Portrait of Tony Musante

Tony Musante

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Musante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: June 30, 1936

Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Filmography

2016
FantastiCozzi

as (archive footage)

2013
Pupetta, Woman of Honor

as Don Luigi Vitiello

2013
Ice

as Mr. DeMartino

2007
We Own the Night

as Cpt. Jack Shapiro

2004
Traffic

as Alex Edmonds

2004
Promessa d'amore

as Amilcare

2003
Life as It Is

as Professore

2001
100 Centre Street

as Frank Esposito

2000
The Yards

as Seymour Korman

1999
The Seventh Scroll

as Duraid Al Simma

1998
Exiled

as Don Giancarlo Uzielli

1997
Oz

as Nino Schibetta

1997
1993
Acapulco H.E.A.T.

as Rocco Santora

1985
The Repenter

as Ragusa

1985
The Equalizer

as John Parker

1985
The Trap

as Michael

1984
Rearview Mirror

as Vince Martino

1983
Spy Connection

as Jurek Rudinski

1980
High Ice

as Lt. Col. Harris Thatcher

1979
1978
My Husband Is Missing

as Derek Mackenzie

1978
Break Up

as Paolo Naviase

1977
Goodbye & Amen

as John Dannahay

1977
Nowhere to Hide

as Joey Faber

1976
Origins of the Mafia

as Michele Borello

1975
The Desperate Miles

as Joe Larkin

1974
The Rockford Files

as Charlie Harris

1973
Toma

as Det. David Toma

1973
Toma

as Det. David Toma

1972
The Pisciotta Case

as Francesco Scauri

1971
The Last Run

as Paul Rickard

1971
The Grissom Gang

as Eddie Hagan

1969
1968
The Mercenary

as Paco Roman

1968
The Detective

as Felix Tesla

1967
The Incident

as Joe Ferrone

1965
Once a Thief

as Cleveland 'Cleve' Shoenstein

1963
The Fugitive

as Billy Karnes