Tony Scotti

 ( 1939 Births ) 

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.

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Early life Scotti and his brother Ben both played football for the University of Maryland. As declared on 25 February 2024 during the Italian TV show Domenica In, Tony's family originates from Gesualdo (Avellino).

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Career

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Acting 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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Scotti Bros. While pursuing his film career, Tony Scotti had a mildly successful singing career with three 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 Scotti, 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.

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.

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Filmography

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Film

1967	Valley of the Dolls	Tony Polar
1986	Eye of the Tiger		Producer
1987	Lady Beware		Producer
	He's My Girl		Executive producer
1989	The Iron Triangle		Producer
1992	The Resurrected		Executive producer

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Television

1968	Nick Quarry	Nick Quarry	Unaired television series
1980–1993	America's Top 10		Producer
1986–1987	Wordplay		Executive producer (2 episodes)

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In popular culture Scotti signed pop music parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic to the Scotti Bros. label in 1981. Scotti was portrayed by Yankovic himself in the 2022 film ; the film is a satirical biopic loosely based on Yankovic's own life in which "Weird Al" is portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe.

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