Louis Giambalvo (born February 8, 1945) is a retired American actor, frequently seen on television in guest roles.
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Early life and education
Giambalvo was born and raised in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, where he attended Catholic school. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from Harpur College (now Binghamton University) and was a founding member of the avant-garde Colonnades Theater Lab in Greenwich Village, along with other members Danny DeVito and Peter Scolari. In 1979, Giambalvo moved to Los Angeles, California to begin his film and television career.
Career
His television credits include: Barney Miller, Hart to Hart, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, The Love Boat, Remington Steele, The A-Team, Simon & Simon, Fame, Knots Landing, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Voyager, Brooklyn South, Ally McBeal, ER, NYPD Blue (Mr. Bucci), Boston Legal, Without a Trace, CSI, Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money and Raising the Bar. He also played Al Capone on the NBC series The Gangster Chronicles. He also was in the award-winning television movie Gia, starring Angelina Jolie, playing the role of Gia Carangi's father Joseph.
Giambalvo's feature films include "Bottle Shock", "Gun Shy", "Hoffa", and the 1983 horror/science fiction film Nightmares. He is best known for his roles in such films as Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), the 1985 comedy film Real Genius as a CIA man, Major Carnagle, Jagged Edge (1985) as Mr. Fabrizzi, the 1988 film The Dead Pool as Gus Wheeler, and the 1989 film Weekend at Bernie's as Vito.
Selected filmography
1980 Escape (TV Movie) as Hank
1980 Reward (TV Movie) as "Dutch"
1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (TV Movie) as Clarence Anglin
1981 Fly Away Home (TV Movie) as Vogel
1981 Gangster Wars as Al Capone
1981 Today's FBI as Vincent Tigner (Pilot episode: The Bureau)
1982 The Ambush Murders (TV Movie) as Glenn Landis
1982 Marian Rose White (TV Movie) as Eddy White
1982 Mae West (TV Movie) as George Kane
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel as Witness
1983 Hart to Hart as Lt. Davern
1983 Second Thoughts as Sergeant Cabrillo
1983 Nightmares as Jerry Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")
1983 Deal of the Century as Freddie Muntz
1984 The Ratings Game (TV Movie) as "Goody" DeSalvo
1985 Dirty Work (TV Movie) as George Wylie
1985 Real Genius as Major Don Carnagle
1985 Jagged Edge as Fabrizi
1986 Hardcastle and McCormick as Nick Damion
