Anthony Addabbo

{{Infobox person

| name = Anthony Addabbo

| image = AnthonyAddabboPic.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Anthony Mark Addabbo

| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1960|9|14}}

| birth_place = Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2016|10|18|1960|9|14}}

| death_place = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|model}}

| alma_mater = {{Plain list |

Virginia Tech

}}

| years_active = 1987–2016

| spouse = {{marriage|Hildellizza Pattino|1999|2004|end=div}}

| children = 1

}}

Anthony Mark Addabbo (September 14, 1960 – October 18, 2016) was an American actor and model. He was best known for playing the roles of Jason Craig on Generations (1989 to 1991), Jonny and Rush Carrera on The Bold and the Beautiful (1997 to 1998), Jim Lemay on Guiding Light (1999 to 2000), and Dimitri Marick on All My Children (2001).

Early life

Addabbo was born in Coral Gables, Florida and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia.{{Cite web |title=About the Actors: Anthony Addabbo |url=https://www.soapcentral.com/theactors/addabbo_anthony.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924125545/https://www.soapcentral.com/theactors/addabbo_anthony.php |archive-date=September 24, 2023 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=Soap Central}} He was the middle child, with three sisters and one brother. He attended Virginia Tech, but he decided to leave school to work as a tree surgeon. He also worked as a waiter. Addabbo eventually moved back home and became a salesman, selling encyclopedias door to door.{{Cite journal |last=O'Neil |first=Jerry |date=August 17, 1999 |title=Rock Solid |journal=Soap Opera Weekly |volume=10 |issue=33 |pages=24-26}}{{cite web |last=Cushman |first=Dustin |date=October 19, 2016 |title=Soap vet Anthony Addabbo dead at 56 |url=http://soaps.sheknows.com/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/news/48860/soap-vet-anthony-addabbo-dead-at-56 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709114314/https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/news/48860/soap-vet-anthony-addabbo-dead-at-56/ |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |website=Soaps.com |publisher=SheKnows Media}}

Career

While he was working as a salesman, Addabbo's friends suggested that he try modeling. He brought photos of himself to a local modeling agency and started getting jobs. He was spotted by a representative from the Zoli Agency in New York and decided to move to the city. Soon after, he modeled for a photo spread in GQ, shot by Bruce Weber. Actor Hank Cheyne also appeared in the photoshoot. Addabbo was then signed to Elite Model Management.

Addabbo began auditioning for acting roles in the mid-1980s. He was cast as Matt Everett in the television film The Gunfighters (1987).{{cite web |title=The Gunfighters |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464952/the-gunfighters#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303080432/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/464952/the-gunfighters#credits |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |work=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner)}} He also appeared in the television film Nightingales (1988), the pilot for an Aaron Spelling series that aired on NBC.{{cite web |title=Nightingales |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/474193/nightingales#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414194047/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/474193/nightingales#credits |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |work=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) |location=Atlanta}} Addabbo briefly appeared on General Hospital before being cast as Jason Craig on the NBC soap opera Generations in 1989. He played the role until the show's final episodes aired in 1991.

From 1990 to 1991, Addabbo guest starred on Life Goes On, Cheers, and Dallas. In 1991, he had a regular role as Michael Torres on the series Dangerous Women. In 1992, he played Nick in the television film Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer?: The Bambi Bembenek Story.{{Cite web |last=Sauter |first=Van Gordon |date=May 18, 1992 |title=Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer?: The Bambi Bembenek Story |url=https://variety.com/1992/tv/reviews/calendar-girl-cop-killer-the-bambi-bembenek-story-1200429681/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430213445/https://variety.com/1992/tv/reviews/calendar-girl-cop-killer-the-bambi-bembenek-story-1200429681/ |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=Variety}} From 1992 to 1996, Addabbo made recurring appearances on the Showtime series Red Shoe Diaries.{{Cite web |title=Credits: Anthony Addabbo |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anthony-addabbo/credits/3000469604/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716175043/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anthony-addabbo/credits/3000469604/ |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=TV Guide}}

