Sal Viscuso

Known for ActingBorn 1948-10-05 (age 77)Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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!"Read more

Movies & web series

The Cure for Boredom

2 1/2 Dads

Batman: The Animated Series

The Mentalist

9-1-1

Station 19

Castle

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sledge Hammer!

ER

M*A*S*H

Eyes

Boston Public

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Amazing Stories

Scandal

Today's F.B.I.

Princess Daisy

Beverly Hills, 90210

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Touched by an Angel

Barney Miller

Magnum, P.I.

Soap

Diagnosis: Murder

Family Ties

Matlock

Hunter

The Facts of Life

Dream On

This Wife for Hire

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Cagney & Lacey

Cover Up

Spenser: For Hire

The Montefuscos

Spaceballs

Providence

Fame

Simon & Simon

Max Dugan Returns

Fantasy Island

Clueless

Kicking and Screaming

Silver Spoons

The Love Boat

EZ Streets

MAS*H