All the Characters Played by Vito Scotti | Columbo

[@helenem4586]

Vito's body language was immaculate in every character. Genius, funny, endearing.

[@rajhussain9108]

Loved all of Vito’s scenes in Colombo, he embraced every role with his usual enthusiasm, charm and vigour, always showing patience with Colombo, you could see the great chemistry between the two, another wonderful character in the best detective series of all times 🤩

[@Pattiepies55]

He was fantastic in McMillan and Wife as a character named Guido Bartelone

[@rajhussain9108]

@@Pattiepies55 Thanks for letting me know, I’ll be sure to check it out! 👍🏼

[@TheOriginalDJMrVee]

He and Peter Falk had wonderful chemistry. He was a brilliant actor.

[@johncumiskey672]

So many times people overlook the importance of a great character actor , they very often bring out the best of the leading actors. Colombo always had wonderful support from some great actors..

[@christopherkraft1327]

Vito Scotti was an excellent character actor, he brought an extra special something to the Columbo episodes he was in!!! 👍👍🙂

[@jeanc819]

I find that it's always a pleasure to watch Vito Scotti whenever he comes onscreen, as he always plays his characters with passion and humility.

[@MRAustismCFEpilepsy]

This guy played such great characters over so many years!

[@ssnoc]

Scotti was incredible- he was perfect in every episode - very talented actor 👏👏

[@SallySallySallySally]

Guys like Scotti never have trouble finding work. Vito here was in hundreds of productions right up until his death in 1996 at the age of 78. He appeared in six Columbo episodes.

[@Lynoreprice]

Six episodes? Interesting. I didn’t realize he was in so many.

[@mahatmagandhi7588]

I'll say, his film career spanded around 50 years. He was always busy.

[@keepitsimple4629]

I loved Vito Scotti, about as much as I loved Columbo. He was so versatile; no role he couldn't master. and let's don't forget Donald Pleasance "that iodine! that liquid filth!" Wonderful actors. Gone, but not forgotten.

[@J24J]

I agree. Donald Pleasance was excellent in that episode! A perfect performance.

[@keepitsimple4629]

@@J24J Did you notice how his secretary's hair changed dramatically from one scene to another? In one, it was dull, and in the next it was bright red, then dull again. Their editor didn't catch that.

[@J24J]

@@keepitsimple4629 I didn’t either…

[@keepitsimple4629]

@@J24J It was actually hard to miss!

[@ssnoc]

Two giants - I agree

[@christopherkraft1327]

Vitto Scotti was a great character actor that played every roll superbly, a true professional!!! He always added an extra demention to every episode he was in!! 👍👍

[@konkret7]

One of the all-time great examples of "There are no small parts..." Thank you Vito!!

[@vickikay25]

I absolutely LOVED this actor in his many roles. The funeral director was just hysterical! I loved that the show used these wonderful character actors repeatedly. Terrific!

[@miked1311]

That wine scene was priceless. Love Columbo!! So many charachters!!

[@rumplestilskin5776]

He was a wonderful character actor. And, he and Falk were obviously buds.

[@mahatmagandhi7588]

LOL I love the feneral director scene! Vito has quite a resume. He is a very good character actor. Very convincing.

[@MrAitraining]

What a great compilation of this terrific actor. He was always great on Columbo. My fav scene and interplay with him is the funeral director trying to sell Columbo lol

[@robhaskins]

Vito Scotto was such a wonderful character actor. I'm glad I was able to enjoy so many of his performances.

[@Trygvar13]

I have seen Nagative Reaction countless times and I never realized before that the homeless guy was played by Vito Scotti. What a great actor he was.

[@Richard_Straker]

This was my first time noticing too.

[@fastguned]

@@Richard_Straker Well I guess I have a pretty good eye. I knew who he was the first time I saw him on this episode over 40 years ago.

[@luishumbertovega3900]

The same ocurred to me, unrecognizable at first. Too bad the scene was cut before he admitted he didn't remember talking to Columbo nor anything from the night before because he was drunk.

[@Well_hello_there_]

The man knew how to steal a scene 🏆

[@richdorak1547]

One of the all time character actors ever. Been in a million scenes throughout decades of TV and movies. Bravo !

[@greg5011]

Vito helped to make the series...what a talent..

