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He was indispensable to TV sitcoms: Scotti starred during the 1954 season of Life with Luigi (replacing J. Carroll Naish), then appeared as gesticulating Latin types in a score of comedy programs, notably The Dick Van Dyke Show (as eccentric Italian housepainter Vito Giotto) and The Flying Nun (as ever-suspicious Puerto Rican police captain Gaspar Fomento).
12 de jun. de 1996 · Vito Scotti, veteran character actor known as a man of a thousand faces for his ability to assume so many divergent roles on television and in films, has died. He was 78. Scotti died of cancer ...
5 de jun. de 1996 · Biography. Vito Scotti was born in San Francisco but spent his early years in Italy until moving back to New York with his mother, where she was a performer in the Italian theater. It was there that Scotti learned the farcical comedy and exaggerated mannerisms that would define his long career in supporting roles on both film and television.
26 de feb. de 2017 · Adored by Columbo fans the world over, Vito Scotti’s half-dozen appearances managed to cram in a huge amount of humour, warmth and character variety. From the simpering Maitre’d in Any Old Port in a Storm , to the officious tailor in Candidate for Crime and the affable Salvatore in Identity Crisis who plies Columbo with grapes, his scenes were guaranteed to raise a smile.
Born in San Francisco, Vito G. Scotti was an Italian-American character actor who was known for his appearance in The Godfather as Nazorine, as well as several appearances in television on The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Addams Family. Scotti died of lung cancer in 1996. Vito Scotti on Wikipedia...
Vito Giusto Scozzari de Scotti (26 de enero de 1918-5 de junio de 1996), conocido profesionalmente como Vito Scotti , fue un actor de carácter estadounidense que interpretó papeles tanto dramáticos como de comedia, muchos en Broadway , en películas y más tarde en televisión, principalmente de la finales de la década de 1930 hasta mediados de la de 1990.
Vito Scotti fue un actor estadounidense de ascendencia italiana, durante su carrera interpretó a múltiples personajes étnicos desde mexicanos hasta japoneses. Se le recuerda en la película El Padrino y en innumerables roles de reparto en series de televisión. Su carrera abarcó desde 1949 hasta 1995.
