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First Name
Nicholas

Last Name
Colasanto

Date of Birth
19 January 1924

Build
Average

Eye Color
Brown - Dark

Hair Color
Grey

Place of Birth
Providence, RI

Star Sign
Capricorn

Date of Death
12 February 1985

Place of Death
Studio City, CA, USA

Cause of Death
Heart Ailment

Ethnicity
White

Claim to Fame
Cheers, Raging Bull

Gender
Male

Nationality
American

Wikipedia Text

Nicholas Colasanto (January 19, 1924 - February 12, 1985) was an American actor and television director, known primarily for his role as Coach Ernie Pantusso on the sitcom Cheers. He also appeared in feature films which include Fat City, Family Plot, and Raging Bull.


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Nicholas Colasanto, the actor and television director who achieved his greatest success as "Coach" on the TV series "Cheers" at the end of his career, was born January 19, 1924 in Providence, Rhode Island, one of seven children. He attended Providence`s Central High School but did not graduate due to World War II, as he joined the Navy. After being discharged at the end of the war, Colasanto returned to Little Rhody and finished his high school education, then went on to Bryant College, earning money for tuition and board by working construction jobs. He worked as an accountant for an oil company after graduating from Bryant in 1949. At the age of 28, he saw Henry Fonda perform on Broadway and was infected by the acting bug. He joined a theater company in Phoenix, Arizona before moving back to New York, where he performed in off-Broadway productions and appeared in TV commercials. He relocated to Hollywood In 1965 and began to appear on TV, were he also made his mark as a TV director. Eventually, he directed over 100 episodes of series TV in the 1960s and 70s, including episodes of "Bonanza," "Columbo," "S.W.A.T.," and "Starsky and Hutch." His two most memorable film roles were the the boxing manager in John Huston`s "Fat City" (1972) and the mob boss in Martin Scorsese`s "Raging Bull" (1980). Colasanto was primarily a dramatic actor but the producers of the TV comedy "Cheers" cast him as Ernie "Coach" Pantusso, the absent-minded and dumb but lovable bartender. The role made him famous and he earned an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series each of the three years that he appeared on the show. Sadly, at the height of his fame, he died from a heart ailment at his home on February 15th, 1985. Much beloved by the cast, the picture of the Apache warrior Geronimo that Colasanto had kept in his dressing room as a good luck charm was hung on the wall of the primary set of "Cheers." The picture of was not only a tribute to "Nicky," as he was known to his friends and co-workers, but was a reminder that "Coach" was still around. On the final episode of "Cheers," eight years after his death, Nicky Colasanto was acknowledged when series star Ted Danson, in the final scene, straightens the Geronimo picture before walking off stage for the last time.

Couple Profile Source
www.imdb.com/name/nm0170225/bio

High School
Providence Central High School, Providence, RI

University
Bryant University

Full Name at Birth
Nicholas Colasanto

Count - Awards
4

Age
61

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