
Nicholas Colasanto
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959

Raging Bull
1980

Family Plot
1976

Mad Bull
1977

Toma
1973

Deadlock
1967

The Counterfeit Killer
1968

The Haircut
1982

Ironside
1967

Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
1976

Fat City
1972

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1969

Cheers
1982

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

The F.B.I.
1965

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Baretta
1975

Kojak
1973

Arrest and Trial
1963

Mission: Impossible
1966

Ironside
1967

Run for Your Life
1965

The Fugitive
1963

Ben Casey
1961

Toma
1973

The F.B.I.
1965

Run for Your Life
1965

Run for Your Life
1965

Mannix
1967

Playhouse 90
1956

My Favorite Martian
1963

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

Car 54, Where Are You?
1961

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964

Run for Your Life
1965

Run for Your Life
1965

Lou Grant
1977

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962