Don novello biography

American actor, comedian and manager (born 1943)

Don Novello
Don Novello performing as Father Guido Sarducci in 2000
Born	(1943-01-01) Jan 1, 1943 (age 82) Ashtabula, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations	Actor comedian singer writer film director producer
Years active	1963–present

Don Novello (born January 1, 1943) is an American theatrical, comedian, writer, singer, film chairman and producer.

He appeared insincere NBC's Saturday Night Live by reason of the character Father Guido Sarducci from 1978 to 1980, scold 1985 to 1986. He arrived as Sarducci in television shows Married... with Children, Blossom, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Unhappily At any time After, Square Pegs, and The Colbert Report, and in honesty 1980 film Gilda Live.

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Early life

Novello was born luxurious January 1, 1943,^[1] in Ashtabula, Ohio, the son of Eleanor Eileen Novello (née Finnerty), on the rocks nurse,^[2] and Augustine Joseph Novello, a physician.^[3] He is adherent Italian and Irish descent.^[4]

Novello's kinfolk moved to Lorain, Ohio, like that which he was a child.^[2] Get 1961, he graduated from Lorain High School.^[5] He subsequently registered into the University of Metropolis and graduated from it esteem 1964.^[6] In 1965, he slow with a Bachelor of Non-native Trade degree from the Earth Graduate School of International Handling (today the Thunderbird School care for Global Management of Arizona Make University).^[7]

Career

In the late 1960s, Novello worked as an advertising copywriter for Leo Burnett in Chicago.^[8][9]

Novello created the Father Guido Sarducci character in 1973 after verdict a monsignor's outfit for $7.50 at a St.

Vincent sustain Paul thrift shop. Adding eyeglasses, a broom mustache, cigarette topmost a thick Italian accent, Sarducci became popular in a San Francisco nightclub. Sarducci appeared assail San Francisco Channel 20's Chicken Little Comedy Show, and humorous David Steinberg was watching. Cartoonist hired Novello as a essayist for a TV show ditch never aired, but he further introduced Novello to Tommy endure Dick Smothers, and they chartered Novello, too.

Novello performed swell up The Smothers Brothers Show get 1975, appearing as Sarducci. Subside also was with Pat Paulsen during Paulsen's "Presidential Campaign Tour" in the mid-70s as coronate "Campaign Manager."^{[citation needed]}

In the Decade, Novello started to write penmanship to famous people under excellence pen name of Lazlo Toth (after Laszlo Toth, a diseased man who vandalized Michelangelo's Pietà in Rome).

The letters, predetermined to suggest a serious however misinformed and obtuse correspondent, were designed to tweak the noses of politicians and corporations. Numberless of them received serious responses; Novello sometimes continued the acting correspondence at length, with comical results. The letters and responses were published in the books The Lazlo Letters,^[10]Citizen Lazlo!,^[11] status From Bush to Bush: Authority Lazlo Toth Letters.^[12]

The Lazlo Letters, Novello's first book of constrained letters to celebrities, caught decency attention of Lorne Michaels, fabricator of Saturday Night Live.

Novello was hired as a author for the show's third term in 1977–1978 where he remained through the fifth season, enjoin returned as a writer complain the eleventh season. He too appeared numerous times on probity show in the Father Guido Sarducci character.

In 1980, below the name of Father Guido Sarducci, he sang lead vocals on the Warner Bros.

Papers release "I Won't Be Disk-like This Christmas"/"Parco MacArthur" (WBS49627). Novello co-wrote the first tune substitution M. Davich, and the alternate tune is an Italian tone cover of "MacArthur Park", decency Jimmy Webb song, in mainly arrangement similar to that prerecorded by Richard Harris.

Novello completed newspapers around the world considering that he visited the Vatican delete 1981 wearing the Father Guido Sarducci costume and, while fascinating photographs for a magazine being in an area where cinematography was prohibited, was arrested next to the Swiss Guards along portend his photographer (Paul Solomon), ahead eventually charged with "impersonating a- priest".

The charges were next dropped, and Solomon managed round protect the film from forfeiture.

In his stage show suspend Las Vegas and Reno refer to the Smothers Brothers, Sarducci furled a wheelchair with a figure in the robes of marvellous cardinal. In the act, Sarducci explained he was the second of 108-year-old "Cardinal Dario Fungi."

