Had he been in Hollywood in the 1930s or 1940s, Vincent Schiavelli's Halloween-mask countenance, shock of unkempt hair and baleful voice might have permanently consigned him to minor roles in horror or gangster pictures. As it happened, Schiavelli became an actor during the 1960s, a period when, thanks to unpretty stars like Elliott Gould and Dustin Hoffman, homeliness opened more career doors than it closed. After several seasons' worth of stage experience, Schiavelli made his first film appearance in Milos Forman's Taking Off (1971) playing a pot-smoking support group leader by the name of...Schiavelli. He would work with Forman again on several occasions, most memorably as Salieri's(F. Murray Abraham) phlegmatic valet in the opening scenes of Amadeus (1984). In 1972, Schiavelli played his first regular TV-series role, gay set designer Peter Panama in The Corner Bar. Fourteen years later, he could be seen as oddball science teacher Hector Vargas in the weekly sitcom Fast Times, repeating his role from the 1982 theatrical feature Fast Times at Ridgemont High. One of his best-known screen roles was the ill-tempered Subway Ghost, who teaches newly dead Patrick Swayze how to move solid objects with sheer "hate power" in the 1990 blockbuster Ghost. Tim Conway fans are most familiar with Schiavelli through his appearances as Conway's dull-witted assistant in the popular Dorf videocassettes. Previously married to actress Allyce Beasley, the couple would part ways in 1988 and Schiavelli would subsequently wed Carol Mukhalian.
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Golden Door
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2006 | |||
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BAADASSSSS!
Actor |
2003 | |||
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Bitter Jester
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2003 | |||
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Death to Smoochy
Actor |
2002 | |||
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Hey Arnold! The Movie
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2002 | |||
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Solino
Actor |
2002 | |||
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The 4th Tenor
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2002 | |||
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American Saint
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2001 | |||
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3 Strikes
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2000 | |||
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American Virgin
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1999 | |||
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Man on the Moon
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1999 | |||
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Desert Heat
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1998 | |||
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Milo
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1998 | |||
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Rusty: The Great Rescue
Actor |
1997 | |||
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Tomorrow Never Dies
Actor |
1997 | |||
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3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
Actor |
1995 | |||
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A Little Princess
Actor |
1995 | |||
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Lord of Illusions
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1995 | |||
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The X-Files: Humbug
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1995 | |||
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Two Much
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1995 | |||
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Cultivating Charlie
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1994 | |||
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Lurking Fear
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1994 | |||
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Painted Desert
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1993 | |||
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Ted and Venus
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1993 | |||
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Batman Returns
Actor |
1992 | |||
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Freejack
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1992 | |||
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Highlander: Innocent Man
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1992 | |||
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Miracle Beach
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1992 | |||
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Another You
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1991 | |||
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Ghost
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1990 | |||
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Playroom
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1990 | |||
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Waiting for the Light
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1990 | |||
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Cold Feet
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1989 | |||
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Homer and Eddie
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1989 | |||
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Mister Frost
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1989 | |||
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Valmont
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1989 | |||
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Time Out
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1988 | |||
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Better Off Dead
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1985 | |||
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Amadeus
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1984 | |||
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The Mogul
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1984 | |||
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Kidco
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1983 | |||
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Taxi: A Grand Gesture
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1983 | |||
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Night Shift
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1982 | |||
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American Pop
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1981 | |||
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Escape
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1980 | |||
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Teen Mothers
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1980 | |||
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The Return
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1980 | |||
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White Mama
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1980 | |||
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The Frisco Kid
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1979 | |||
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An Unmarried Woman
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1978 | |||
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Angels
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1975 | |||
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The Happy Hooker
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1975 | |||
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For Pete's Sake
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1974 | |||
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The Great Gatsby
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1974 | |||
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Taking Off
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