirley Knight, Jack Weston, Charles Drake, Joseph Wiseman, Don Hanmer
Roles Plainclothesman
Rating48% 2.4498652.4498652.4498652.4498652.449865
À San Francisco, des clandestins fraîchement débarqués sont retrouvés assassinés. Le gouvernement américain décide d'envoyer sur place l'agent Don Owens avec mission d'infiltrer une bande de mafieux, commanditaires des meurtres, sous le nom de Jack Smitty...
Fame Is the Name of the Game, 1h40
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Robert Duvall, Jack Klugman, Anthony Franciosa, Jill St John, George Macready, Jack Weston
Roles Detective
Rating73% 3.69163.69163.69163.69163.6916
An investigative reporter looks into the murder of a call girl. His investigation unearths her diary, with the names of many prominent people in it. He sets out to find her killer from among the names contained in the diary.