[@maryvalentine9090]

Vito Scotti’s comic timing and instinct was such a pleasure to experience. Extremely talented, incredibly funny man. Oh, and all the Italian gesturing… so adorable. And the lip smacking when they tasted the wine in “Any Port in a Storm“ had me in stitches! So stupidly funny!

[@carp68]

Vito Scotti was the best. Wonderful actor.

[@dantean]

As the son of a character actor, I cannot BEGIN to tell you how much I appreciated--and STILL appreciate--the late Mr. Scotti's brilliant work. A true artist.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Character actors really don't get nearly enough credit for what they do.

[@dantean]

@@kathyflorcruz552 Amen.

[@careyhaas4780]

I loved him especially as the funeral director ... so perfect

[@hayatokuda]

3:09 always loved this moment

[@Richard_Straker]

Me too, I think it’s because it’s so authentic. I keep watching it.

[@daveleidy5984]

What made Columbo so great and enjoyable, was that even the supporting players and even the bit players were excellent actors and perfectly cast. That’s why you see so many playing multiprocessor in various episodes. Columbo is definitely a top five show of all time in my opinion. The originals that is. The later ones were okay, but not on the level of the originals. That certain “Something” was missing from later shows.

[@drewski1535]

Vito Scotti was an amazing character actor

[@saintrude]

Vito Scotti always made the episodes he was in a little more special.

[@ulli-007]

Thank you for sharing this...all scenes with vito scotti are my favourites 😍

[@FrankeeLee223]

I love it when Colombo and Vito speak Italian ! Wonderful acting and story lines.

[@FCN933]

How very nice to have a special on this fine actor. The part as a patron at the restaurant when he looks at Columbo and quickly assesses him and then places him by the kitchen, for me it shows his true skills as an actor.

[@stiofandundealgan1280]

Excellent actor, very talented in each character he played in Columbo episodes !

[@CadillacM]

You forgot the best part when Colombo enters the restaurant and Vito shows him to his table.

[@ptyboxing4938]

and also when Columbo enters the Church and he confuses him as a member of the family.. Loved that part...

[@captchaos83]

I can't pick just one! Vito Scotti was a phenomenal actor!

[@louisramosLEFTYLOUIE]

The most talented actor i have ever seen since the 1960s !even came out on I Love Lucy !

[@CarnivoreSeventyOne]

He starred in several episodes. Love this!

[@krissy381]

Love Vito in everything he did....so much charisma!

[@OriginalRocketJock]

If there ever was a TV Movie 'That Guy' Hall of Fame, Mr. Scotti would be one of the charter members.

[@Astrobrant2]

As for the jacket fitting his style, the answer should have been, "If you don't dry clean it for seven years it will definitely fit your style."

[@owentraynor4633]

Brilliant didn’t realise he was in so many roles

[@sahej6939]

Vito , so fun in his different characters. I enjoy the chilli guy as well.🎉😂❤

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Among other 100s of roles I also remember him in Cactus Flower and the Disney's Zorro one hour movies El Bandido and Adiós, El Cuchillo, with Gilbert Roland. Also in Master Of The World, with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson. A 1-derful, funny actor, Mr Scotti !!!

[@rivergold4835]

Thanks for this mini tribute to Vito Scotti.

[@CENTURION.CARPATIC]

Great actor!

[@retreatsyndrome8478]

Vito Scotti was just one of those rare few (like Paul Lynde for example) where if his name is in the credits...BAM! it's automatically going to be worth watching and funny. Columbo is infinitely worth watching anyway...but add Signor Scotti to the mix and you have a "chef's kiss"! He should of had a shot at having his own show like Paul Lynde did.

[@Munch-g7s]

Thing I love about the clips when he gives Columbo the grapes gets me everytime, the reaction the hand gestures. I’m not Italian but it just seems such an Italian thing to “nooooooo!!! (I can’t possibly except such a gift)” this is the because of great writing, great acting and a bit of freedom to improvise. You find out Peter Falk has no Italian lineage he was Jewish. These small details are what really do it for me and this show.

[@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime]

This was actually part of the fun of this show. Seeing these guys in different episodes. I kid you not, recently a couple of times I recognized an actor or actress in an earlier tv show or movie and actually said I recognized them from Columbo. Vito was one of them just a few days ago. lol

[@michaeldownstairs]

Chadwick (the tailor) is my favourite Vito Scotti _Columbo_ character. I notice that both he and the funeral parlour owner do a cool hair-smoothing move on their entrance!

