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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 5, 1948
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Sal Viscuso
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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!"
Known For
7.0
Judge
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
2022
8.2
Mr. Phillips
Station 19
2018
8.2
Anton
9-1-1
2018
0.0
Dr. Don Dorn
Hollywood Seagull
2013
7.2
Clark
Scandal
2012
8.0
Tommy Valentine
Castle
2009
8.4
Walter
The Mentalist
2008
10.0
Joey
The Cure for Boredom
2001
5.2
Sports Writer Mike
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001
2.5
Father Dedice
The Amati Girls
2001
Credits
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
as Judge
2022
7.0
Station 19
as Mr. Phillips
2018
8.2
9-1-1
as Anton
2018
8.2
Hollywood Seagull
as Dr. Don Dorn
2013
0.0
Scandal
as Clark
2012
7.2
Castle
as Tommy Valentine
2009
8.0
The Mentalist
as Walter
2008
8.4
The Cure for Boredom
as Joey
2001
10.0
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Sports Writer Mike
2001
5.2
The Amati Girls
as Father Dedice
2001
2.5
Boston Public
as Arthur Ryan
2000
7.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sal Avelino
1999
7.9
Providence
1999
6.5
Confessions of a Sexist Pig
as Marty
1998
2.3
EZ Streets
1996
5.5
Pinocchio's Revenge
as Jail Guard
1996
4.4
The Dentist
as Matthew Zeigler
1996
5.5
Kicking and Screaming
as Bar Teacher
1995
6.2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
7.5
Touched by an Angel
as Dennis
1994
7.2
ER
as Mr. Weller
1994
7.8
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dick Douglas
1993
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as Phil
1993
7.1
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Bobby Bigmouth
1993
6.9
Batman: The Animated Series
as Monk (voice)
1992
8.6
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Hal Zareth
1990
7.3
American Dreamer
1990
4.5
Dream On
as Policeman (uncredited)
1990
6.9
Booker
1989
5.1
14 Going on 30
as Mr. Lloyd
1988
5.4
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.2
Spaceballs
as Radio Operator
1987
6.9
Sledge Hammer!
1986
7.9
Jake Speed
as News stand Attendant
1986
4.4
Matlock
as Charlie
1986
7.1
🎬
2 1/2 Dads
1986
0.0
Amazing Stories
as Sergeant Redmond
1985
7.4
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
This Wife for Hire
as Paul Bellini
1985
0.0
Cover Up
1984
6.6
Hunter
as Sam Olan
1984
7.1
Princess Daisy
as Wingo
1983
7.3
Max Dugan Returns
as Coach Roy
1983
6.5
It Takes Two
1982
5.0
Silver Spoons
1982
6.3
Family Ties
as Richard Jacobs
1982
7.2
Family Ties
as Richard Grasso
1982
7.2
Cagney & Lacey
as Keppler
1982
7.0
Fantasies
1982
2.7
Fame
1982
6.8
Falcon Crest
as Judge Connor Stewart
1981
5.5
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
🎬
Today's F.B.I.
1981
5.0
Magnum, P.I.
as Herbie
1980
7.3
Fatso
as Vito
1980
5.7
The Facts of Life
1979
7.1
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
3.5
Fantasy Island
as Prosecutor
1978
6.4
The World's Greatest Lover
as Assistant Director
1977
5.5
The Love Boat
as Doug Ketchum
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Mark Carlson
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Charley Cole
1977
6.3
Soap
as Father Tim
1977
7.3
Soap
as Tim Flotsky
1977
7.3
Soap
as Father Timothy Flotsky
1977
7.3
🎬
The Montefuscos
as Nunzio Montefusco
1975
5.0
Barney Miller
as Brenner
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
as Thomas Vitella
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
as Joseph Beatty
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
as Victor Renaldi
1975
7.3
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
as Ptl. O'Keefe
1974
7.5
M*A*S*H
as Patient John
1972
7.9
M*A*S*H
as Sergeant Raymond McGill
1972
7.9
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4