Charles Cioffi

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Charles Cioffi
Born (1935-10-31) October 31, 1935 (age 89)
Alma mater Michigan State University B.A. and M.A. [1]
OccupationActor
Years active1964–2008

Charles M. Cioffi (born October 31, 1935) is an American film and television actor best known as Lt. Matt Reardon in Get Christie Love! opposite co-star Teresa Graves.

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Career

Born in New York City, he attended Michigan State University, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. His film roles include Lt. Vic Androzzi in Shaft (1971), Peter Cable in Klute (1971), and Pop in All the Right Moves (1983).

Cioffi has appeared on Kojak , Frasier , Wings , The X-Files , Thirtysomething , NYPD Blue , Hawaii Five-O , Cannon , [2] Bonanza , and various other series, including The A-Team (1983) as Gianni Christian, and Days of Our Lives , in which he played Ernesto Toscano. He appeared in several productions both on and off Broadway. He made an appearance on Law & Order as mob boss Frank Masucci. He voiced Chairman Prescott and Adam Fenix in the Xbox 360 videogame Gears of War 2 .

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Klute Peter Cable
Shaft Vic Androzzi
1972 Bonanza Dr. Shanklin
1973 The Thief Who Came to Dinner Henderling
Lucky Luciano Vito Genovese
The Don Is Dead Luigi Orlando
1974 Crazy Joe Coletti
1976 The Next Man Fouad
1977 The Other Side of Midnight Chotas
The Accuser Mac Ganter
Just a Little Inconvenience Major Bloom
Hawaii Five-O Jack FabianEpisode: "Head to Head"
The New Adventures of Wonder Woman Raymond MantaEpisode: "The Bermuda Triangle Crisis"
1978 Gray Lady Down Admiral Barnes
1979 Little House on the Prairie Bret HarperEpisode: "Someone Please Love Me"
Time After Time Lt. Mitchell
1979 Hawaii Five-O Norman KlaneEpisode: "The Skyline Killer"
1982 Missing Captain Ray Tower
1983 All the Right Moves Pop
1984 Terror in the Aisles Peter CableArchival footage
1985 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins George Grove
1992 Newsies Seitz
Used People Paolo
1997 Shadow Conspiracy General Blackburn
2001 Amy's Orgasm Amy's Dad

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References

  1. "Movies" via www.nytimes.com.
  2. Cannon: Call Unicorn | TVmaze , retrieved January 24, 2023