Antony Carbone (July 15, 1925 – October 7, 2020) was an Italian-American movie and television actor.

Biography

Carbone was born in

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, Italy on July 15, 1925. His family relocated to

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when he was a young boy, and his name was changed to Antony Deago Carbone. The family later relocated to Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Los Angeles State College, he relocated to New York City to study drama. He started his professional acting career with small parts in various Broadway productions before becoming involved with movies and television. He was probably known best for his acting roles in several low-budget horror movies by

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during the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1968, Carbone appeared (credited as Anthony Carbone) as the first Mexican character of the television series '' The Big Valley'', for the episode titled "Miranda." From the mid-1980s, he worked as a stage director in Los Angeles. Carbone died in

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in October 2020, at the age of 95.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1958) as Gino Nicholetti (SEASON 1, EP.7 "Rough Buck") * '' Arson for Hire'' (1959) as Foxy Gilbert * '' Inside the Mafia'' (1959) as Kronis - Lucero's Pilot (uncredited) * '' A Bucket of Blood'' (1959) as Leonard de Santis * '' Last Woman on Earth'' (1960) as Harold Gern * '' Creature from the Haunted Sea'' (1961) as Renzo Capetto * '' Pit and the Pendulum'' (1961) as Dr. Charles Leon * ''The Twilight Zone'' (1962) as Cristo * '' The Split'' (1968) as Man (uncredited) * '' The Longest Night'' (TV movie, 1972) as Officer Jackson * '' Extreme Close-Up'' aka ''Sex Through a Window'' (1973) * ''

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'' (TV Movie 1974) as Officer Carbone * '' The Last Porno Flick'' aka ''Those Mad, Mad Moviemaker'' (1974) as Vittorio * '' Newman's Law'' (1974) as Policeman Gino * '' Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1976) as Lou Martin * '' Vigilante Force'' (1976) as Freddie Howe * ''

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'' (1978) as Sol * ''

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'' (1978) as Leo the Coach * ''Marciano'' (TV Movie - 1979) as Dr. Collyer * ''Destination America'' (TV movie, 1987)

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* 1925 births 2020 deaths Male actors from Calabria American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors Italian emigrants to the United States Los Angeles State College alumni {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub