Tony Rosato
Also Known As: Tony Rasato , Antonio Rosato
Biography: Antonio Rosato (26 December 1954 – 10 January 2017) was an Italian-Canadian actor and comedian who appeared in television and films. He was best known as a cast member on both SCTV and Saturday Night Live. In fact, Rosato is one of only three actors (along with Robin Duke and Martin Short) to be cast members of both SCTV and SNL and the first not born in either the United States or Canada. Celebrities impersonated by Rosato on SCTV include: Lou Costello (whom he also impersonated when he was a cast member on SNL), William Conrad, Danny Thomas, Woodstock co-organizer Chip Monck, SNL cast member John Belushi, Tony Orlando, Don Ho, and Ella Fitzgerald. His characters on SNL, despite his short tenure, were memorable as well, and included Ed Asner (in character as Lou Grant), Captain Kangaroo, and U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese. He also voiced Luigi in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World. From Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: December 26, 1954
Age: 70 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 10, 2017
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The Haunting of Lisa
Overview: A precocious youngster's visions of a mysterious woman and a series of child murders leads her mom to seek help from the authorities.
Genres: Horror Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-10
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The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Overview: A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be removed from its library for language concerns.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-27
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Seeds Of Doubt
Overview: Jennifer Kingsley, a newspaper journalist, believes a man has been falsely convicted of murder, and becomes set on proving his innocence.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-26
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Hog Wild
Overview: A boy, expelled from military school, returns home to his fathers disappointment. He discovers that a motorcycle gang has been terrorizing his high school, and falls in love with the girlfriend of the gang's leader. He battles the gang, and wins both the admiration of his father and the love of the girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-01
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Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
Overview: An artist fired from his job comes home and discovers that his wife is having an affair and that she is leaving with her lover. He then sets off in pursuit of them, but in the process runs into another woman who is on the run from her crazed lover who is chasing her as much to get his stolen motorcycle back as he is to actually find her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-10
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Overview: An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes wrong when the gun turns out to contain a live round.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-08
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Sugartime
Overview: Sam Giancana is a ruthless mob boss from Chicago. During a trip to Las Vegas, he sees a performance by the McGuire Sisters, a popular singing group with a pure image. Sam is attracted to Phyllis and begins aggressively courting her. The two enter into an epic romance, but it brings unwanted attention and tarnishes Phyllis's reputation. For Sam, however, the consequences are far more drastic, landing him in trouble with the law and his fellow mobsters.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-25
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It Was You Charlie
Overview: A once accomplished sculptor, a former college art teacher, but now a lonely graveyard shift doorman, Abner Roth is sadly a mere shadow of his former self. Having lost the love of his life and haunted by the death of a woman in a terrible car accident a year ago, he is desolate and suicidal but amusingly so. Step in Zoe, a free spirited taxi driver with a large hart and persuasive disposition. Zoe's energy and outlook help Abner look at life anew and try to reconcile his conflicted past.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-06
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Nothing Personal
Overview: Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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Mafia Doctor
Overview: Growing up poor on the streets of New Jersey, Frank Siena (Danny Nucci) has little hope of realizing his dream of becoming a doctor. But "fate" has a way of intervening. Now a brilliant, successful cardiac surgeon, Frank seems to have it all, except for one terrible secret: Before he swore to save lives and do no harm, Frank took another oath... to mob boss Nicola Delarusso (Paul Sorvino), who paid his way through medical school in exchange for absolute loyalty. And when Delarusso demands payment in full Frank suffers a crisis of conscience that could cost him his job, his wife... and his life!
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-16
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Improper Channels
Overview: A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child abuse. Child welfare agencies commit grossly unfair over-reactions to remove the child forcibly from the Father, who must brave the arcane system to reclaim his daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-17
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Real Gangsters
Overview: Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous extended family and volatile business ventures by very different means.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-01
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The Christmas Switch
Overview: Santa Claus temporarily switches bodies with a younger man to make his job easier during Christmas.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-22
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In the Doghouse
Overview: A family dog is pushed into show business and into taking on the role of breadwinner, as the man of the house loses his job and takes the dog to auditions secretly while his family is unaware of this unemployment.
