Tony Musante
Born: 1936-06-30
Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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.
Known For
Once a Thief
We Own the Night
High Ice
The Detective
Deep Family Secrets
The Incident
The Repenter
Toma
Exiled
Ice
FantastiCozzi
The Yards
The Anonymous Venetian
The Deep End of the Ocean
The Last Run
Rearview Mirror
The Mercenary
Spy Connection
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Pope of Greenwich Village
The Grissom Gang
The Pisciotta Case
The Trap
Break Up
The Desperate Miles
Goodbye & Amen
My Husband Is Missing
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
Love Circle
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Promessa d'amore
Nowhere to Hide
Italian Kings Of B
