Nicholas Colasanto

Acting · Directing

Born January 19, 1924, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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.

Filmography

• Cheers — Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
• 1982The Haircut — Bobby Russo (Barber)
• Fitz and Bones — Director
• 1980Raging Bull — Tommy Como
• The Contender — Director
• The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo — Director
• CHiPs — Director
• Lou Grant — Patsy Reese
• 1977Mad Bull — Duke Sallow
• 1976Family Plot — Victor Constantine
• 1976The Return of the World's Greatest Detective — Lieutenant Nick Tinker
• Baretta
• S.W.A.T. — Director
• Starsky & Hutch — Director
• 1975The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery — Bert
• Kojak — Victor Marchette
• Shaft — Director
• 1973Toma — Prolaci
• Toma — Director
• 1972Fat City — Ruben
• Hec Ramsey — Director
• Search — Director
• The Streets of San Francisco — Joe Patruro, Director
• Alias Smith and Jones — Director
• Columbo — Director
• Monty Nash — Director
• McCloud — Director
• Hawaii Five-O — Director
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Director
• 1969Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob — Jimmy Bibo
• 1968The Counterfeit Killer — Plainclothesman
• The Name of the Game — Director
• 1967Deadlock — Charlie Atkins
• Garrison's Gorillas — Director
• 1967Ironside — Mr. Matling (uncredited)
• Ironside — Mike Sellino, Director
• Mannix — Mac Wagner
• 1966Fame Is the Name of the Game — Detective
• Felony Squad — Director
• Mission: Impossible — Jimmy Bibo
• Run for Your Life — Benno Capalupo, George Karpantos, Jake Wexler, The Bartender, Maxie, Director
• The F.B.I. — Billy Milton, Jumisino
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Ralph
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea — Reporter (uncredited)
• Arrest and Trial — Armando Martinez
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Bernheim, Charlie Atkins, P.J. Bascomb
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — 1st Military Policeman
• My Favorite Martian — Orville
• The Fugitive — Matt
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Work Partner
• Ben Casey
• Car 54, Where Are You? — Marty (uncredited)
• Bonanza — Director
• 1959For Whom the Bell Tolls — Eladio
• Playhouse 90 — Eladio