Genres: Family Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-06
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The Conspiracy of Fear
Overview: The shocking, tragic death of his father propels Chris King into a nightmare. Running for his life, Chris fights off street thugs, a homicidal psychopath, and the CIA. He teams up with a beautiful but rough petty thief to uncover why he has become the hunted. Together, they discover that a valuable piece of information his father left behind is worth killing for-they just have to stay alive to find it.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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City of Shadows
Overview: In the same vein as Cain and Abel, here we have two brothers, one a renegade cop and the other a murderer with a taste for little boys. The brothers come to blows, from which only one can walk away.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-11
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Sicilian Vampire
Overview: Equal parts Goodfellas and Dusk till Dawn, Sicilian Vampire tells the story of reputed mobster Sonny Traficante who was hoping to get away to the family hunt lodge for a little rest and relaxation and create some memories. Instead, what he got was a night he will never forget. Once there, Sonny is bitten by a bat released from a container of bananas they brought up to the lodge. The bat takes a vicious bite of Sonny's neck and then flies off into the night. From that moment on Sonny is entrusted with powers beyond that of any mortal - supersonic hearing, enhanced sight, and superhuman strength - even the ability to speak to the dead. Because of these heightened senses Sonny now feels a responsibility to right the wrongs in his life, and protect those he loves. At first, he resists these new found powers but in the end he welcomes his fate.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-03
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The Big Fat Stone
Overview: Frank D'Angelo's drama about a homeless man's roller coaster ride of success and failure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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No Deposit
Overview: Mickey Ryan falls from grace due to a series of downward spiraling events beyond his control. With his life turned upside down, Mickey tries valiantly to resolve his issues but hooks up with the wrong people who blind him with anger and hate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-24
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Mystery Date
Overview: Tom McHugh quickly learns that his perfect big brother Craig isn't all he's cracked up to be while on a night on the town with the girl next door, during which Tom is harassed by unpleasant strangers, threatened by mobsters, pursued by police, attacked by an irate florist, accused of murder, and has his date kidnapped—all because everyone thinks he's Craig...and the classic 1959 DeSoto Firesweep he borrowed off his brother has two dead bodies in the trunk.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-16
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The Diamond Fleece
Overview: Jeweller Phillippe Golden purchases one of the largest diamonds ever from an auction. Diamond thief Rick Dunne is released from prison to consult in constructing safety precautions. However, Inspector Outlaw suspects that Rick may be up to his old wiles.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-17
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Separate Vacations
Overview: A young architect finds himself in a situation that he never had to deal with before--now that he is successful (and married), sexy young women are throwing themselves at him!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-01
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Coming Unglued
Overview: 12 year old Jason mistakenly suspects his parents are splitting up when his Dad announces he's leaving for a job interview in chicago. I n very funny misguided attempt to save his family, Jason and his fourteen year old sister follow him to Chicago to ruin dad's day.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-11
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Popeye Doyle
Overview: While Popeye Doyle is investigating what appears to be a very simple drug overdose, he becomes involved in international intrigue. The Mosad and various other foreign diplomatic figures turn up everywhere he goes. The drug overdose becomes a very involved murder case.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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In Defense of a Married Man
Overview: When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him. Can she overcome his betrayal while searching for the truth?
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-14
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The Good Fight
Overview: Grace Cragin is a bright young lawyer who has a passion for the fight against injustice. Her ex-husband Henry is a lawyer too, but his passion is only to win. The two were divorced ten years earlier when Henry's lust for conquest led him to other women. Now, Grace has a case she cannot win alone and, although she hates to admit it, she needs Henry's help.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-15
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Rent-a-Kid
Overview: Harry Habert, owner of a rental company, has an original idea—to rent baby's from a nearby orphanage to local families. He rents the Ward siblings, 2 boys and a girl, to his first customers.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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One Police Plaza
Overview: A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-29
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The Red Maple Leaf
Overview: A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambassador, no matter what the cost.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-24
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You Belong to Me
Overview: A radio psychologist who solves the murders of wealthy women finds her latest case is much deeper than she imagined-and it may cost her life!
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-24
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Switching Channels
Overview: A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-05
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Family Plan
Overview: A bumbling guy takes a group of orphans to summer camp.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Kissinger and Nixon
Overview: A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-73 when Kissinger was negotiating an end to the Vietnam War and Nixon was grandstanding politically.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-10
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Busted Up
Overview: Prolific actor-stuntman Conrad Palmisano directed this average action-thriller about the owner of an inner-city gym. Earl (Paul Coufos) happens to also be a skilled fighter, and when he is pressured by real-estate developers to close the gym, he fights in order to save it.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-09-10
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Hearts of Fire
Overview: A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her loyalties.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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