Sal Viscuso
Actor/Actriz
20
Movies
43
TV Shows
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!"
As Actor/Actress
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
Sal Avelino
El Mentalista
Walter
Castle
Tommy Valentine
9-1-1
Anton
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Sala de urgencias
Mr. Weller
Beverly Hills, 90210
Hal Zareth
Falcon Crest
Judge Connor Stewart
Diagnosis: Murder
Dick Douglas
The Love Boat
Doug Ketchum
Escándalo
Clark
Mash
Patient John
Magnum, P.I.
Herbie
Batman: La Serie Animada
Monk (voice)
Estación 19
Mr. Phillips
Lois & Clark: Las nuevas aventuras de Superman
Bobby Bigmouth
El Toque de un Angel
Dennis
Simon & Simon
Barney Miller
Brenner
Matlock
Charlie
Family Ties
Richard Jacobs
The Facts of Life
Boston Public
Arthur Ryan
Jake and the Fatman
Cagney & Lacey
Keppler
La Isla de la Fantasía
Prosecutor
Hunter
Sam Olan
Fame
Providence
Historias Asombrosas
Sergeant Redmond