Charles Cioffi
Prolific character actor Charles Cioffi left his hometown of New York City as a teenager to attend Michigan State University, where he went on to receive both bachelor's and master's degrees. Cioffi developed an affinity for the Midwest, where he would later live. He returned to New York in the early 1970s and quickly landed parts in two highly notable films of the era--the blaxploitation classic "Shaft" (portraying Lt. Vic Androzzi) and the Oscar-winning drama "Klute" (as businessman Peter Cable), both in 1971. These roles, along with Cioffi's everyman look, made him a recognizable screen presence and helped him land roles throughout the decade. He portrayed mafioso Vito Genovese in "Lucky Luciano," while always finding work in 1970s cop shows like "Hawaii Five-0" and televised dramas like "Little House on The Prairie." Throughout the 1980s, Cioffi intermittently worked on- and off-Broadway while turning up on more primetime dramas, but soap opera fans will remember him best as the vengeance-fueled Ernesto Toscano on "Days of Our Lives" during the 1990s. He continued to find work on television while sharing his vast knowledge of the business by teaching the history of live television at the University of Minnesota.
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Charles Cioffi
Filmography
Movies
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Columbo: Murder With Too Many Notes | Sidney Ritter (Character) | - | 2001 |
7% |
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Shadow Conspiracy | Gen. Blackburn (Character) | $2.3M | 1997 |
39% |
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Newsies | Seitz (Character) | $2.7M | 1992 |
44% |
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Used People | Paolo (Character) | $17.1M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak: It's Always Something | Chief George Morris (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak: Flowers for Matty | Chief George Morris (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak: Fatal Flaw | Chief George Morris (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peter Gunn | Tony Amatti (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dream Breakers | Douglas Sloan (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadline: Madrid | Ed Shaw (Character) | - | 1988 |
41% |
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | George Grove (Character) | $14.4M | 1985 |
61% |
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All the Right Moves | Pop (Character) | - | 1983 |
94% |
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Missing | Captain Ray Tower (Character) | - | 1982 |
88% |
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Time After Time | Unknown (Character) | - | 1979 |
25% |
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The Other Side of Midnight | Chotas (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just a Little Inconvenience | Maj. Bloom (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tail Gunner Joe | Logan's Boss (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dog and Cat | Ralph Travan (Character) | - | 1977 |
11% |
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The Next Man | Fouad (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate McShane | Harold Cutler (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nicky's World | George Kaminios (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Lucky Luciano | Vito Genovese (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Crazy Joe | Coletti (Character) | - | 1974 |
60% |
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The Don Is Dead | Orlando (Character) | - | 1973 |
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The Thief Who Came to Dinner | Gene Henderling (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wheeler and Murdoch | DeNisco (Character) | - | 1972 |
93% |
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Klute | Peter Cable (Character) | - | 1971 |
88% |
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Shaft | Vic Androzzi (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | See the Man Run | Capt. Dan Dorsey (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mongo's Back in Town | Mike Nash (Character) | - | 1971 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 2002 |
95% | 95% | Frasier | Endicott (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Sidney Ritter (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caroline in the City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
74% | 85% | The X-Files | Section Chief Scott Blevins (Guest Star) | 1993 1997 |
17% | No Score Yet | 413 Hope St. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kirk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
86% | 87% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dave's World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Paul Faber (Guest Star) | 1995 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Raymond Schelzo (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
83% | No Score Yet | thirtysomething | James Warren (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Lieutenant Kramer (Guest Star) | 1986-1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Ed Armstrong (Guest Star) | 1982 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The A-Team | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Taxi | Frank (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nero Wolfe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Bret Harper (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | Colonel Mostada (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Edward Barris (Guest Star) | 1978 |
100% | 82% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Arnie Brace (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Burt Dresler (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Mario De Marco (Guest Star) | 1971 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |