Tony Longo
Standing at 6' 6" and weighing in easily at 250 lbs., Tony Longo has frequently played football and baseball players on TV series and in feature films, but has also won a shot at more sensitive "gentle giant" roles as well. He is remembered as "Mad Dog," the "Animal House-esque" football player of "First & 10," the HBO series on which he co-starred from 1985-88, and as "Stump," the somewhat slow-witted aide-de-camp for Robert Blake in "Helltown" (NBC, 1985). Longo broke into TV in the early 80s, and from 1982-85 could be seen frequently on the CBS series "Alice" playing "Artie," one of the revolving customers trading barbs with the waitresses. "Helltown" and "First and 10" followed, and Longo was also a regular on the short-lived 1992-93 Fox Max Frewer vehicle "Shaky Ground" playing Harry, an assembly-line worker. Longo has appeared in numerous TV movies, but had perhaps his best role in "Young at Heart" playing a Hoboken, NJ, ethnic Italian who finds his emotional voice (CBS, 1995). His work in feature films dates back to the rather listless "Pink Motel" (1982), but he had a good moment as a weight-lifting buddy of romantic lead Michael Schoeffling in "Sixteen Candles" (1984). Longo was in the all-star cast of "Bloodhounds of Broadway" (1989), the re-creation of four Damon Runyon stories starring Madonna and Matt Dillon, among others. In 1994, Longo was the chest-thumping catcher, Triscuitt Messmer, in the remake of "Angels in the Outfield," and was "Little Mike" opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Eraser" (1996). Longo was cast in "Police Academy...The Series," which was set to begin syndication in 1997. Longo appeared in a small role in David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" (2001), an episode of the acclaimed series "Six Feet Under" (HBO 2001-05), Wayne Kramer's "The Cooler" (2003), and the romantic comedy "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days" (2003). Between 1999 and 2006, he had a recurring role as a private investigator on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" (CBS 1973- ). He continued working steadily in low-budget films and short video pieces. Tony Longo died of undisclosed causes in his sleep at his home in Marina dey Rey, California on June 21, 2015. He was 53.
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Tony Longo
Filmography
Movies
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Pizza With Bullets | Frankie (Character) | - | 2010 |
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Jake's Corner | Gus (Character) | - | 2008 |
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The Violent Kind | Chuck (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall of Night | Atlas (Character) | - | 2007 |
77% |
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The Cooler | Tony (Character) | $8.2M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Luck | Bobby (Character) | - | 2001 |
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Road to Redemption | Vincent the Enforcer (Character) | $248.9K | 2001 |
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Living in Peril | Truck Driver (Character) | - | 1997 |
43% |
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Eraser | Little Mike (Character) | $101.3M | 1996 |
18% |
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Houseguest | Joey Gasperini (Character) | $26.3M | 1995 |
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Remote | Louis Marinelli (Character) | - | 1993 |
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Prehysteria | Louis (Character) | - | 1993 |
45% |
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Rapid Fire | Brunner (Character) | $13.6M | 1992 |
10% |
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The Marrying Man | Sam (Character) | $12.4M | 1991 |
15% |
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Suburban Commando | Knuckles (Character) | $6.6M | 1991 |
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The Art of Dying | Victor (Character) | - | 1991 |
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Martial Law | Booker (Character) | - | 1990 |
30% |
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Let It Ride | Simpson (Character) | $5.0M | 1989 |
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Worth Winning | Tarry Childs (Character) | $3.6M | 1989 |
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Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw | Big Paw (Voice) | - | 1988 |
0% |
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Illegally Yours | Konrat (Character) | $123.1K | 1988 |
33% |
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Feds | Sailor (Character) | $3.5M | 1988 |
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Winners Take All | Bear Nolan (Character) | - | 1987 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 90% | The Mentalist | Large Biker (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Drake & Josh | Janitor (Guest Star) | 2004 |
81% | 96% | Six Feet Under | Bitsy (Guest Star) | 2002 |
57% | No Score Yet | Some of My Best Friends | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
74% | 85% | The X-Files | Dominic (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sentinel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hangin' With Mr. Cooper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Step by Step | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Matters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Parent 'Hood | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Breech (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anything but Love | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Full House | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1st & Ten |
"Mad Dog" Smears (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1984-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Young (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Beauty and the Beast | Howie (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hell Town | Stump (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Facts of Life | Hacksaw (Guest Star) | 1984 |
68% | No Score Yet | E/R | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982-1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Sylvester (Guest Star) | 1983-1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |