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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 19, 1924
Died
February 12, 1985
Place of Birth
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Also Known As
- Nick Colasanto
Nicholas Colasanto
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.6
Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
Cheers
1982
🎬
7.5
Bobby Russo (Barber)
The Haircut
1982
7.9
Tommy Como
Raging Bull
1980
0.0
Duke Sallow
Mad Bull
1977
7.3
Patsy Reese
Lou Grant
1977
0.0
Lieutenant Nick Tinker
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
1976
6.8
Victor Constantine
Family Plot
1976
5.2
Bert
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975
6.4
Baretta
1975
7.0
Victor Marchette
Kojak
1973
Credits
Cheers
as Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
1982
7.6
🎬
The Haircut
as Bobby Russo (Barber)
1982
7.5
Raging Bull
as Tommy Como
1980
7.9
Mad Bull
as Duke Sallow
1977
0.0
Lou Grant
as Patsy Reese
1977
7.3
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
as Lieutenant Nick Tinker
1976
0.0
Family Plot
as Victor Constantine
1976
6.8
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
as Bert
1975
5.2
Baretta
1975
6.4
Kojak
as Victor Marchette
1973
7.0
Toma
1973
7.8
Toma
as Prolaci
1973
7.5
The Streets of San Francisco
as Joe Patruro
1972
7.0
Fat City
as Ruben
1972
7.0
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
as Jimmy Bibo
1969
10.0
The Counterfeit Killer
as Plainclothesman
1968
0.0
Mannix
as Mac Wagner
1967
6.7
🎬
Deadlock
as Charlie Atkins
1967
0.0
Ironside
as Mike Sellino
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Mr. Matling (uncredited)
1967
5.0
Fame Is the Name of the Game
as Detective
1966
4.5
Mission: Impossible
as Jimmy Bibo
1966
7.6
The F.B.I.
as Billy Milton
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Jumisino
1965
5.4
Run for Your Life
as Benno Capalupo
1965
7.2
Run for Your Life
as George Karpantos
1965
7.2
Run for Your Life
as Jake Wexler
1965
7.2
Run for Your Life
as The Bartender
1965
7.2
Run for Your Life
as Maxie
1965
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Ralph
1964
7.1
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Reporter (uncredited)
1964
7.7
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as 1st Military Policeman
1963
5.3
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Bernheim
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Charlie Atkins
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as P.J. Bascomb
1963
5.7
My Favorite Martian
as Orville
1963
5.9
The Fugitive
as Matt
1963
7.2
Arrest and Trial
as Armando Martinez
1963
7.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Work Partner
1962
7.8
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Marty (uncredited)
1961
7.2
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Eladio
1959
0.0
Playhouse 90
as Eladio
1956
7.6