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Jon Raymond Polito was an American character actor. In a film and television career spanning 35 years, he amassed over 220 credits. Notable television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and as Phil Bartoli on the first season of Crime Story. He also appeared in several films including The Rocketeer, The Crow and Gangster Squad, as well as his work with the Coen brothers. He appeared in five of their films, including Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski. Polito also portrayed legendary "hungry i" nightclub impresario Enrico Banducci in a large supporting role in Tim Burton's 2014 film Big Eyes starring Amy Adams.
Birth Name
John Polito
Born
Friday, 29 December 1950
Died
Thursday, 01 September 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Fame Us | Self | 2017 |
| Fame Us | Self | 2019 |
| The Maestro | Herbert Englehart | 2018 |
| Tangled: The Series | Griffon of Pittsford | 2017 |
| The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2017 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| Big Eyes | Enrico Banducci | 2014 |
| 39 to Go | Mathis | 2014 |
| Murder in the First | Judge Greer / Judge Emerson Greer | 2014 |
| Locker 13 | Don Dillon / Don Dillan (segment "#1 Down and Out") | 2014 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Fame Us | Self | 2017 |
| Fame Us | Self | 2019 |
| The Maestro | Herbert Englehart | 2018 |
| Tangled: The Series | Griffon of Pittsford | 2017 |
| The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2017 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| Big Eyes | Enrico Banducci | 2014 |
| 39 to Go | Mathis | 2014 |
| Murder in the First | Judge Greer / Judge Emerson Greer | 2014 |
| Locker 13 | Don Dillon / Don Dillan (segment "#1 Down and Out") | 2014 |
| Discovering Film | Self | 2014 |
| Gangster Squad | Dragna | 2013 |
| Major Crimes | Dino Kotero | 2012 |
| Robot and Monster | Sir Cranklin | 2012 |
| Bunheads | Sal Russano | 2012 |
| The Hollywood Fast Lane | Self - Interviewee | 2012 |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Frank O'Brien | 2012 |
| Ultimate Spider-Man | Hammerhead | 2012 |
| Batman: Year One | Commissioner Loeb (voice) / Commissioner Loeb | 2011 |
| Thundercats | Conquedor | 2011 |
| From the Head | Vinnie | 2011 |
| Franklin & Bash | 'Lucky' Louie Gianelli | 2011 |
| Atlas Shrugged: Part I | Orren Boyle | 2011 |
| Son of Morning | Mr. Bordasche | 2011 |
| The Last Godfather | Don Bonfante | 2010 |
| DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection | Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") / Police Captain (segment "The Spectre") (voice) | 2010 |
| Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam | Police Captain | 2010 |
| Venus & Vegas | Frank | 2010 |
| Mike & Molly | Frankie | 2010 |
| Burning Palms | Ned / The Phamacist | 2010 |
| Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Mizaru | 2010 |
| DC Showcase: The Spectre | Police Captain / Police Captain (voice) | 2010 |
| Funny or Die Presents... | Eddy (segment "United States Police Department") | 2010 |
| Stiffs | John "The Prince" Monaco | 2010 |
| Modern Family | Earl Chambers | 2009 |
| Citizen Jane | Detective Romer | 2009 |
| Glenn Martin DDS | Vito Renzuli / (voice) | 2009 |
| Castle | Harold Metzger | 2009 |
| Chocolate News | Harvey Silverstein | 2008 |
| The Mentalist | Bertram Duesterberg | 2008 |
| Do Not Disturb | R.J. | 2008 |
| Raising the Bar | Judge Dominick Ventimiglia | 2008 |
| Animated American | Max Rabbit | 2008 |
| The Super Man | Floyd | 2008 |
| Bart Got a Room | Bob | 2008 |
| Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | Captain Sludge | 2008 |
| Rock Monster | The Colonel | 2008 |
| The Marconi Bros. | Lou Burns | 2008 |
| American Gangster | Rossi | 2007 |
| Chowder | Funjl / Guy | 2007 |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Don Bafi / Big Man | 2007 |
| Happily N'Ever After | Wolf 1 / Wolf #1 (voice) | 2007 |
| Cougar Club | Mr. Archibald | 2007 |
| Big Nothing | Agent Hymes | 2006 |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Borough President | 2006 |
| Handy Manny | Joe Bolotero | 2006 |
| Grilled | Leon Waterman | 2006 |
| Lies and Alibis | Jimmy the Photographer | 2006 |
| Cutting Room | Sandy | 2006 |
| Masters of Horror | Montesquino | 2005 |
| Ghost Whisperer | Joe Grimaldi | 2005 |
| Threshold | Nicky Frost | 2005 |
| It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Gino | 2005 |
| The Honeymooners | Kirby | 2005 |
| The Buzz on Maggie | New Pupert / New Aldrin | 2005 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Chief Arnook / Additional Voices | 2005 |
| Family Plan | Gold | 2005 |
| American Dad! | (voice) | 2005 |
| Medium | Vincent Discala | 2005 |
| Short Order | 2005 | |
| Gone But Not Forgotten | Sam Oberhurst | 2005 |
| Desperate Housewives | Charles Skouras | 2004 |
| The Last Shot | Wally Kamin | 2004 |
| Charlie the Ox | Freddy Boon | 2004 |
| The Jury | Johnny Pappas | 2004 |
| The Box | Michael Dickerson | 2004 |
| The Singing Detective | Second Hood | 2003 |
| It's All Relative | Leonard | 2003 |
| The Lyon's Den | Mr. Carpeggi | 2003 |
| 10-8: Officers on Duty | Enzo Fontana | 2003 |
| Las Vegas | The Cleaner | 2003 |
| Two and a Half Men | Mr. Sharipa | 2003 |
| View from the Top | Roy Roby | 2003 |
| Oliver Beene | Mr. Rayfield | 2003 |
| Dragnet | Richard Maughm | 2003 |
| Black Mask 2: City of Masks | King | 2003 |
| The Box | Michael Dickerson | 2003 |
| Push, Nevada | Silas Bodnick | 2002 |
| Women vs. Men | Desk Sgt. | 2002 |
| 29 Palms | The Security Guard | 2002 |
| She Spies | Edward Malloy | 2002 |
| Monk | George Gionopolis | 2002 |
| Without a Trace | Jimmy 'The Tooth' Fusco | 2002 |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Creighton Tolliver | 2001 |
| Scrubs | Mr. Summers | 2001 |
| Crossing Jordan | Dick | 2001 |
| Mimic 2 | Morrie Deaver / Morrie | 2001 |
| The Chronicle | Donald Stern | 2001 |
| Time Squad | Al Capone | 2001 |
| The Tailor of Panama | Ramon Rudd | 2001 |
| The Chris Isaak Show | Rhonda Parks | 2001 |
| The Shrink Is In | Judge Bob | 2001 |
| Boys Life 3 | Paparazzi (segment "Inside Out") | 2000 |
| The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! | Virgil (voice) / Virgil | 2000 |
| Gideon's Crossing | Lou Peda | 2000 |
| Gilmore Girls | Pete / 'Father' in Kirk's Film | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Schoentell | 2000 |
| The Invisible Man | Eddie The Mammoth | 2000 |
| Nowhere Land | Frank | 2000 |
| Homicide: The Movie | Steve Crosetti | 2000 |
| After Sex | Naldo (as John Polito) / Naldo | 2000 |
| My Wife and Kids | Minister | 2000 |
| Stuart Little | Officer Sherman | 1999 |
| The Apartment Complex | Dr. Caligari / Dr Caligari | 1999 |
| Popular | Caesar Croutons | 1999 |
| Judging Amy | D.A. Gerald Abner | 1999 |
| Good vs Evil | Howard | 1999 |
| Road Kill | Jelly | 1999 |
| Angel's Dance | Uncle Vinnie | 1999 |
| Batman Beyond | Major | 1999 |
| Carlo's Wake | Uncle Gus | 1999 |
| Becker | Leonard Nagle | 1998 |
| Tale of the Mummy | Parsons | 1998 |
| With Friends Like These | Rudy Ptak | 1998 |
