About
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...
Known for
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962
The Rockford FilesSeries • 1974
OzSeries • 1997
The EqualizerSeries • 1985
Police StorySeries • 1973
Acapulco H.E.A.T.Series • 1993
100 Centre StreetSeries • 2001
TrafficSeries • 2004
TomaSeries • 1973
We Own the NightMovie • 2007
The Deep End of the OceanMovie • 1999
The YardsMovie • 2000
The Bird with the Crystal PlumageMovie • 1970
The Anonymous VenetianMovie • 1970
The Pope of Greenwich VillageMovie • 1984
The MercenaryMovie • 1968
The DetectiveMovie • 1968
The Grissom GangMovie • 1971
The IncidentMovie • 1967
The Last RunMovie • 1971
Once a ThiefMovie • 1965
ExiledMovie • 1998