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Actor Tony Musante Dead at 77
He starred in Dario Argento’s first Giallo (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE), played a homicidal homosexual opposite Sinatra in THE DETECTIVE, was ‘Uncle Pete’ in THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE, and even starred in a couple of fine Spaghetti Westerns. I liked actor Tony Musante who always turned in interesting performances, especially during the roguish bad-boy early phase of his career. He was especially memorable in THE INCIDENT (1967) as a young tough who terrorizes late-night passengers on a New York City train. Musante died last Tuesday in Manhattan of a hemorrhage while recovering from surgery. He was 77.
From The New York Times:
Tony Musante, a rugged-looking American actor who was seen on television, in films and on stage in the United States and Europe for over 50 years but who was probably best known for a TV series he left after one season, died on Tuesday in Manhattan…….
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