| Money Play$ | Lou Spano | 1998 |
| Music from Another Room | Lorenzo Palmieri | 1998 |
| The Big Lebowski | Private Snoop | 1998 |
| The Defenders: Choice of Evils | D.A. Al Orsini | 1998 |
| Over the Top | Mr. Hampstead | 1997 |
| Players | Pappas | 1997 |
| Jenny | Sid Bouchie | 1997 |
| Veronica's Closet | Mr. Lehman | 1997 |
| NightMan | Al Capone | 1997 |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Marv Fishland | 1997 |
| The Corporate Ladder | Mr. Deacon | 1997 |
| Invasion | Det. Kemper | 1997 |
| Fired Up | Sam Harris | 1997 |
| Inside Out | Paparazzi Man | 1996 |
| Millennium | Eddie Scarpino Giannini | 1996 |
| Early Edition | Louie DeFozio / Cliff Mourning | 1996 |
| The Pretender | Constantin Falzone / Ben Hansel | 1996 |
| Nash Bridges | Roland Margolis | 1996 |
| Swift Justice | Tom Luddy | 1996 |
| Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco | Ashcan / Ashcan (voice) | 1996 |
| Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | Ashcan / Ashcan (voice) | 1996 |
| High Incident | Victor the Clown | 1996 |
| High Society | Alvin Spalding | 1995 |
| The Drew Carey Show | Stansfield / The Baby | 1995 |
| Bushwhacked | Agent Palmer | 1995 |
| Fluke | Boss | 1995 |
| Life with Louie | Red Meat | 1994 |
| The Shaggy Dog | Detective Al | 1994 |
| Chicago Hope | Det. Bill Ranford | 1994 |
| New York Undercover | Rinaldi / John Dennis | 1994 |
| Blankman | Michael "The Suit" Minelli / Michael 'The Suit' Minelli | 1994 |
| Girls in Prison | Boss Johnson | 1994 |
| Rebel Highway | Boss Ed Johnson | 1994 |
| Bad Blood | Councilman Strand | 1994 |
| The Hudsucker Proxy | Mr. Bumstead | 1994 |
| The Crow | Gideon | 1994 |
| Burke's Law | Tony Renaldo | 1994 |
| Viper | Councilman Strand | 1994 |
| NYPD Blue | Paul Biaggi | 1993 |
| The Untouchables | Tommy Palumbo | 1993 |
| Fallen Angels | Al Reseck | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Steve Crosetti | 1993 |
| Mad About You | Ralphy | 1992 |
| Leather Jackets | Fat Jack | 1992 |
| Flodder in Amerika! | Larry Rosenbaum | 1992 |
| Hearts Are Wild | Leon 'Pepe' Pepperman | 1992 |
| Barton Fink | Lou Breeze | 1991 |
| The Rocketeer | Bigelow | 1991 |
| Dinosaurs | Ty Warner | 1991 |
| Miller's Crossing | Johnny Caspar | 1990 |
| The Freshman | Chuck Greenwald | 1990 |
| Dream On | Louie | 1990 |
| Seinfeld | Silvio | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Nikos Stano | 1989 |
| Roseanne | Mr. Russo | 1988 |
| Empty Nest | Slocum | 1988 |
| Homeboy | Moe Fingers | 1988 |
| Alone in the Neon Jungle | Brad Stakowski | 1988 |
| Memories of Manon | Carmack | 1987 |
| Trying Times | Agent Caponello | 1987 |
| Wiseguy | Eddie Van Platt | 1987 |
| Ohara | Capt. Ross | 1987 |
| Critical Condition | Kline | 1987 |
| Crime Story | Phil Bartoli | 1986 |
| The Fantasies of Miss Jones | Private Detective | 1986 |
| Fire with Fire | Boss / Boss Duchard | 1986 |
| Highlander | Det. Walter Bedsoe | 1986 |
| Dream Lover | Doctor James / Dr. James | 1986 |
| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins | Zack | 1985 |
| The Equalizer | Gianni / Gene Carmack / David Pfieffer / Carmack | 1985 |
| Compromising Positions | 1st Cop | 1985 |
| Death of a Salesman | Howard Wagner / Howard | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Lieutenant Peter DiMartini | 1984 |
| Miami Vice | El Gato | 1984 |
| C.H.U.D. | Newscaster | 1984 |
| The Clairvoyant | Detective Sporaco | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Gangster Wars | Thomas "Three Fingers Brown" Lucchese | 1981 |
| The Gangster Chronicles | Thomas 'Three Finger Brown' Lucchese | 1981 |
