---
name: "Ron Palillo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ron-palillo"
fi1m_id: "ron-palillo"
imdb_id: "nm0657676"
tmdb_id: 75352
wikidata_id: "Q3091876"
roles: []
born: "2 April 1949"
died: "14 August 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T04:43:26.853479+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ron Palillo

## Identity

Ron Palillo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ron-palillo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ron-palillo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0657676
- **TMDB ID:** 75352
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3091876
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Palillo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3091876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657676/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75352

Actor. Born 2 April 1949 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Died 14 August 2012.

## Details

- **Born:** 2 April 1949, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 14 August 2012
- **Active:** 1982–1992
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 1990s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Palillo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3091876, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657676/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75352

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Wind*](https://film.one/film/wind.md) (60)

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## Biography

Ron Palillo (born Ronald Gabriel Paolillo) was an American actor. He was born on 2 April 1949 in New Haven, Connecticut, and died on 14 August 2012 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

He trained at the University of Connecticut and began his career in touring Shakespearean productions and repertory theatre. Palillo gained prominence for his role as Arnold Horshack in the sitcom *Welcome Back, Kotter* (1975–1979). He appeared in films including *Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives* (1986) and *Wind* (1992), and in television series such as *The A-Team* and *Murder, She Wrote*. Later in his career he taught drama and worked as an illustrator and playwright.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, oak1.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wind* (1992), Fi1m 60, as Tony — [page](https://film.one/film/wind.md)
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Guardians* (2013), as Professor Walker
- *Trees 2: The Root of All Evil* (2004), as Dougie Styles
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *Ellen* (1994), series, as Ron Palillo
- *Duckman* (1994), series, as Ron Palillo (voice)
- *Wind* (1992), as Tony — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/wind.md)
- *Darkwing Duck* (1991), series, as Ordinary Guy (voice)
- *Committed* (1991), as Ronnie
- *Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster* (1989), as Torchy
- *Snake Eater* (1989), as Torchy
- *Hellgate* (1989), as Matt
- *Little Clowns of Happytown* (1987), series, as Whiner
- *Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI* (1986), as Allen Hawes
- *The Pound Puppies* (1985), as Scrounger (voice)
- *Doin' Time* (1985), as Pappion
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Norman Lester
- *Surf 2* (1984), as Deputy Underwear
- *Rubik, the Amazing Cube* (1983), series, as Rubik
- *The Invisible Woman* (1983), as Spike Mitchell
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as Zack
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Charley Arbis
- *The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour* (1982), series, as Sergeant Squealy (voice)
- *The Tempest* (1982), as Trinculo
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Laverne & Shirley in the Army* (1981), series, as Sgt. Squealy
- *Skatetown, U.S.A.* (1979), as Frankey
- *$weepstake$* (1979), series, as Harold
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Al Breyer, Casper Martin
- *CHiPs* (1977), series, Actor
- *Alice* (1976), series, Actor
- *Welcome Back, Kotter* (1975), series, as Arnold Horshack

## Gallery

- ![Ron Palillo](https://film.one/media/person/469677/gallery-9ed4fa496e56.jpg) Ron Palillo — ABC Television Network., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Ron_Palillo_1975.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of American actor Ron Palillo promoting his role on the ABC television series Welcome Back, Kotter.](https://film.one/media/person/469677/gallery-1c78c1fe5e1f.jpg) Publicity photo of American actor Ron Palillo promoting his role on the ABC television series Welcome Back, Kotter. — ABC Television Network., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Welcome_Back_Kotter_Ron_Palillo_1976.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ron Palillo](https://film.one/media/person/469677/gallery-32f1bc38f079.jpg) Ron Palillo — Image via TMDB
- ![Ron Palillo](https://film.one/media/person/469677/gallery-bf9b4f4e00bf.jpg) Ron Palillo — Image via TMDB

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