Val Bisoglio
Biography
Date of Birth 7 May 1926, New York City, New York, USA Trivia Earthy, gruff-voiced New York-born Italian-American character player who started on the 60s New York stage ("Wait Until Dark") and played a sturdy series of ethnic roles, from gangsters to restaurant owners, on film and TV. Best known as the volatile, head-slapping papa Frank Manero Sr., who messes up son John Travolta's hair during a heated dinner scene in Saturday Night Fever (1977).
Saturday Night Fever
Frank Sr.
Linda Lovelace for President
Rev. Billy Easter
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Det. Jacarrino
The Cool World
Gangster (as Val Besoglio)
Playboy - Farrah Fawcett - All of Me
Himself (archive footage)
The Brotherhood
Cheech
Diamonds
Tarzan (as Val Bisiglio)
No Way to Treat a Lady
Detective Monaghan
St. Ives
Finley Cummins
Diamonds
Tarzan (as Val Bisiglio)
Playboy - Farrah Fawcett - All of Me
Himself (archive footage)
The Frisco Kid
Chief Gray Cloud
Saturday Night Fever
Frank Sr.
St. Ives
Finley Cummins
The Hindenburg
Lieutenant Lombardi
Linda Lovelace for President
Rev. Billy Easter
The Don is Dead
Pete Lazatti
Serpico
Weapons Storage Officer (uncredited)
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Det. Jacarrino
The Brotherhood
Cheech
No Way to Treat a Lady
Detective Monaghan
The Cool World
Gangster (as Val Besoglio)
