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Vito G. Scotti (January 26, 1918 – June 5, 1996) was a prominent American character actor of Italian descent, who played many roles, primarily from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s on Broadway, films and later television. He was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen appearances, in a career spanning 50 years. He was known for his resourceful portrayals of various ethnic types. Born of Italian heritage, he was seen playing everything from a Mexican bandit, to a Russian doctor, to a Japanese sailor.
Vito Giusto Scozzari was born in 1918 in San Francisco, California. His family spent the 1920s in Naples, Italy, where Scotti developed his gift for farce, modeled after the Commedia dell'arte, a symbolic style of the Italian theatre.
In 1925, after the Scozzari family had returned to the United States, his mother became a diva in New York City theatre circles. Scotti worked the night club circuit as a stand-up magician and pantomime. He made his debut on Broadway in Pinoccio, where he played a small role.
A brief glimpse of Froggy the Gremlin in action! The master of subliminal mind control. He just tells people destructive things and they DO it. Andy's Gang hero and icon. www.froggythegremlin.com
This seems to be a kind of copy of the AMC Pacer Commercial with the Sandwich being built inside the car......but hey, that's advertising.....everyone steal from everyone. Vito Scotti was in many films and TV shows and spent much of his career at Universal Studios. jake Holmes provides the vocal.
Japanese soldier on Gilligans Island part 1. Vito Scotti as Japanese soldier.
Vito Scotti plays a WWII Japanese sailor who is unaware that the War is not over. Ginger tries to charm him after he takes everyone captive.
A tribute to the brilliant Peter Falk and his most famous character's most famous catchphrases.
Life With Luigi, A live CBS Television show aired beginning on September 22, 1952, but was short-lived. Naish, Reed, Gilbert, and Shipp all portrayed their radio characters on the television show. Although it enjoyed high ratings, the show was pulled because of pressure from the Italian-American community. CBS tried to respond to advertisers' concerns by tinkering with the characters, the writing, and replacing Naish, Reed and Gilbert with Vito Scotti, Thomas Gomez, and Muriel Landers respectively, but the revised show was unsuccessful and was cancelled within weeks. Tonight's Episode: Citizenship Cast J. Carrol Naish ... Luigi Basco Jan Arvan Joseph Forte ... Horowitz Lud Gluskin ... Himself, Orchestra Leader Ken Peters ... Olson Alan Reed ... Pasquale Jody Gilbert Porter Hall Ha...
Episode No. 17: "The Case of the Missing Monkee" At a rest home, kidnapped Peter and an esteemed nuclear scientist face a mad scientist's insidious brain drain. Original Air Date: January 9, 1967 Musical Number: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" Cast: Mike Nesmith Micky Dolenz Peter Tork Davy Jones Guest cast: Bruno...................................................................Vincent Gardenia Schnitzler...............................................................Norbert Schiller Nurse............................................................................Nancy Fish Policeman.....................................................................Ivan Bonar Vito Scotti as Marcovitch
Classic clip from "Felix, The Calypso Singer" (season 2, episode 12 original airdate: Dec. 24, 1971). Oscar (Jack Klugman), Felix (Tony Randall) and Nancy (Joan Hotchkis) spend their vacation together in Jacaloma, a Caribbean tourist trap. Pepe: Vito Scotti, Monique: Barbara Colby, Jesse Skolnick: Jack Perkins. Directed by Jack Donahue and written by Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield.
the godfather best scene P.s: i love his cat
Zero to Sixty is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Don Weis. The film never received a theatrical release,but it was later reviewed by TV Guide, which called McGavin "fun to watch" in the film but noted the premise was brought to the screen six years later in a different film, Repo Man. Michael Nolan (McGavin) finds himself down on his luck following his divorce settlement, which has left him with nothing. During the repossession of his car he makes chase all the way to the auto repossession company. His persistence impresses the owner who hires him on the spot. Nolan is then teamed up with Larry, a 16-year-old experience repo agent. As Nolan settles into his new career he continually finds himself troubled by women, angry car owners and more. Cast: Darren McGavin.....Michael ...
Kraft Suspense Theatre Season 1, Kraft Suspense Theatre Season 1 Epsiode 20, S1, Ep20 26 Mar. 1964 Knight's Gambit In Majorca,Spain the U.S. Special . Season 1 episode 20 of the series, with Eleanor Parker, Roger Smith, Chester Morris, Murray Matheson, H.M. Wynant, Erika Peters, Vito Scotti, Louis Mercier, .
At a magic show with Timmy, Lassie becomes worried about the magician's disappearing pigeon, Cleo, so Lassie kidnaps the bird. Cleo is returned to the magician, but as he heads to his next performance in another town, he accidently drives off the road when he is distracted. Then it is Cleo and Lassie to the rescue! TRIVIA: (From Wikipedia:) Vito G. Scotti (January 26, 1918 – June 5, 1996) was a prominent American character actor of Italian descent, who played many roles, primarily from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s on Broadway, films and later television. He was known as a man of a thousand faces, for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen appearances, in a career spanning 50 years. He was known for his resourceful portrayals of various ethnic types. Born...
Halloween with the New Addams Family was a 1977 NBC television film. It stars John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Ken Weatherwax, and Felix Silla and was a reunion of sorts with the actors reprising their roles from the original 1960s series The Addams Family. Blossom Rock was ill at the time of the production (she would die in early 1978, shortly after this special aired) causing her role of Grandmama to be portrayed by Jane Rose. Veteran character actors Parley Baer and Vito Scotti, who both had recurring roles in the original series, also appeared in the movie. NOTE: This is a little known movie but is the best since they are the actors in the first series and come to celebrate a new hair halloween :) NOTA : Esta es una película poco conocida pero ...
Luci ed ombre degli Istituti Penitenziari minorili in Italia. Vito D'Ettorre ed Eugenia Scotti ne parlano a "Nel cuore dei giorni" insieme a padre Gaetano Greco, cappellano del carcere minorile di Casal del Marmo di Roma, Serenella Cesarin, direttore generale del ministero della giustizia e un giovane ex detenuto.
Alessandra Pelagatti, ospite di Vito D'Ettorre ed Eugenia Scotti nello spazio Azzurro di Nel cuore dei giorni, racconta la sua difficile giovinezza quando, consigliata dalla madre, decide di abortire per ben due volte fino ad entrare in una depressione che l'ha annientata completamente. Poi, finalmente, un viaggio fortuito ad Assisi, la Bibbia che le viene regalata, il desiderio di andare a Medjugorje e la vicinanza della Madonna, porteranno alla sua conversione e al perdono nei confronti di se stessa e della madre.
dedicato a piazzetta Betlemme di San Giovanni in Persiceto in provincia di Bologna e agli affreschi che la impreziosiscono dipinti da Gino Pellegrini. Scritto da Francesco Freyrie e diretto da Daniele Sala ha per protagonisti: Patrizio Roversi, Franca Scotti, Tita Ruggeri, Roberto Malandrino, Paolo Maria Veronica, Antonio Albanese e Vito. Bologna 1992
Tracii discusses the current state of L.A. Guns and his bandmates on Eddie Trunk.
Small clip from Gilligan's Island episode 31. The Japanese sailor was one of my favorites growing up. This scene is Ginger showing off her black belt Judo skills against the sailor.
Billy Squier sat down for two career-spanning interviews with New York DJ Eddie Trunk in 2010. During one of the interviews Squier opened up about what really happened with the now infamous 'Rock Me Tonite' video that ended his career in the spotlight. The entire interview can be heard here: Part 1 - http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=658&pid;=563107 Part 2 - http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=658&pid;=564963