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Vito Scotti | |
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Born | Vito Giusto Scozzari January 26, 1918 |
Died | June 5, 1996 | (aged 78)
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1937–1995 |
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Children | 2 |
Vito Giusto Scozzari (January 26, 1918 – June 5, 1996), also known as Vito Scotti, was an American character actor who played both dramatic and comedy roles on Broadway, in films, and later on television, primarily from the late 1930s to the mid-1990s. He was known as a man of a thousand faces for his ability to assume so many divergent roles in more than 200 screen appearances in a career spanning 50 years and for his resourceful portrayals of various ethnic types. Of Italian heritage, he played everything from a Mexican bandit, to a Russian doctor, to a Japanese sailor, to an Indian travel agent.