Nicholas Colasanto
Nicholas Colasanto (January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985) was an American actor and television director who is best known for his role as "Coach" Ernie Pantusso in the American television sitcom Cheers.
36 acting credits · 23 directing credits
Acting · 36
Mannix
1967
Cheers
1982
The Fugitive
1963
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
Ben Casey
1961
Run for Your Life
1965
Kojak
1973
Baretta
1975
Lou Grant
1977
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
My Favorite Martian
1963
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Playhouse 90
1956
Arrest and Trial
1963
Raging Bull
1980
Toma
1973
Car 54, Where Are You?
1961
Family Plot
1976
Fat City
1972
Deadlock
1967
Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1969
Toma
1973
Ironside
1967
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
Mad Bull
1977
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
1976
The Haircut
1982
Directing · 23
Columbo
1971
Bonanza
1959
Ironside
1967
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Run for Your Life
1965
The Name of the Game
1968
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
CHiPs
1977
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
McCloud
1970
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Felony Squad
1966
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Search
1972
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
S.W.A.T.
1975
Toma
1973
Hec Ramsey
1972
Monty Nash
1971
Fitz and Bones
1981
Shaft
1973
The Contender
1980