|
Nicholas Colasanto (January 19, 1924 - February 12, 1985) was an American actor, known primarily for his role as Coach Ernie Pantusso on the long-running sitcom Cheers. Feature films include Fat City and Raging Bull. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Ernie Pantusso, was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Nicholas Colasanto for the first three seasons. ...
Cheers was a American situation comedy produced by Charles-Burrows-Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television for NBC. Cheers was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. ...
Fat City is a 1972 John Huston-directed film starring: Stacy Keach as Tully Jeff Bridges as Ernie Susan Tyrrell as Oma Candy Clark as Faye Categories: 1972 films | Boxing films | Film stubs ...
Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ...
A decorated veteran of World War II, he also directed various television series, such as Columbo, Starsky and Hutch and CHiPs. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
DVD cover of Columbo - The Complete First Season. ...
For the film, see Starsky & Hutch. ...
CHiPs was a US television series through MGM Studios running on NBC from September 15, 1977 to July 17, 1983. ...
He attended Bryant University, now located in Smithfield, RI.
Death & tribute Colasanto died of a heart ailment on February 12, 1985 at the age of 61, just as Cheers was achieving its greatest success. He was replaced by Woody Harrelson. After his death, his presence on the show was represented by the placing of a picture of Geronimo on the wall of the show's primary set. The photo had previously hung in Colasanto's dressing room and was said to hold a special meaning to the actor. The picture remained on the set for the rest of the series' run. February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Impromptu shot of Woody Harrelson in Eugene, Oregon, 2004 Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961), better known as Woody Harrelson, is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winner American actor. ...
Geronimo Geronimo (Chiricahua Goyaałé One Who Yawns; often spelled Goyathlay in English) (June 16, 1829–February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who long warred against the encroachment of the United States on tribal lands. ...
Coach died shortly after the filming of episode 22 (Cheerio, Cheers) of season 3. However, he appears (albeit rarely) in episodes following this and in the title credits up to the final episode of season 3. This was achieved by using outtakes from previous episodes.
Eight years after Colasanto's death, the show offered a subtle but important nod to him in its final scene: star Ted Danson walks up to and straightens the Geronimo picture before walking off stage for the last time. Ted Danson in the TV sitcom Becker Ted Danson (born Edward Bridge Danson III on December 29, 1947 in San Diego, California) is an American actor. ...
Trivia - Colasanto directed an episode of Columbo ("Swan Song") starring Johnny Cash as a murdering country and western singer. At one point during the episode, Cash's character refers to his (unseen) colleague "Nick Solacanto". This is an example of a Spoonerism.
DVD cover of Columbo - The Complete First Season. ...
A spoonerism is a play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched (see metathesis), named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who was notoriously prone to this tendency. ...
External links |
Feeds |
Contact