Person

Acting

January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Nicholas Colasanto

Also known as: Nick Colasanto

Biography

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.

Known for

7.9

Movie

Raging Bull

1980

7.6

Cheers

1982

6.8

Movie

Family Plot

1976

7.6

Mission: Impossible

1966

7.1

Movie

Fat City

1972

7.2

Kojak

1973

7.8

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964

7.1

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

6.9

Ironside

1967

7.3

The Fugitive

1963

Filmography(36)

36 titles across Movies & TV

7.6

Cheers

1982

7.4

Movie

The Haircut

1982

7.9

Movie

Raging Bull

1980

8.0

Movie

Mad Bull

1977

7.4

Lou Grant

1977

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective

9.0

Movie

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective

1976

6.8

Movie

Family Plot

1976

5.5

Movie

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

1975

6.5

Baretta

1975

7.2

Kojak

1973

6.8

Toma

1973

7.7

Movie

Toma

1973

7.1

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.1

Movie

Fat City

1972

9.7

Movie

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

1969

8.0

Movie

The Counterfeit Killer

1968

6.8

Mannix

1967

Movie

Deadlock

1967

6.0

Movie

Ironside

1967

6.9

Ironside

1967

7.0

Movie

Fame Is the Name of the Game

1966

7.6

Mission: Impossible

1966

5.6

The F.B.I.

1965

7.1

Run for Your Life

1965

7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

7.8

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964

6.5

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

5.9

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

6.1

My Favorite Martian

1963

7.3

The Fugitive

1963

8.3

Arrest and Trial

1963

7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

5.9

Ben Casey

1961

7.3

Car 54, Where Are You?

1961

Movie

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1959

7.5

Playhouse 90

1956