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name: "Vito Scotti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vito-scotti"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 January 1918"
died: "5 June 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T15:42:55.223273+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."
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# Vito Scotti

Actor. Born 26 January 1918 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 5 June 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 January 1918, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 5 June 1996
- **Also known as:** Vitto Scotti, Вито Скотти

## Biography

Vito Scotti was an American character actor who appeared in films and on television from the late 1940s to the mid-1990s. Born Vito Giusto Scozzari in San Francisco, he began his career with uncredited film roles and guest appearances on television series. He also performed on Broadway in the late 1930s.

He is known for roles including Nazorine in *The Godfather* (1972), the Italian Cat in *The Aristocats* (1970), and the Peddler in *The Twilight Zone* (1960). Scotti appeared in numerous other films such as *Get Shorty* (1995) and television series including *Columbo*, *Batman* (1966), *Bewitched* (1964) and *The Addams Family* (1964). He frequently played characters of various ethnic backgrounds.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Peddler — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)

## Also known for

- *The Godfather* (1972), Nazorine — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *The Aristocats* (1970), Italian Cat (voice)
- *Get Shorty* (1995), Manager at Vesuvio's — [page](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md)
- *Columbo* (1971), Maitre D', Vito, Thomas Dolan, Salvatore De Fonte, Chadwick, Mr. Grindell — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1* (1993), Tailor
- *Bewitched* (1964), Mario
- *Batman* (1966), Matey Dee
- *The Munsters* (1964)

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