Supporting Actor Spotlights - Vincent Schiavelli

[@TheVillon77]

If anyone is interested, and since I don't see any other comment with it, here's the documentary about Vincent in Polizzi: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpu4aoR7n8idbs0

[@TheBackFocus]

I urge everyone to watch this. It's hard to find, and if you like it, save it somewhere. It's probably the best quality copy you'll be able to find.

[@TheVillon77]

@@TheBackFocus Thank you for your hard work highlighting all these great performers, that we all "know" without knowing. Discovering Vincent Schiavelli, in particular, was a treat.

[@adamwiggins9865]

TheVillon77 ... you are good at documentary narration. Do you have any other subjects you do this format video?

[@andrewrandall9989]

i realize it is quite randomly asking but do anyone know of a good place to watch newly released series online ?

[@fabianallan6270]

@Andrew Randall Flixportal :P

[@samto7857]

I used to love seeing this guy. Would love to see more of his work.

[@kentbrooks3227]

Another episode masterfully done. Thanks so much for the deep dive into the life of arguably one of the most underrated character actors in the modern age.

[@SkepticalChris]

Schiavelli had such incredible presence. not just because of his height but how he carried himself in his roles. notice at 4:25 how he stands, he does it with such dignity, and he looks so strangely symmetrical

[@donaldoconner]

I love this episode. I really miss how the early episodes began with Brandon reading the script of one of the actor’s most famous scenes.

[@shaunindia]

So glad i found this channel. So wholesome.. A record of people whose stories we would normally never hear. Grazie

[@rt3455rr2]

I'm so glad that this is still online.

[@kekz0r]

I think about this video often, and about Vincent Schiavelli because of this video. I didn't know I'd miss him.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Same

[@richardarmogida9316]

Very good actor and good person love him😊

[@robbycoco5670]

Thank you for this amazing video. Vincent was my grandfather first cousin and lived with him in Brucilini. They were born the same year and only months apart. He loved this video on his cousin. Thank you again

[@dortesandal4303]

Better late than never! I just found these "supporting" and I Adore Them. So good.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Supporting actors like Vincent, when you can see them in sooo many different roles and genres, really BECOME main actors in my eyes. Simply because of their sheer presence. Each time you see them in something else, completely unexpected, you CHEER in joy when you see a familiar face that has been with you since your childhood. :) *edit typo removed*

[@franksanz1044]

Vintent? Why are you talking like Mike Tyson?

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@@franksanz1044 was a typo. Sorry.

[@ivanmay7890]

Ghost was the movie I remember Vincent Schiavelli from. He was great in that movie.

[@mistermatix8241]

Such an underrated amazing actor. List him too soon. Remember him as red lectroid John O Connor in Buckaroo Banzai, as Dr Kaufman in Tomorrow Never Dies

[@benmazur7329]

I just watched Once Upon a Time in Polizzi. It was very good. I enjoyed it.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Same

[@davidshi451]

This is a lovely, lovely tribute to Vincent. The recipes video is one of my favorites too. Thank you for making this beautiful video!

[@Teddyngham]

I once remember wondering what had happened to you since your early KZbin career (like the "30 seconds long" video. And then finding your No Small Parts videos. I guess it was kinda like you finding out about Vincent Schiavelli's Polizzi life. And now I was searching for your No Small Parts of Vincent Schiavelli (since that was my favorite), and finding this is a pleasant surprise (having the other video added on). You have btw made me appreciate Vincent Schiavelli a lot.

[@toriwolf5978]

Wow thanks for putting this up on KZbin loved him in Ghost he was so amazing!!! Thanks for the memories….he will be missed !!! Loved that he was also cooking delicious dishes and wrote a book on his recipes …..he was a very talented man….❤

[@MrGreenToS]

YES! Glad to see both Vincent and the his Recipes video are back up!

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

you can find all of the original nsp episodes here: archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22No+Small+Parts+Productions%22

[@MrGreenToS]

blue text on white background Oh I know, It’s just great to see the original channel get to reupload the videos as well as making it easier to recommend to friends with the KZbin link vs outside link

[@red3y3z]

Thank you for this. I always remember him as the teacher in Fast Times at Ridgemont High playing with a Rubiks cube.