Addabbo made guest appearances on Wings and Renegade in 1993. He starred in the television film Love on the Run (1994).{{cite web |title=Love on the Run |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/472335/love-on-the-run#overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029185640/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/472335/love-on-the-run#overview |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |work=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) |location=Atlanta}} He guest starred on Silk Stalkings in 1994. Addabbo guest starred on Diagnosis: Murder and Hudson Street in 1995. He played Matt Munro in the film Who Killed Buddy Blue? (1995).{{Cite web |title=Who Killed Buddy Blue? - 1995 |url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/who-killed-buddy-blue-1995 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714212752/https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/who-killed-buddy-blue-1995 |archive-date=July 14, 2024 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=AV Club}} He appeared in the television film Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass (1995).{{Cite web |title=Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/red-shoe-diaries-5-weekend-pass/cast/2000034932/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716182508/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/red-shoe-diaries-5-weekend-pass/cast/2000034932/ |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=TV Guide}}

In 1996, Addabbo guest starred on High Tide, The Nanny, The Client, and Pacific Blue. He played Billy Bob in Barefoot in Paradise, a pilot that didn't go forward. He made another guest appearance on Silk Stalkings in 1997. From 1997 to 1998, Addabbo played brothers Jonny Carrera and Tony 'Rush' Carrera on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

He played Gabe Reese in the film Black Sea 213 (1998) and Billy in the film A Place Called Truth (1998).{{cite web |title=Black Sea 213 |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/455566/black-sea-213#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218094405/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/455566/black-sea-213#credits |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |work=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) |location=Atlanta}}{{cite web |title=A Place Called Truth |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/470426/a-place-called-truth#overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118121410/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/470426/a-place-called-truth#overview |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |work=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) |location=Atlanta}} In 1999, he was cast as Jim Lemay, the father of Susan Lemay (Brittany Snow), on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. He played the role until 2000. Addabbo was cast on the ABC soap opera All My Children in 2001, playing Dimitri Marick. He replaced Michael Nader in the role.

In 2001, he co-starred with his Guiding Light castmates Beth Ehlers, Justin Deas, and Kurt McKinney in a short film, Supertalk.{{Cite journal |date=August 4, 2001 |title=GL stars in indie film; Days faves play ball |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/77266071/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305010541/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/77266071/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-03-05 |journal=Herald and Review |pages=38}} He played Frank in the film My One and Only (2009).{{Cite web |title=My One and Only - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/my-one-and-only/cast/2000044953/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715234322/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/my-one-and-only/cast/2000044953/ |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} In 2012, Addabbo appeared in the television film Hornet's Nest.{{Cite web |title=Hornet's Nest - 2012 |url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/hornet-s-nest-2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715235225/https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/hornet-s-nest-2012 |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=July 15, 2024 |website=AV Club}}

Personal life and death

On June 7, 1999, Addabbo married Elli Pattino. They had a son, born on December 11, 1998.{{cite news |last1=Eades |first1=Chris |date=October 19, 2016 |title=The Bold & the Beautiful and Guiding Light Actor Anthony Addabbo Dies |url=https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/cbs/b-b-the-bold-the-beautiful-gl-guiding-light-anthony-addabbo-dead-116598 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304210332/https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/cbs/b-b-the-bold-the-beautiful-gl-guiding-light-anthony-addabbo-dead-116598 |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |work=CBS Soaps In Depth |location=United States |agency=Bauer Media Group}}

