Tony Rosato (born December 26, 1954) is an Italian-born actor who appears in television and movies in both Canada and the United States. December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Raised in Ottawa, Rosato first gained attention when he and Robin Duke joined the cast of the first incarnation of SCTV in its final season during the fall of 1980. His most well-known character on the program was a notoriously drunk TV chef named Marcello Sebastiano. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Location City Information Established: 1850 as Bytown Area: 2,778. ... Robin Duke (born March 13, 1954 in St. ... Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ...

After SCTV, Rosato moved with Duke to the cast of Saturday Night Live for the 1981-1982 season. The show was in somewhat of a state of turmoil at the time, and Rosato's contract was not renewed. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...

Rosato next emerged on the Canadian police drama Night Heat, playing Arthur 'Whitey' Morelli from 1985 through 1989. He continues to appear in television and film regularly. Night Heat was a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. ...

Trivia

Celebrities impersonated by Rosato on SCTV include: Lou Costello, William Conrad, Danny Thomas, Woodstock co-organizer Chip Monk, John Belushi, Tony Orlando and Ella Fitzgerald. Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ... Bud Abbott (top) & Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo aka Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 - March 3, 1959) He is best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. ... Conrad in Cannon William Conrad (September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994), born William Cann, was an American actor and narrator in radio, film and television noted for his gifted use of a marvelous baritone voice, as well as for his sizable girth. ... Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor of Lebanese Maronite descent. ... John Belushi as Bluto in Animal House John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American actor and comedian most notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoons Animal House, and The Blues Brothers. ... Tony Orlando (born April 4, 1944, New York) is an American singer, of Greek and Puerto Rican ancestry, best known for his time with the group Dawn in the early 1970s. ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was an American singer, considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century, alongside Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan. ...

External links

• Tony Rosato at the Internet Movie Database