Nicholas Colasanto

Born: 1924-01-19

Nicholas Colasanto (January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985) was an American actor and television director who is best known for his role as "Coach" Ernie Pantusso in the American television sitcom Cheers.


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Raging Bull

as Tommy Como
Released: 1980-11-14

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring...

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Family Plot

as Victor Constantine
Released: 1976-04-09

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers...

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Fat City

as Ruben
Released: 1972-07-26

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take...

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The Counterfeit Killer

as Plainclothesman
Released: 1968-05-01

A Secret Service agent poses as a waterfront hit man to infiltrate a global ring of counterfeiters.

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Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

as Jimmy Bibo
Released: 1969-12-01

The first film based on the television series MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, consisting of a compilation...

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The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

as Bert
Released: 1975-03-07

Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.

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Fame Is the Name of the Game

as Detective
Released: 1966-11-26

A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her...

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Mad Bull

as Duke Sallow
Released: 1977-12-21

An embittered professional wrestler, convinced that his life has no meaning outside the ring,...

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Toma

as Prolaci
Released: 1973-03-21

This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his...

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Eladio
Released: 1959-03-12

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a...

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The Return of the World's Greatest Detective

as Lieutenant Nick Tinker
Released: 1976-06-16

A Los Angeles cop falls off his motorcycle, strikes his head and wakes up believing himself to...

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Ironside

as Mr. Matling (uncredited)
Released: 1967-03-28

Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed,...

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Cheers

as Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
First aired: 1982-09-30

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...

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The Fugitive

as Matt
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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Ironside

as Mike Sellino
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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Mission: Impossible

as Jimmy Bibo
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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Mannix

as Mac Wagner
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Work Partner
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The F.B.I.

as Billy Milton
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The F.B.I.

as Jumisino
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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Lou Grant

as Patsy Reese
First aired: 1977-09-20

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his...

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Reporter (uncredited)
First aired: 1964-09-14

Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too...

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Run for Your Life

as Benno Capalupo
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Run for Your Life

as George Karpantos
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Run for Your Life

as Jake Wexler
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Run for Your Life

as The Bartender
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Run for Your Life

as Maxie
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as 1st Military Policeman
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Kojak

as Victor Marchette
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Baretta

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-17

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as Joe Patruro
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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My Favorite Martian

as Orville
First aired: 1963-09-29

Newspaper reporter Tim O'Hara finds a crashed alien spaceship that contains one live alien. Not...

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Playhouse 90

as Eladio
First aired: 1956-10-04

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Ralph
First aired: 1964-09-22

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the...

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Arrest and Trial

as Armando Martinez
First aired: 1963-09-15

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...

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Toma

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-21

Toma is an American crime drama series that ran on ABC in 1973 and 1974.

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Car 54, Where Are You?

as Marty (uncredited)
First aired: 1961-09-17

The misadventures of two of New York's finest in the 53rd precinct in the Bronx. Toody, the...

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