[@tyzerro]

I bought Vincent's memoir because of this video, awesome seeing it come across my feed again!

[@davidshi451]

22:35 Lol! "It's Vincent; he does not want me to fuck up this food!"

[@ninamc6116]

I loved him in “Night Shift” as the guy who smears the sandwich on the door frame. Hilarious. And of course in “Fast Times” as Mr. Vargas. Great actor!

[@jasoncarpp7742]

I remember Vincent Schiavelli from the movie *"Ghost",* opposite Patrick Swayze.

[@NounOzlos]

I think this was one of your best episodes. Love the addendum when you cooked his recipes.

[@chrisbalocca]

This is my absolute favorite No Small Parts, thank you so much.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

I remember wanting to see Ghost at the cinema because I had seen Vincent in the trailer and I thought his character looked offbeat and interesting.

[@Liamtweedie]

Thank you Brandon, I am eternally thankful for you putting this back up on the youtube. This is my favorite episode.

[@vidhead85]

I only knew him as the Subway Ghost, but there was so much more. It's amazing what you learn about people

[@juliusnepos6013]

Oh gosh, I just realized it was 17 years since he had passed away this day. R.I.P

[@Joobie]

I had never seen that ending segment with all the cooking before. That was great. Food really warms the heart in more ways than one. Especially when it's a really beautiful recipe being shared like these traditional Sicilian ones from Vincent's family.

[@DjRickeyRicardo]

Hes such a good actor bless up!

[@juliusnepos6013]

This is so well made, I hope it could have more views to appreciate this

[@lanegeorgeton8266]

You do really interesting work

[@thumbwarriordx]

Dude, Emperor: Battle for Dune is epic. All of those cheesy FMV heavy RTS games have a special place in my heart. Especially Red Alert 3 with George Takei, Tim Curry, Peter Stormare and J.K. Simmons. Such great casting all around with those games. Maximum cheese. The dream of the 90's was alive in 2008.

[@franf.4467]

That's nice.

[@MrJohnylompoc]

That was amazing, thank you for doing this!

[@theloadedbrush3152]

It's so weird, I literally found this channel a couple of minutes after watching the American Pie movie this dude was in. Great find.

[@goblin3810]

I love this show. Im really loving the second viewings!

[@mattdeans9873]

One of my favorite actors. Thank you for a beautiful video. I learned so much. As with so many other wonderful artists/angels -- they dont seem to stay on earth for very long. RIP

[@frankmann1060]

I truly wish I find something I am as passionate about as Vincent was about Polizzi Generosa.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@joewaltz2709]

This is an amazing series. This one, however is just beautiful. I feel like you truly honored this man by sharing his passion.

[@HalinPhilly]

Though I've only seen a handful of movies that featured Vincent Schiavelli, I knew from the first encounter on the silver screen I must remember that name. Thanks for putting the spotlight on the unsung talent like Mr. Schiavelli and others like him.

[@Nataloff]

Love your afterword. I stumbled onto his cooking TV show and was mesmerized not so much by the recipes as by his warm, embracing manner of collaborating with his guest chefs. I happened to bump into him in a Los Angeles Ralphs supermarket (apparently before he moved to Italy) but I didn't dare say hello; you don't do that to famous people in LA lest you start a panic. Nevertheless, the non-encounter remains a memorable moment for me with a truly multi-talented man.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Being born on November 16th, I've always appreciated fellow Scorpios in the entertainment industry! Hell, that's probably why Mr. Schiavelli and Danny DeVito hit it off so well. They're both Scorpios! Love it....🇵🇷🇺🇸😎

[@Adam-qv2bd]

Anything "Ch" in ital is pronounced Ki. Plus you didn't mention "The Ratings Game". My favorite Vicent performance! What a great life he lived.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Fun fact as a New Yorker I can honestly say that train I believe was either a A 🚆 or C train and it is still in usage today I recognized the number 4208

[@gmat5586]

Nicely done. My family doctor of 20 years looked just like this guy.

[@MickieMuellerStudio]

I’m so glad I found your channel! There’s so much AI junk out there, listening to someone in the business and who does good research and has great insights is making my day!

[@Bucketroo]

So much love for the Human Basset Hound. Was really pleased to see him in Death to Smoochy, which is a masterpiece!

[@AMTunLimited]

The recipe from Goodfellas was covered by Binging with Babish, which I think was actually made after this video first came out

[@davidshi451]

Does that mean that Brandon is clairvoyant? 😱

[@Thaligamathor]

He played pidgeon man in hey Arnold. This man was an even greater actor than I thought. Goat.

[@MerricMaker]

There are certain actors, no matter what they're in, I'll watch it. Schiavelli was one.

[@RustyTiberius]

This may be my favorite episode

[@anneofgreengables1367]

I’m so happy you’re posting these back up!! I already respected Vincent prior to watching your review. But this video really made me like him even more.

[@StephenMurphy96]

This is still one of my favourite episodes of your show and while I was glad to have it saved when it was deleted I’m glad it’s now up online again for others to see if they haven’t before. This series is probably one of the more underrated on KZbin but it’s one of my favourites because it comes from a place of love and is educational and interesting. As I became aware of what a character actor was this series became helpful in learning more about them but also these are just fun to watch and I can tell these come from a place of passion and interest for the subject matter. Anyway Vincent from my impression of this video before and as I re-watch it seemed like an interesting, kind and fun person to talk too. I would have been curious to see him go around the convention scene maybe do panels. His voice like you said was pretty memorable and while it’s probably not the most memorable episode he was a part of one of my favourite Batman the Animated Series episodes “Zatanna” where he played the aforementioned character’s father Zatara. Zatara is one of the oldest DC Heroes and his daughter Zatanna while she’s not one of the characters with big selling books she’s one who appears a lot and is one of my favourites so that’s mostly why I like it. He had another role in Hey Arnold besides the one you mentioned the other one being “The Pigeon Man” which apparently was one of the show’s memorable episodes. I never watched the show much when I was young. They brought the Pigeon Man back for the new Hey Arnold The Jungle Movie now played by a different actor but his character is credited as “Vincent the Pigeon Man” indicating they might have named the character after him later on which if true that’s pretty cool and the Jungle Movie also features a dedication to him in its credits showing they hadn’t forgotten him which again I think is cool. I later watched the documentary you mentioned and like you I found it interesting and again you can tell it came from a place of love. There’s apparently another documentary listed about him and his life in Polizzi but I don’t know if is the same documentary done differently or not. When I was still on Twitter I mentioned to you his son Andrea had made a documentary about his own journey to go back to Polizzi and reconnect with his routes. I said it wasn’t around anywhere maybe not even released yet officially and sadly that seems to be still the case. I hope it’s put out soon because watching the trailer it’d make a nice companion piece to this episode and just seeing some footage makes it look like it’ll be as personal as the Polizzi documentary. You can see some footage in this trailer here if anyone else is curious. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3bWnmWKp6eDoac Anyway I think that’s it for now but knowing me there’s stuff I’ve probably forgotten to mention. Also thanks for including the recipe video which I didn’t save and it was just as interesting and I hope to try it myself someday. Keep up the great work Brandon.

[@zombiefulci3301]

He did a similar role later as "fucking bum" in an episode of Tales from the Crypt titled "Mournin Mess"

[@Timthethespian89]

This is beautiful. Thanks!

[@davidcameo]

NO SMALL PARTS, REDUX! worth seeing again~

[@TheWhiskydaniel]

a small masterpiece .

[@marsh1663]

boss, dude. I'm so glad you're reposting these videos -- always thought they were great

[@franf.4467]

What a great voice.

[@joliesmith4386]

happy birthday vincent!!!

[@BlackJaxxx]

"GET OFF MY TRAIN" :)

[@gruntspy44]

Damn he seemed like such a nice guy

[@MrJayOkane]

Happy B day Vincent

[@Mashi437]

He really made the Pigeon Man character in Hey Arnold, a small role for a big actor, but a happy memory of my childhood.

