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Tony Musante

Born · June 30, 1936

Died · November 26, 2013 (77 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Bio

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.

Known for

We Own the Night

We Own the Night

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Oz

The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean

FantastiCozzi

(archive footage)

2016

Pupetta, Woman of Honor

Don Luigi Vitiello · (4 episodes)

2013

Ice

Mr. DeMartino

2013

We Own the Night

Cpt. Jack Shapiro

2007

Gladiator of Pompeii

2007

Traffic

Alex Edmonds · (3 episodes)

2004

Promessa d'amore

Amilcare

2004

La vita come viene

Professore

2003

Italian Kings Of B

Self

2003

100 Centre Street

Frank Esposito · (1 episode)

2001

A Kiss in the Dark

2000

The Yards

Seymour Korman

2000

The Seventh Scroll

Duraid Al Simma · (2 episodes)

1999

The Deep End of the Ocean

Angelo

1999

Exiled

Don Giancarlo Uzielli

1998

Oz

Nino Schibetta · (6 episodes)

1997

Deep Family Secrets

Lennox

1997

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Rocco Santora · (1 episode)

1993

Appointment in Trieste

Kirk Mesana · (3 episodes)

1989

Jesse Hawkes

(1 episode)

1989

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

Vittorio · (3 episodes)

1987

The Repenter

Ragusa

1985

The Equalizer

John Parker · (1 episode)

1985

The Trap

Michael

1985

Rearview Mirror

Vince Martino

1984

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Pete

1984

Spy Connection

Jurek Rudinski

1983

High Ice

Lt. Col. Harris Thatcher

1980

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Sal Falcone

1979

My Husband Is Missing

Derek Mackenzie

1978

Break Up

Paolo Naviase

1978

Goodbye & Amen

John Dhannay

1977

Nowhere to Hide

Joey Faber

1977

Origins of the Mafia

Michele Borello · (5 episodes)

1976

Medical Story

(2 episodes)

1975

The Desperate Miles

Joe Larkin

1975

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

Lt. William Calley

1975

The Rockford Files

Charlie Harris · (1 episode)

1974

Toma

Det. David Toma

1973

Toma

Det. David Toma · (22 episodes)

1973

Police Story

(3 episodes)

1973

The Pisciotta Case

Francesco Scauri

1972

The Last Run

Paul Rickard

1971

The Grissom Gang

Eddie Hagan

1971

The Anonymous Venetian

Enrico

1970

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Sam Dalmas

1970

Love Circle

Max

1969

The Mercenary

Paco Roman

1968

The Detective

Felix Tesla

1968

The Incident

Joe Ferrone

1967

Once a Thief

Cleveland 'Cleve' Shoenstein

1965

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Major DeGuisado · (1 episode)

1963

The Fugitive

Billy Karnes · (1 episode)

1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Candle · (1 episode)

1962