Cast & creator
Tony Rosato
Best known for Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live
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.
Also known as: Tony Rasato , Antonio Rosato
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film credits
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television credits
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1975–2017 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (65)
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Saturday Night Live
Jerry Hemphill / Mike Short / Various
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live
Writer
1975
L.A. Law
Richard Cruz
1986
Highlander: The Series
Benny Carbassa
1992
Due South
Clifford
1994
Relic Hunter
Stewie Harper
1999
Wiseguy
1987
Doc
Don
2001Doc
Jake
2001
FX: The Series
Sammy Valenzuela
1996
Atomic Betty
Additional Voices
2004
Second City Television
Self - Various Characters
1976
The Littlest Hobo
Samuels (uncredited)
1979The Littlest Hobo
Cab driver
1979
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Luigi (voice)
1990
Monster by Mistake
1999
George and Martha
1999
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
1998
Pelswick
2000
Diamonds
1987
Super Mario World
Luigi (voice)
1991
Amanda's
Aldo
1983
Second City: First Family of Comedy
Self
2006
Hot Shots
George King
1986Hollywood Off-Ramp
Ben Harvey
2000
The Silent Partner
Person Standing Outside Bank Door Being Unlocked (uncredited)
1978
Switching Channels
Joker
1988
Hands of a Stranger
Anthony Ligouri
1987
Rent-a-Kid
Cliff Haber
1995
Mafia Doctor
Det. Ralph Disanti
2003
Real Gangsters
Mario
2013
Nothing Personal
Pickup Truck Driver
1980
Busted Up
Irving Drayton
1986
Popeye Doyle
Wise-ass Reporter
1986
Mystery Date
Sharpie
1991
Sicilian Vampire
Maitre D' at Don Giovanni's
2015
In Defense of a Married Man
Frank Ticelli
1990
The Red Maple Leaf
Vincent Marcella
2017
The Conspiracy of Fear
Raintree
1996
You Belong to Me
Ernie
2002
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Joe DeVito (uncredited)
1986
The Haunting of Lisa
Dr. Perry Azzaro
1996
Family Plan
Cliff Haber
1997
It Was You Charlie
Gus
2013
Hearts of Fire
Woody
1987
No Deposit
Detective Tony Charkoff
2015
In the Doghouse
Tom Cheehak
1998
Brown Bread Sandwiches
Older Michaelangelo Buonanotte (voice)
1989
The Big Fat Stone
Morrie Goldstein
2014
Kissinger and Nixon
Charles Colson (Special Counsel to the President)
1995The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Mr. Lopez
1987
Hog Wild
Bull
1980
The Christmas Switch
Salesman
2014
Improper Channels
Dr. Arpenthaler
1981
Separate Vacations
Harry Blender
1986
One Police Plaza
Sol
1986
The Good Fight
Philip Brown
1992
Sugartime
Frank Ferraro
1995
Super Mario World: Koopa's Stone Age Quests
Luigi (Voice)
2009
City of Shadows
Rosie
1987
The Diamond Fleece
1992
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
Mat's Boss
1989
Coming Unglued
Marty
1999