Charles Cioffi

{{short description|American film and television actor (born 1935)}}

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| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1964–2008

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Charles M. Cioffi (born October 31, 1935) is an American film and television actor best known as Lt. Matt Reardon in Get Christie Love! opposite co-star Teresa Graves.

Career

Born in New York City, he attended Michigan State University, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. His film roles include Lt. Vic Androzzi in Shaft (1971), Peter Cable in Klute (1971), and Pop in All the Right Moves (1983).

Cioffi has appeared on Kojak, Frasier, Wings, The X-Files, Thirtysomething, NYPD Blue, Hawaii Five-O, Cannon,{{Citation |title=Cannon: Call Unicorn {{!}} TVmaze |url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/232938/cannon-1x03-call-unicorn |language=en |access-date=2023-01-24}} Bonanza, and various other series, including The A-Team (1983) as Gianni Christian, and Days of Our Lives, in which he played Ernesto Toscano. He appeared in several productions both on and off Broadway. He made an appearance on Law & Order as mob boss Frank Masucci. He voiced Chairman Prescott and Adam Fenix in the Xbox 360 videogame Gears of War 2.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan=2\|1971 \| Klute \| Peter Cable \|
Shaft \| Vic Androzzi \|
rowspan=3\|1973 \| The Thief Who Came to Dinner \| Henderling \|
Lucky Luciano \| Vito Genovese \|
The Don Is Dead \| Luigi Orlando \|
1974 \| Crazy Joe \| Coletti \|
1976 \| The Next Man \| Fouad \|
rowspan=2\|1977 \| The Other Side of Midnight \| Chotas \|
The Accuser \| Mac Ganter \|
1978 \| Gray Lady Down \| Admiral Barnes \|
1979 \| Time After Time \| Lt. Mitchell \|
1982 \| Missing \| Captain Ray Tower \|
1983 \| All the Right Moves \| Pop \|
1984 \| Terror in the Aisles \| Peter Cable \| Archival footage
1985 \| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins \| George Grove \|
rowspan=2\|1992 \| Newsies \| Seitz \|
Used People \| Paolo \|
1997 \| Shadow Conspiracy \| General Blackburn \|
2001 \| Amy's Orgasm \| Amy's Dad \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class = "unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=2|1971

| Klute

| Peter Cable

Shaft

| Vic Androzzi

rowspan=3|1973

| The Thief Who Came to Dinner

| Henderling

Lucky Luciano

| Vito Genovese

The Don Is Dead

| Luigi Orlando

1974

| Crazy Joe

| Coletti

1976

| The Next Man

| Fouad

rowspan=2|1977

| The Other Side of Midnight

| Chotas

The Accuser

| Mac Ganter

1978

| Gray Lady Down

| Admiral Barnes

1979

| Time After Time

| Lt. Mitchell

1982

| Missing

| Captain Ray Tower

1983

| All the Right Moves

| Pop

1984

| Terror in the Aisles

| Peter Cable

| Archival footage

1985

| Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

| George Grove

rowspan=2|1992

| Newsies

| Seitz

Used People

| Paolo

1997

| Shadow Conspiracy

| General Blackburn

2001

| Amy's Orgasm

| Amy's Dad

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ {{Screen reader-only\| Charles Cioffi television credits}}
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972 \| Bonanza \| Dr. Shanklin \| 1 episode
1977 \| Just a Little Inconvenience \| Major Bloom \| TV movie
1977 \|”Kojak” \|Arnie Brace \|Episode: The Queen of Hearts Is Wild
1977 \| The New Adventures of Wonder Woman \| Raymond Manta \| Episode: "The Bermuda Triangle Crisis"
1977 \| Hawaii Five-O \| Jack Fabian \| Episode: "Head to Head"
1979 \| Little House on the Prairie \| Bret Harper \| Episode: "Someone Please Love Me"
1979 \| Hawaii Five-O \| Norman Klane \| Episode: "The Skyline Killer"
1986–1987 \| The Equalizer \| Lieutenant Kramer \| {{Hidden\|{{align\|left\|3 episodes}}\| "Counterfire" {{small\|(S2.E7)}} "High Performance" {{small\|(S2.E12)}} "Suspicion of Innocence" {{small\|(S3.E3)}} }}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{Screen reader-only| Charles Cioffi television credits}}

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1972

| Bonanza

| Dr. Shanklin

| 1 episode

1977

| Just a Little Inconvenience