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Vincent Schiavelli
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Actor Born: November 10, 1948 in New York, NY Death: December 26, 2005 in Polizzi Generosa, Sicily, Italy Biography:Had he been in Hollywood in the 1930s or 1940s, "Vincent Schiavelli"'s Halloween-mask countenance, shock of unkempt hair and baleful voice might have permanently consigned him to minor roles in horror or gangster pictures. As it happened, Schiavelli became an actor during the 1960s, a period when, thanks to unpretty stars like "Elliott Gould" and "Dustin Hoffman", homeliness opened more career doors than it closed. After several seasons' worth of stage experience, Schiavelli made his first film appearance in "Milos Forman"'s "Taking Off" (1971) playing a pot-smoking support group leader by the name of...Schiavelli. He would work with Forman again on several occasions, most memorably as Salieri's("F. Murray Abraham") phlegmatic valet in the opening scenes of "Amadeus" (1984). In 1972, Schiavelli played his first regular TV-series role, gay set designer Peter Panama in "The Corner Bar". Fourteen years... Full Biography
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