John Cassisi

Born: 1962-09-05

John Cassisi (born September 5, 1962) is a former American child actor who starred in the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone as "Fat Sam" and subsequently in the television series Fish. He was "discovered" by Bugsy Malone director Alan Parker, when Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom and asked students to nominate the "naughtiest" boy in class. In 1982, he played the role of Herschel in the broad-way film "Gemini" alongside former Bugsy Malone star Scott Baio. After retiring from acting in 1982, Cassisi became involved in construction work.[4] From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Director of Global Construction for Citigroup. In 2015, he pled guilty to a bribery scheme and was sentenced to two to six years in prison plus a $500,000 forfeiture. Cassisi is married and has had three children. His eldest son, Robert, died after suffering from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 26.


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Bugsy Malone

as Fat Sam
Released: 1976-07-22

New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in...

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The Kentucky Fried Movie

as Teenage Volunteer
Released: 1977-08-10

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu...

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Gemini

as Herschel Weinberger
Released: 1982-02-08

Filmed version of the hit Broadway show with two of the original stars. Set in the backyard of a...

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Barney Miller

as Victor Kreutzer
First aired: 1975-01-23

Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police...

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Fish

as Victor Kreutzer
First aired: 1977-02-05

Fish is a spin-off television series of the sitcom Barney Miller. It starred Abe Vigoda as New...

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