Vincent Baggetta (also billed as Vince Baggetta, Vincent Beggetta, or Vince Bagetta) (December 7, 1944 – May 2, 2017)
was an American television actor.
Baggetta was born in
Paterson, New Jersey.
[ He is best known for his starring role in '']The Eddie Capra Mysteries
''The Eddie Capra Mysteries'' is an American mystery television series starring Vincent Baggetta as a lawyer who investigates murders and has a knack for solving them. Original episodes aired on NBC from September 8, 1978, to January 12, 1979.McN ...
'', playing the title character for the 13-episode run of the series in 1978–1979.[ ] His career started with bit parts in '' The Defenders'' and '' Naked City'' in 1962The Twilight Zone
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'' in 1963.[ He also did a guest spot as himself on '']The Hollywood Squares
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'' in 1966.[
He made appearances in several popular TV shows in the 1970s, including '' Mannix'', '']Cannon
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'', '' Starsky & Hutch'', ''Kojak
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'', ''Switch
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'', and ''Eischied
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''.[
He appeared as different characters in two episodes of '']The Rockford Files
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''.[ He appeared in seven episodes of '']Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
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'' as Father Frank DeMarco.[
Baggetta played Lou Pellegrino in the short-lived TV series '' Chicago Story'' in 1982.
][ He also portrayed Rick Scotti in the series '']Jack and Mike
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Premise
Shelley Hack plays Jackie, a newspaper columnist for the fictional ''Chicago Mirror ...
'' in 1987.
[ In the 1980s, he appeared on '' Charlie's Angels''; ''Vega$''; '']Remington Steele
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''; ''Fame''; ''Magnum, P.I.
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''; '' T.J Hooker'' and ''Lou Grant
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''.[ He made two appearances (in different roles) on '' Murder, She Wrote'',][ three appearances (two different roles) in '']Hill Street Blues
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'', and seven as Assistant District Attorney
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John Moretti in ''The Colbys
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''.[
Baggetta started the 1990s as Father Jarvis in two episodes of '']Freddy's Nightmares
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'', a TV spinoff of the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street
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'' film series.[ He also did a third spot on '' Murder, She Wrote'' and a guest appearance on '' NYPD Blue''.][
He had an uncredited 1995 appearance in the television series ''Renegade''.][
His latest work was a leading role as David Renaldi on '' One Life to Live'' in 2005.][
On May 2, 2017, Baggetta died in Sherman Oaks, California, at age 72.]
Filmography
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1944 births
2017 deaths
Actors from Paterson, New Jersey
American male television actors
Male actors from New Jersey
20th-century American male actors