Anthony Joseph Scotti (born December 22, 1939) is an American actor, television and film producer, and co-founder of Scotti Brothers Records. He is married to French singer Sylvie Vartan.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Scotti began his career as an actor, portraying Sharon Tate's love interest, Tony Polar, in the 1967 film, Valley of the Dolls. For his role in Valley, Scotti was required to sing and performed the song "Come Live With Me" in the film and on the film's soundtrack. Scotti's second and last acting appearance was the title role in an unaired 1968 television pilot film, Nick Quarry, based on the 1967 film, Tony Rome.
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While pursuing his film career, Tony Scotti had a mildly successful singing career with 3 low-chart national singles as a soloist, and two as the leader of Heaven Bound.
In 1971, Scotti abandoned his film career and joined the record production department of MGM as a senior vice president. In 1974, Scotti, along with older brother Ben, formed Ben Scotti Productions, a music marketing firm. The company eventually branched out into television and produced the pop music series, America's Top 10. The success of the show prompted the brothers to form a television syndication company, All American Television in 1981. The company would go on to distribute shows like Baywatch and Acapulco H.E.A.T.[2]
In the mid-1980s, the company began producing movies under Scotti Brothers Pictures and would go on to release Eye of the Tiger and Lady Beware.
Scotti signed pop music parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic to the Scotti Bros. label in 1981. Forty years later, Scotti was portrayed by Yankovic himself in the 2022 film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story; the film is a satirical biopic loosely based on Yankovic's own life (in which "Weird Al" is portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe).
References
^Waxman, Sharon (December 15, 1998). "Former Players Tony & Ben Scotti, Looking to Score With the Redskins". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
^"All American Communications Inc. History". FundingUniverse. Retrieved October 25, 2007.
tony, scotti, anthony, joseph, scotti, born, december, 1939, american, actor, television, film, producer, founder, scotti, brothers, records, married, french, singer, sylvie, vartan, bornanthony, joseph, scotti, 1939, december, 1939, newark, jerseyoccupation, . Anthony Joseph Scotti born December 22 1939 is an American actor television and film producer and co founder of Scotti Brothers Records He is married to French singer Sylvie Vartan Tony ScottiBornAnthony Joseph Scotti 1939 12 22 December 22 1939 age 83 Newark New JerseyOccupation s Actor television and film producer businessmanYears active1967 presentSpouseSylvie Vartan m 1984 wbr Children1 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Acting 2 2 Scotti Bros 3 Filmography 3 1 Film 3 2 Television 4 In popular culture 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditScotti and his brother Ben both played football for the University of Maryland 1 Career EditActing Edit Born in Newark New Jersey Scotti began his career as an actor portraying Sharon Tate s love interest Tony Polar in the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls For his role in Valley Scotti was required to sing and performed the song Come Live With Me in the film and on the film s soundtrack Scotti s second and last acting appearance was the title role in an unaired 1968 television pilot film Nick Quarry based on the 1967 film Tony Rome Scotti Bros Edit While pursuing his film career Tony Scotti had a mildly successful singing career with 3 low chart national singles as a soloist and two as the leader of Heaven Bound In 1971 Scotti abandoned his film career and joined the record production department of MGM as a senior vice president In 1974 Scotti along with older brother Ben formed Ben Scotti Productions a music marketing firm The company eventually branched out into television and produced the pop music series America s Top 10 The success of the show prompted the brothers to form a television syndication company All American Television in 1981 The company would go on to distribute shows like Baywatch and Acapulco H E A T 2 In the mid 1980s the company began producing movies under Scotti Brothers Pictures and would go on to release Eye of the Tiger and Lady Beware Filmography EditFilm Edit Year Film Role Notes1967 Valley of the Dolls Tony Polar1986 Eye of the Tiger Producer1987 Lady Beware ProducerHe s My Girl Executive producer1989 The Iron Triangle Producer1992 The Resurrected Executive producerTelevision Edit Year Title Role Notes1968 Nick Quarry Nick Quarry Unaired television series1980 1993 America s Top 10 Producer1986 1987 Wordplay Executive producer 2 episodes In popular culture EditScotti signed pop music parodist Weird Al Yankovic to the Scotti Bros label in 1981 Forty years later Scotti was portrayed by Yankovic himself in the 2022 film Weird The Al Yankovic Story the film is a satirical biopic loosely based on Yankovic s own life in which Weird Al is portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe References Edit Waxman Sharon December 15 1998 Former Players Tony amp Ben Scotti Looking to Score With the Redskins The Washington Post Retrieved August 4 2011 All American Communications Inc History FundingUniverse Retrieved October 25 2007 External links EditTony Scotti at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tony Scotti amp oldid 1120152955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
