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Tony Musante

Acting Born Jun 30, 1936 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA 24 credits

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

The Fugitive

as Billy Karnes

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Candle

The Equalizer

as John Parker

Oz

as Nino Schibetta
Film

Mission: Impossible

as Charlie Harris
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Major DeGuisado

100 Centre Street

as Frank Esposito
Film

The Yards

as Seymour Korman
Film

The Deep End of the Ocean

as Angelo

Full filmography

  • The Fugitive (1963) as Billy Karnes
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Candle
  • The Equalizer (1985) as John Parker
  • Oz (1997) as Nino Schibetta
  • The Rockford Files (1974) as Charlie Harris
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Major DeGuisado
  • Police Story (1973)
  • Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993) as Rocco Santora
  • 100 Centre Street (2001) as Frank Esposito
  • Medical Story (1975) as Dr. Paul Brandon
  • Medical Story (1975) as Dr. Hoffman
  • Toma (1973) as Det. David Toma
  • We Own the Night (2007) as Jack Shapiro
  • Traffic (2004) as Alex Edmonds
  • The Yards (2000) as Seymour Korman
  • The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) as Angelo
  • Origins of the Mafia (1976) as Michele Borello
  • Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987) as Vittorio
  • The Grissom Gang (1971) as Eddie Hagan
  • The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) as Sam Dalmas
  • The Seventh Scroll (1999) as Duraid Al Simma
  • The Mercenary (1968) as Paco Roman
  • The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) as Pete
  • Jesse Hawkes (1989)