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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 30, 1936
Place of Birth:
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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Tony Musante
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | FantastiCozzi | (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Ice | Mr. DeMartino |
| 2007 | We Own the Night | Cpt. Jack Shapiro |
| 2007 | Gladiator of Pompeii | |
| 2004 | Promessa d'amore | Amilcare |
| 2003 | La vita come viene | Professore |
| 2003 | Italian Kings Of B | Self |
| 2000 | A Kiss in the Dark | |
| 2000 | The Yards | Seymour Korman |
| 1999 | The Deep End of the Ocean | Angelo |
| 1998 | Exiled | Don Giancarlo Uzielli |
| 1997 | Deep Family Secrets | Lennox |
| 1985 | The Trap | Michael |
| 1985 | The Repenter | Ragusa |
| 1984 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | Pete |
| 1984 | Rearview Mirror | Vince Martino |
| 1983 | Spy Connection | Jurek Rudinski |
| 1980 | High Ice | Lt. Col. Harris Thatcher |
| 1979 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Sal Falcone |
| 1978 | Break Up | Paolo Naviase |
| 1978 | My Husband Is Missing | Derek Mackenzie |
| 1977 | Goodbye & Amen | John Dhannay |
| 1977 | Nowhere to Hide | Joey Faber |
| 1975 | Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley | Lt. William Calley |
| 1975 | The Desperate Miles | Joe Larkin |
| 1973 | Toma | Det. David Toma |
| 1972 | The Pisciotta Case | Francesco Scauri |
| 1971 | The Last Run | Paul Rickard |
| 1971 | The Grissom Gang | Eddie Hagan |
| 1970 | The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Sam Dalmas |
| 1970 | The Anonymous Venetian | Enrico |
| 1969 | Love Circle | Max |
| 1968 | The Detective | Felix Tesla |
| 1968 | The Mercenary | Paco Roman |
| 1967 | The Incident | Joe Ferrone |
| 1965 | Once a Thief | Cleveland 'Cleve' Shoenstein |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pupetta, Woman of Honor | Don Luigi Vitiello |
| 2004 | Traffic | Alex Edmonds |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | Frank Esposito |
| 1999 | The Seventh Scroll | Duraid Al Simma |
| 1997 | Oz | Nino Schibetta |
| 1993 | Acapulco H.E.A.T. | Rocco Santora |
| 1989 | Jesse Hawkes | |
| 1989 | Appointment in Trieste | Kirk Mesana |
| 1987 | Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | Vittorio |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | John Parker |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia | Michele Borello |
| 1975 | Medical Story | |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Charlie Harris |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1973 | Toma | Det. David Toma |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Billy Karnes |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Major DeGuisado |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Candle |