Sal Viscuso
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 5, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
The dedication of Sal Viscuso to the craft of acting can be dated to a singular evening in 1967. A college freshman, he happened upon a teleplay of Ronald Ribman's CBS Playhouse: The Final War of Olly Winter (1967) and was so inspired by Ivan Dixon's Emmy-winning rendition of the title role that he entered the drama department the very next day, later explaining, "I felt that there I had found my family." He earned his BA from the University of California at Davis, then went on to study with Olympia Dukakis at NYU School of the Arts, from which he graduated with an MFA. Opportunities presented themselves rapidly, and Sal made his film debut in the classic The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974). An introduction to Burt Metcalfe, associate producer of the iconic series M*A*S*H (1972), led to his move to Los Angeles, and soon Sal was a regular on NBC's sitcom The Montefuscos (1975). He was an off-screen loudspeaker announcer (as well as various other characters) on M*A*S*H (1972); appeared in Gene Wilder's homage to 1920's Hollywood, The World's Greatest Lover (1977); improvised in Robert Altman's Three Women (1977); and played multiple parts on the beloved Barney Miller (1975) (one of which was written especially for him by the show's creator, Danny Arnold). He was also to feature in what TIME magazine has rated as one of the "Top 100 TV shows of all time," Susan Harris's Soap (1977). His vocationally challenged Father Timothy Flotsky (and the show's depiction of one of the first openly gay characters on network television), created instant controversy that attracted 19 million viewers to the series premiere. Shortly thereafter, Sal commenced his professional association with the Bancroft/Brooks combine of talent, first appearing in Anne Bancroft's Fatso (1980), and then in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs (1987), about which he has remarked, "I continue to get more attention from that project than from anything I've ever done!"
Known For
Filmography
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Movie · as Judge
Station 19
TV · as Mr. Phillips · 1 ep
9-1-1
TV · as Anton · 1 ep
Hollywood Seagull
Movie · as Dr. Don Dorn
Scandal
TV · as Clark · 2 eps
Castle
TV · as Tommy Valentine · 1 ep
The Mentalist
TV · as Walter · 1 ep
Eyes
TV · as Attorney · 1 ep
When Billie Beat Bobby
Movie · as Sports Writer Mike
The Amati Girls
Movie · as Father Dedice
The Cure for Boredom
Movie · as Joey
Boston Public
TV · as Arthur Ryan · 1 ep
Providence
TV · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Sal Avelino · 1 ep
Confessions of a Sexist Pig
Movie · as Marty
Pinocchio's Revenge
Movie · as Jail Guard
The Dentist
Movie · as Matthew Zeigler
EZ Streets
TV · 1 ep
Clueless
TV · as Dr. Fleming · 1 ep
Kicking and Screaming
Movie · as Bar Teacher
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
Movie
ER
TV · as Mr. Weller · 1 ep
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Dennis · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Dick Douglas, Phil · 1 ep
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV · as Bobby Bigmouth · 5 eps
Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Monk (voice) · 1 ep
American Dreamer
TV · 1 ep
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV · as Hal Zareth · 1 ep
Dream On
TV · as Policeman (uncredited) · 1 ep
Booker
TV · as Freddy Larson · 1 ep
14 Going on 30
Movie · as Mr. Lloyd
Spaceballs
Movie · as Radio Operator
Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep
2 1/2 Dads
Movie
Jake Speed
Movie · as News stand Attendant
Sledge Hammer!
TV · 1 ep
Matlock
TV · as Charlie · 1 ep
This Wife for Hire
Movie · as Paul Bellini
Spenser: For Hire
TV · 1 ep
Amazing Stories
TV · as Sergeant Redmond · 1 ep
Cover Up
TV · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Sam Olan · 1 ep
Max Dugan Returns
Movie · as Coach Roy
Princess Daisy
TV · as Wingo · 2 eps
Fantasies
Movie
Family Ties
TV · as Richard Jacobs, Richard Grasso · 1 ep
Fame
TV · 1 ep
Silver Spoons
TV · as Bailiff · 1 ep
Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Keppler · 3 eps
It Takes Two
TV · 1 ep
Falcon Crest
TV · as Judge Connor Stewart · 1 ep
Simon & Simon
TV · 2 eps
Today's F.B.I.
TV · 1 ep
Fatso
Movie · as Vito
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Herbie · 1 ep
The Facts of Life
TV · 1 ep
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Movie
Fantasy Island
TV · as Prosecutor · 1 ep
The World's Greatest Lover
Movie · as Assistant Director
The Love Boat
TV · as Doug Ketchum, Mark Carlson, Charley Cole · 1 ep
Soap
TV · as Father Tim, Tim Flotsky, Father Timothy Flotsky · 8 eps
The Montefuscos
TV · as Nunzio Montefusco · 9 eps
Barney Miller
TV · as Brenner, Thomas Vitella, Joseph Beatty, Victor Renaldi · 1 ep
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Movie · as Patrolman O'Keefe
M*A*S*H
TV · as Patient John, Sergeant Raymond McGill · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep