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John Cassisi

John Cassisi

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 05, 1962 (63)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

John Cassisi (born September 5, 1962) is a former American child actor who starred in the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone as "Fat Sam" and subsequently in the television series Fish. He was "discovered" by Bugsy Malone director Alan Parker, when Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom and asked students to nom ... inate the "naughtiest" boy in class. In 1982, he played the role of Herschel in the broad-way film "Gemini" alongside former Bugsy Malone star Scott Baio. After retiring from acting in 1982, Cassisi became involved in construction work.[4] From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Director of Global Construction for Citigroup. In 2015, he pled guilty to a bribery scheme and was sentenced to two to six years in prison plus a $500,000 forfeiture. Cassisi is married and has had three children. His eldest son, Robert, died after suffering from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 26.

Known For

Filmography

Gemini

Gemini

1982

as Herschel Weinberger

The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977

as Teenage Volunteer

Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

1976

as Fat Sam

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Fish

as Victor Kreutzer

Episodes: 35

First Aired: Feb 05, 1977

Barney Miller

as Victor Kreutzer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 23, 1975

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