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!"
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Soap
as Father Tim
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Sep 13, 1977
Soap
as Tim Flotsky
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Sep 13, 1977
The Montefuscos
as Nunzio Montefusco
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Sep 04, 1975
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Bobby Bigmouth
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 12, 1993
Cagney & Lacey
as Keppler
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 25, 1982
M*A*S*H
as Patient John
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 17, 1972
Princess Daisy
as Wingo
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 06, 1983
Scandal
as Clark
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 05, 2012
Falcon Crest
as Judge Connor Stewart
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 04, 1981
Boston Public
as Arthur Ryan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 23, 2000
Family Ties
as Richard Jacobs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1982
The Love Boat
as Doug Ketchum
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sal Avelino
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
M*A*S*H
as Sergeant Raymond McGill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1972
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dick Douglas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1993
Hunter
as Sam Olan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1984
ER
as Mr. Weller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
Batman: The Animated Series
as Monk (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1992
Castle
as Tommy Valentine
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 09, 2009
Amazing Stories
as Sergeant Redmond
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1985
The Mentalist
as Walter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 2008
Diagnosis: Murder
as Phil
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1993
Family Ties
as Richard Grasso
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1982
Station 19
as Mr. Phillips
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 22, 2018
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Hal Zareth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1990
The Love Boat
as Mark Carlson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
The Love Boat
as Charley Cole
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Barney Miller
as Brenner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1975
Dream On
as Policeman (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1990
Barney Miller
as Thomas Vitella
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1975
Barney Miller
as Joseph Beatty
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1975
Barney Miller
as Victor Renaldi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1975
Touched by an Angel
as Dennis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1994
9-1-1
as Anton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 2018
Fantasy Island
as Prosecutor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1978
Simon & Simon
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 24, 1981
Magnum, P.I.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 11, 1980
American Dreamer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1990
Sledge Hammer!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1986
Spenser: For Hire
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1985
Fame
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1982
The Facts of Life
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 24, 1979
Providence
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 1999
Silver Spoons
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1982
Matlock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 1986
Jake and the Fatman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1987
Cover Up
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1984
Booker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1989
It Takes Two
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1982
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
Today's F.B.I.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 25, 1981
EZ Streets
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 1996
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