He died on October 18, 2016. His cause of death wasn't disclosed to the public.{{cite news |last=Kenneally |first=Tim |date=October 19, 2016 |title=Anthony Addabbo, 'Guiding Light' Alum, Dies at 56 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/anthony-addabbo-guiding-light-dies-56-obit-bold-beautiful/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605051513/https://www.thewrap.com/anthony-addabbo-guiding-light-dies-56-obit-bold-beautiful/ |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |access-date=October 20, 2016 |work=TheWrap |publisher=The Wrap News Inc.}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1992 \| Inside Out IV \| Kenner \|
1994 \| Red Shoe Diaries: Hotline \| Harry \| Television film
rowspan="2"\|1995 \| Who Killed Buddy Blue? \| Matt Munro \|
Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass \|Eddie Edwards \|Television film
rowspan="2" \| 1998 \| Black Sea 213 \| Gabe Reese \|
A Place Called Truth \| Billy \|
2001 \| Supertalk \| \| Short film
2009 \| My One and Only \| Frank \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

| Inside Out IV

| Kenner

1994

| Red Shoe Diaries: Hotline

| Harry

| Television film

rowspan="2"|1995

| Who Killed Buddy Blue?

| Matt Munro

Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass

|Eddie Edwards

|Television film

rowspan="2" | 1998

| Black Sea 213

| Gabe Reese

A Place Called Truth

| Billy

2001

| Supertalk

| Short film

2009

| My One and Only

| Frank

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1987 \| The Gunfighters \| Matt Everett \| Television film Credited as Tony Addabbo
1988 \| Nightingales \| \| Television film
1988–1990 \| Paradise \| Derick Nielson \| Contract role
1989–1991 \| Generations \| Jason Craig \| Contract role
1990 \| Life Goes On \| Brian Green \| Episode: "The Bicycle Thief"
rowspan="3" \| 1991 \| Dallas \| John; Jeff Peters \| 2 episodes
Dangerous Women \| Michael Torres \| Contract role
Cheers \| Frankie \| Episode: "Get Your Kicks on Route 666"
rowspan="2" \| 1992 \| Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer?: The Bambi Bembenek Story \| Nick \| Television film
Dangerous Curves \| Carlos Lorenzo \| Episode: "Triangle"
1992; 1993; 1995; 1996 \|Red Shoe Diaries \|Eddie Edwards; Harry; Billy Bar; Gabriel; Kit \|6 episodes
rowspan="2" \| 1993 \| Renegade \| Sergeant Tommy Vin \| Episode: "Val's Song"
Wings \| GQ Guy \| Episode: "Another Wedding"
1994 \| Love on the Run \| \| Television film
1994; 1997 \| Silk Stalkings \| Derek McNeill / Devin; Nino Cunnetto \| 2 episodes
rowspan="3" \| 1995 \| Diagnosis: Murder \| Clete Kinley \| Episode: "Call Me Incontestable"
High Sierra Search and Rescue \| Claude Gavin \| Episode: "Mozart & Stone"
Hudson Street \| Doug \| Episode: "Bells & Whistles"
rowspan="5" \| 1996 \| High Tide \| Romero \| Episode: "Beach Blanket Werewolf"
Pacific Blue \| Mackie Smith \| 2 episodes
The Client \| Sam Redman \| Episode: "Past Imperfect"
The Nanny \| Mike LaVoe \| Episode: "The Hockey Show"
Barefoot in Paradise \| Billy Bob \| Unaired pilot
1997–1998 \| The Bold and the Beautiful \| Tony 'Rush' Carrera / Jonny Carerra \| Contract role
1998 \|Oh Baby \|Possible No. 592 \|Episode: "Picking a Donor"
1999–2000 \| Guiding Light \| Jim Lemay \| Contract role
2001 \| All My Children \| Dimitri Marick \| Contract role
rowspan="2" \| 2009 \| Body Politic \| Senator Sandoval \| Unaired pilot
Washingtonienne \| Marcus \| Unaired pilot
2011 \| Homeland \| Patrolman \| Episode: "Marine One"
rowspan="2" \| 2012 \| One Tree Hill \| Investor No. 1 \| Episode: "Love the Way You Lie"
Hornet's Nest \| Agent James \| Television film
rowspan="2" \| 2013 \| The Surgeon General \| Colonel Pitts \| Unaired pilot
Company Town \| Admiral Laskow \| Unaired pilot

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1987

| The Gunfighters

| Matt Everett

| Television film

Credited as Tony Addabbo

1988

| Nightingales