[@kyletowers9662]

I was wondering while watching this, if you'll update any of these old episodes with new information like Warwick Davis/Crispin Glover's acting roles since then, or Darlene Cates' death. The recipe testing added on at the end gives me hope that that may happen.

[@SpaceCase-tw7vb]

I love how you flipped this episode to show a more personal story. He was such an interesting person. I was always fascinated by his performance in Ghost. I’ll definitely watch the documentary. Thank you for sharing ☺️

[@juliusnepos6013]

Same, I had come back to this episode due to its delivery. That documentary aswell is so immersive to Vincent's personal life I can't help but to get mesmerized

[@SpaceCase-tw7vb]

@@juliusnepos6013 So true. Excellent Delivery. 🥰

[@bluebandit5586]

YES THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT BACK

[@jordddn]

So glad you re uploaded these videos! I had to scour for a crappy reupload on vimeo.

[@BBall-dq9mt]

Danny was really good friends with him

[@TheMajicHobo77]

On the Once Upon a Time in Mexico dvd, Robert Rodriguez teaches you how to cook Puerco Pibil, a dish that is featured in the film.

[@DavidFrancis24824]

Beautiful! Thank you for making these videos! They are incredible!

[@davidbrentdrums9890]

I absolutely love this episode

[@SkyWidows]

Just noticed the cool design feature on the word "focus". Very nice. Awesome video.

[@tynao2029]

the best part about his role as Mr. kerber the geometry teacher in Better Off Dead, he would drive the main character Lane (John Cusack's) girlfriend to school, and asked him if he could take her out on a date. Hilarious

[@OrganNLou]

What an AMAZING man! THANK YOU!!

[@isakwennstig6471]

Always fun to see again and it also makes me hopeful for a Peter stormare episode

[@avlivinggolden]

Favorite episode so far!

[@Airihi]

I remember him having a cooking show on the cooking channel called Chefs of Cucina Amore. But now I'm wondering if I may have seen parts of that documentary, as well

[@juliusnepos6013]

Sadly I haven't seen traces of the show publicly on the internet. But there are videos showing his recipe and I had tried one of them.

[@Airihi]

@@juliusnepos6013 How was it?

[@deadbicyclist]

What a beautiful life.

[@joewaltz2709]

@Brandon. Check out celebrity true or false with Danny Davito. He. Refers to Mr. Schiavelli as his friend and mentions his talent for cooking.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

No man my first memory of him is mr. Vargas in Fast Times at Ridgemont High no one could understand how he had a beautiful wife like that

[@ricogo2447]

He was right down fantastic in his role in Humbug (The X-Files) !

[@fernandoluna6589]

Great job, you deserve so much more attention.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Funny how him and Crispin actually was in a couple of movies together

[@joshfreedman9695]

The adventures of Buckaroo banzai across the 8th dimension !!

[@BigStevie]

Pigeon Man! "Always wash your berries before you eat them, and fly toward the sun"

[@avlivinggolden]

I pray and hope TMC or some cable channel pick this up. However, I am enjoying this.

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Yes the subway ghost is a malevolent deviant spirit those usually have the highest amount of energy and force to actually move things because they're intense anger and aggression surpassed the physical and maintained in the metaphysical

[@AlbyForever]

Welcome back !

[@jelaboothe2363]

One FLEW OVER THE COOKOOS NEST.. man, he was marvellous. Marfans syndrome.. Disability shud NEVA stop u from reaching ur tru potential.

[@benmazur7329]

I was 9 years old when Vincent Schiavelli passed away.

[@ArcturusIV]

There's a big graffiti of him in one of Polizzi's streets. A very beloved citizen!

[@berner]

RIP Vincent. That Subway accident took you from us too early.

[@chimchimcharoo56]

the guy from Ghost, thats all i know

[@donatj]

Huh, I always wondered what happened to No Small Parts. Guess that explains it.

[@JonGee420]

The first role I remember him from was seeing him on stat trek tng

[@dukeskunk]

I would have loved to see one of these on Edie Mclurg.

[@zombiefulci3301]

Can you do one on John Bloom, the giant from 70's drive in b movies?