77
Years
21
Movies
53
TV Shows
6.8
Rating
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.
77
Years Old
21
Movies
53
TV Shows
6.8
Avg Rating
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.
2018
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!"
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 5, 1948
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Spaceballs
1987
Pinocchio's Revenge
1996
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
2022
Max Dugan Returns
1983
The Dentist
1996
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974
Jake Speed
1986
The World's Greatest Lover
1977
Kicking and Screaming
1995
This Wife for Hire
1985
The Cure for Boredom
2001
Fatso
1980
Fantasies
1982
Hollywood Seagull
2013
14 Going on 30
1988
Confessions of a Sexist Pig
1998
2 1/2 Dads
1986
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
The Amati Girls
2001
+ 1 more movies
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Mentalist
2008
9-1-1
2018
Castle
2009
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
ER
1994
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
The Love Boat
1977
The Love Boat
1977
Scandal
2012
M*A*S*H
1972
M*A*S*H
1972
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Station 19
2018
Falcon Crest
1981
Matlock
1986
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