Tony Rosato

Canadian Snl And Sctv Alum Tony Rosato Dead At 62

... comic actor joined Martin Short and Robin Duke as the only three performers to have been cast members of both “Saturday Night Live” and “SCTV,” the classic homegrown comedy show that was spun out of Second City shortly after “SNL” launched in the mid-1970 s. One of his most memorable “SCTV” characters was Marcello, a clumsy TV chef whose “Cooking with Marcello” lessons always ended up in a kitchen disaster. Rosato was a TV regular, with appearances on shows including “Due South,” “Street Legal,” “L. A. Law,” “Lonesome Dove” and “Robo Cop,” and the Canadian cable movie “Kissinger and Nixon.”. He was also the voice of Luigi in a pair of “Super Marios Bros.” TV series. “Aside from one of the most talented people I ever met in my life, he’s probably the gentlest person I think I ever met,” Goldhar said. “He broke his butt every audition, and he got the jobs, but he would come back to you all the time and thank you for setting it up.”. Rosato ran into legal trouble in later years. In 2005, he was charged with criminally harassing his wife as he struggled with mental illness. He spent two years in a Napanee, Ont., maximum security prison awaiting trial before he was diagnosed ...

Incorporated’ On Syfy

... out, and some of the twists of “Incorporated” push the show in intriguing directions. Its forays into subversive satire are low-key, but all the more effective for the perceptive fear that percolates through them. Dennis Haysbert, who plays a Spiga security executive named Julian, supplies the kind of presence and gravitas the show needs, and Julian’s merciless agenda hints at the kinds of difficult scenarios the show is willing to explore. The cast’s other veteran actor, Julia Ormond, seems uncomfortable and stiff at first, but in the first four episodes, she relaxes somewhat into her role as Elizabeth, the canny and uncompromising Spiga CEO. It’s refreshing that Elizabeth isn’t necessarily depicted as a villain: It’s clear that without Spiga producing basic necessities and keeping some kind of order, the survivors of this future apocalypse would be in even worse shape. As is so often the case on shows like this, a lot of the livelier moments come courtesy of supporting characters: The ...

Canadian 'snl' And 'sctv' Alum Tony Rosato Dies At Age 62

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Saturday Night’s Children

... of the University of Toronto, where he was studying chiropractic medicine, to pursue his gaining interest in performing improv at Second City Toronto, which led to his hiring at SCTV for its third season in 1980. On SCTV, Rosato played the inebriated TV chef named Marcello Sebastiani and delivered decent impersonations of Lou Costello , William Conrad, Danny Thomas, Tony Orlando, Ella Fitzgerald, and Woodstock organizer Chip Monck. Alongside Robin Duke, Rosato was hired at SNL starting its April 11, 1981 episode helmed by NBC producer Dick Ebersol. SNL went on an immediate hiatus after this one episode due to the 1981 WGA strike, and Rosato and the cast wouldn’t return until the following season. Rosato had two recurring characters — New York call-in radio show host Vic Salukin and the old Italian “Papa” based on his Second City character “The ...

With ‘no Depo$it’, The ‘flop House’ Gang Unearthed An Instant Camp Classic Of Canuck Craziness

... Live and SCTV in the 1980 s), Eric Roberts, and Dominique Swain. Then again, the Flop House men aren’t entirely sure it’s the Lolita star, because, in a miscue that perfectly embodies the film’s low-grade but star-obsessed sensibility, her name is misspelt in the credits, so it very well could have been Swain’s non-union Mexican equivalent and not the fading starlet herself. On another level, of course people like Margot Kidder, Michael Madsen, and Eric Roberts are in No Depo$it. That’s what they do with their lives now when they’re not signing autographs for nerds at science fiction conventions. It’s not that remarkable for a b-movie to feature has-beens, but in this episode the revelation of celebrity cameos is like a crazy clown car in a circus: just when you think it’s over, another kooky d-list ...

A Legend Returns From His Long Season In Hell

... "Its incredible. When we spend our time together I'm just constantly amazed at how healthy he is. It's similar to when we first met and I was falling in love with him, except its better.". Rosato is keeping to a strict schedule. Every morning he rises early, a habit acquired in jail, and begins a renewed search for work, often working up ideas on an old typewriter. "My main concern is getting back to work," he says. "I miss work, and without work there's no money.". Rosato has rekindled friendships with his actor friends in Toronto, meeting them regularly to talk shop. "Four years being inside is very hard on the spirit," he says. "It's the beginning of starting to feel free again. But it's shaking off the time spent inside, that's the difficult part.". For Leah, the legal journey to get her husband help was exhausting, frustrating and confusing. "When the trial was over everyone said, `You must be so relieved it's finally over,'" Leah recalls. "But no, it's not. "Even after that he was in the forensic unit he still didn't ...

Canadian 'snl' And 'sctv' Alum Tony Rosato Dead At 62

... "Robo Cop," and the Canadian cable movie "Kissinger and Nixon.". He was also the voice of Luigi in a pair of "Super Marios Bros." TV series. "Aside from one of the most talented people I ever met in my life, he's probably the gentlest person I think I ever met," Goldhar said. "He broke his butt every audition, and he got the jobs, but he would come back to you all the time and thank you for setting it up.". Rosato ran into legal trouble in later years. In 2005, he was charged with criminally harassing his wife as he struggled with mental illness. He spent two years in a Napanee, Ont., maximum security prison awaiting trial before he was diagnosed with Capgras syndrome, a condition that caused him to believe his wife and young daughter had been replaced by impostors. A judge found him guilty but set aside the conviction and ordered him committed to a mental institution. In all, Rosato spent nearly four years in custody. "There's no question that it had a big impact," Goldhar said. "He had been a creative, dynamite force prior to that. He was ...