[@yeltsin6817]

He was also in Giiligans Island

[@lauterunvollkommenheit4344]

He should've played the murderer once. It would've been hilarious.

[@rumplestilskin5776]

As great an actor as he was Vito was never a star hence would never have been cast as the murderer. However, he could have been cast as the murdered but that might have been too much of a downer.

[@fibram1008]

amazing character actor!

[@JamesBrewerDJ]

I would have liked to see Vito take the role of the villian. I think he would have been as good as any McGoohan, Culp, Nimoy villian!

[@sysyviv7872]

I like Donald pleasance a fantastic actor 👍💙

[@asteverino8569]

He is my favorite character actor actor on Columbo.

[@lmRestaino]

Oh, my! Donald Pleasance!

[@garynixon9035]

My favorite is the drunk in negative reaction !!!!!!!

[@robertdoyle687]

Would have loved having some vino with Peter Falk and Vito Scotti 😎

[@Quantumland-mg9qz]

Vito Scotti is so brilliant!

[@markmadonia2867]

Love Vito in everything Columbo Godfather and Hogan Heroes and Gilligan's Island

[@jonwilhelm1067]

A favorite on Hogans Hero's as well!

[@hewitttribe5536]

Ahhh that's where the clip "Liquid filth" comes from!

[@satyannair4837]

Eh? You forgot the role he played as the Italian dentist, ruing (to Columbo, his patient) about how Paisanos were being misrepresented in America. It was hilarious!!!

[@davidalexander3320]

It also was a different actor

[@RachelRosser-v1x]

He was a great actor😮

[@djsaverkill9392]

Fantastic!

[@onesixfive]

“Oh splendid…..an affair”

[@Murray9452]

He stole every scene he was in.

[@stevemellin5806]

A great actor .

[@mitchanhiranuma9030]

Love Him👍👏👏👏Thank you.

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

My neighbors were his nephews and niece,, they sure loved his attitude

[@ladanmoosavi1283]

👍 I laugh every time, the waiters tasting "the filty wine". 👌🤣😂🤣

[@MrElliotc02]

The absolute best...rest in heavenly peace. He was also an integral part in Andie's Gang...his foil, Froggie the Gremlin.

[@terratec1001]

6:12~8:13 - Which Columbo film was this?

[@ssnoc]

That was from the episode starring Johnny Cash - Swan Song 1974

[@terratec1001]

@@ssnoc Thanks. I have seen that film maybe twice so don't recall that particular scene. I like the majority of the Columbo films which I'll happily watch again and again, but there's 3 or 4 I don't really like that much and that is one of them.

[@TV-Tony]

What episode is that scene from where Vito hands Columbo all those grapes?

[@kevinw9073]

He was the classic "character actor."

[@Mr_Web]

"liquid filth" 😂

[@Maninawig]

I did not realize the bum was Vito. Wow

[@MrSabachtani]

What episode is the third scene from? I can't remember that one.🤔

[@officialPrighozin]

bravissimo vito che caratterista!

[@warrenhoffman2006]

Was very funny in The Odd Couple episode "Felix the Calypso Singer" as Pepe.

[@タナカマサヒロ-e3r]

一番好きな感じの、回や‼️

[@virnamisra1657]

The initial angered outflow. Mass removal of sikkkkkkhhhccoommunneetee

[@obombabeenlaid5101]

Shows that even Colombo was taking cash under the table!

[@mariocisneros911]

Nope giving it

[@leannbridwell1853]

17.50 a couple 🤣🤣🤣🤣priceless. So cheap.

[@those_eyes]

What about the flying nun???

[@dennisoleary6272]

I'm 76 i remember vito on Andy's gang Plunk your magic twanger frogie

[@MrEab2010]

Don Vito's baker made a mark of his own in the 1970s.

[@スコブル-u9n]

これが見たかった♪😋 GJ‼️👍👍

[@NCF8710]

Pasta Fazooli! Andy's Gang. 😆

[@MarkMcCluney]

Vito always gave great value for money but what the heck is Midnight Brown?

[@davidnicholson6680]

I'll bet every scene here was improvised.

[@notme123]

Watch Vito Scotti get destroyed by Froggy the Gremlin on "Andy's Gang"

[@juansalas7693]

Italian genes.

[@richelliott9320]

And to think all these years I thought he was Japanese! Lol

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