Sal Viscuso
- Atuação
- 5 de outubro de 1948 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biografia
The dedication of Sal Viscuso to the craft of acting can be dated to a singular evening in 1967. A college freshman, he happened upon a teleplay of Ronald Ribman's CBS Playhouse: The Final War of Olly Winter (1967) and was so inspired by Ivan Dixon's Emmy-winning rendition of the title role that he entered the drama department the very next day, later explaining, "I felt that there I had found my family." He earned his BA from the University of California at Davis, then went on to study with Olympia Dukakis at NYU School of the Arts, from which he graduated with an MFA. Opportunities presented themselves rapidly, and Sal made his film debut in the classic The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). An introduction to Burt Metcalfe, associate producer of the iconic series M*A*S*H (1972), led to his move to Los Angeles, and soon Sal was a regular on NBC's sitcom The Montefuscos (1975). He was an off-screen loudspeaker announcer (as well as various other characters) on M*A*S*H (1972); appeared in Gene Wilder's homage to 1920's Hollywood, The World's Greatest Lover (1977); improvised in Robert Altman's Three Women (1977); and played multiple parts on the beloved Barney Miller (1975) (one of which was written especially for him by the show's creator, Danny Arnold). He was also to feature in what TIME magazine has rated as one of the "Top 100 TV shows of all time," Susan Harris's Soap (1977). His vocationally challenged Father Timothy Flotsky (and the show's depiction of one of the first openly gay characters on network television), created instant controversy that attracted 19 million viewers to the series premiere. Shortly thereafter, Sal commenced his professional association with the Bancroft/Brooks combine of talent, first appearing in Anne Bancroft's Fatso (1980), and then in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987), about which he has remarked, "I continue to get more attention from that project than from anything I've ever done!"
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Filmografia
- Lilo, Lilo, Crocodilo · Judge
- Estação 19 · Mr. Phillips
- 9-1-1 · Anton
- Hollywood Seagull · Dr. Don Dorn
- Scandal: Os Bastidores do Poder · Clark
- Castle · Tommy Valentine
- O Mentalista · Walter
- Controle de Risco · Attorney
- The Cure for Boredom · Joey
- When Billie Beat Bobby · Sports Writer Mike
- The Amati Girls · Father Dedice
- Boston Public · Arthur Ryan
- Lei & Ordem: Unidade de Vítimas Especiais · Sal Avelino
- Providence
- Confessions of a Sexist Pig · Marty
- EZ Streets
- Pinóquio, O Perverso · Jail Guard
- As Patricinhas · Dr. Fleming
- O Dentista · Matthew Zeigler
- Tempo de Decisão · Bar Teacher
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
- O Toque de Um Anjo · Dennis
- ER: Plantão Médico · Mr. Weller
- Diagnosis: Murder · Dick Douglas, Phil
- Lois & Clark: As Novas Aventuras do Superman · Bobby Bigmouth
- Batman: A Série Animada · Monk (Voz)
- Barrados no Baile · Hal Zareth
- American Dreamer
- Dream On · Policeman (uncredited)
- Booker · Freddy Larson
- A Máquina do Crescimento · Mr. Lloyd
- Jake and the Fatman
- S.O.S.: Tem um Louco Solto no Espaço · Radio Operator
- Na Mira do Tira
- Jake Speed · News stand Attendant
- Matlock · Charlie
- Dois Pais e Meio
- Amazing Stories · Sergeant Redmond
- Spenser: For Hire
- This Wife for Hire · Paul Bellini
- Retrato Falado
- Tiro Certo · Sam Olan
- Princess Daisy · Wingo
- A Volta de Max Dugan · Coach Roy
- It Takes Two
- Silver Spoons · Bailiff
- Caras e Caretas · Richard Jacobs, Richard Grasso
- Cagney & Lacey · Keppler
- Fantasies
- Fama
- Falcon Crest · Judge Connor Stewart
- Simon & Simon
- Today's F.B.I.
- Magnum · Herbie
- O Gorducho · Vito
- Vivendo e Aprendendo
- Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
- A Ilha da Fantasia · Prosecutor
- O Maior Amante do Mundo · Assistant Director
- O Barco do Amor · Doug Ketchum, Mark Carlson
- Soap · Father Tim, Tim Flotsky
- The Montefuscos · Nunzio Montefusco
- Barney Miller · Brenner, Thomas Vitella
- O Sequestro do Metrô · Patrolman O'Keefe
- M*A*S*H · Patient John, Sergeant Raymond McGill
- The Mike Douglas Show · Em pessoa