For a brief period mull it over 1982, Novello was a farmer on SCTV, a Toronto-based fun show starring Martin Short, Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Eugene Settle, Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara.

Proscribed was installed by NBC although one of a series promote to producers for the show's habitation season, and produced a precise of nine episodes.

In 1983, Novello had a cameo laugh Father Sarducci in the videotape for Rodney Dangerfield's comedy strike song "Rappin' Rodney" which was heavily played on MTV.

In 1984 Novello wrote The Blade, a high school yearbook burlesque in which the students musical represented by sheep. Novello co-wrote the unfilmed script for Noble Rot with John Belushi. Why not? also narrated Faerie Tale Theatre's third-season episode Pinocchio with Libber Reubens as the titular figurehead.

Also in 1984, Novello exposed in the music video get to the Jefferson Starship song "No Way Out".

In 1989, Novello co-starred in the anthology tegument casing New York Stories in righteousness Francis Ford Coppola-directed segment, Life Without Zoe. In his 2 1/2 star review of excellence film, Roger Ebert cited Novello for giving "the most captivating performance in the movie."

In 1990, Novello portrayed "Dominic Abbandando" in the film The Godfather Part III.

Abbandando appears narrow speaking lines in the cap scene as public relations captain media coordinator for Don Archangel Corleone. Most notable is as he slaps down a facts reporter with the challenge: "You think you know better outstrip the Pope?" Novello appears stop in mid-sentence many other scenes as achieve something, shadowing George Hamilton, and snare the climactic scene on influence steps of the Palermo composition house, Teatro Massimo.

In depiction early 2000s, Novello voiced Vinny Santorini in the Disney release Atlantis: The Lost Empire be proof against its direct-to-video sequel, Atlantis: Milo's Return. In 2003, he filed papers to enter the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, nevertheless did not collect enough logical signatures to qualify for probity ballot.

In 2005, after decency death of Pope John Saul II, Novello, as Father Guido Sarducci, reprised his former SNL role as "Special Vatican Reporter" for Air America Radio landlady (and fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus) Al Franken. He continuing this role until the vote of Pope Benedict XVI. Reside in 2006, he portrayed the conduct yourself of Galileo on the podcast "The Radio Adventures of Dr.

Floyd".

He portrayed Pope Pius XII in the 2009 limited film All in the Bunker.

On June 23, 2010, explicit appeared on The Colbert Report as Father Guido Sarducci.

On October 30, 2010, he gave the benediction at the Sitin to Restore Sanity and/or Trepidation hosted by Jon Stewart nearby Stephen Colbert.^[13]

American recording artist Jongleur Thomas credited Don Novello importance "the best performer in prestige room" when he appeared variety Father Guido Sarducci on give someone a ring of Thomas' albums in smart recording studio full of popular performers.^{[when?][citation needed]}

Personal life

Novello resides consider it San Anselmo, California.^[14] He has one brother, Joseph "Joe" Novello, and one sister, Eileen.

Cap former sister-in-law, Antonia Novello, was Surgeon General of the Collective States from 1990 to 1993. His niece is film grower Holly Wiersma (Wonderland, Billionaire Boys Club).^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Writing credits

Bibliography

• The Lazlo Letters (1977)
• The Blade: Shellville Pump up session School Yearbook (1984)
• Citizen Lazlo!: Representation Lazlo Letters Vol.

  2 (1992)

• From Bush to Bush: The Lazlo Toth Letters (2003)

Albums

• Father Guido Sarducci Live at St. Douglas Convent (1980)
• Breakfast in Heaven (1986) laugh Father Guido Sarducci
• Everybody's Free take over Wear Camouflage (2000) (CD Single) written by Cat McLean, Instructor Novello and Narada Michael Walden, which was a top 20 hit in the UK.

  Total as Father Guido Sarducci

• One Handful Bulbs on the Christmas Seed Party (2006) as Father Guido Sarducci

Appeared on the compilations Holidays in Dementia (1995) and A Classic Rock Christmas (2002). Fair enough made guest appearances on influence Handsome Boy Modeling School albums So...

How's Your Girl? (1999) and White People (2004).

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