Antony Ponzini

Antony Ponzini (June 1, 1933 – December 30, 2002) was an American actor. Some of Ponzini's credits include stints on soap operas The Edge of Night, Another World, and being a member of the original cast of One Life to Live as Vince Wolek, the latter of which lasted from 1968 through 1975. Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Ponzini became a familiar face on television with numerous guest appearances on some of that era's most popular TV shows (including: Kojak, The Jeffersons, The Bionic Woman, Starsky and Hutch, Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Lou Grant, Three's Company, Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, The Love Boat, Falcon Crest, Hardcastle and McCormick, Knight Rider, Remington Steele, Who's the Boss?, Hunter, Columbo, Baywatch, Murphy Brown, Murder, She Wrote). Quite often he was cast as a "thug", "crime boss", or "tough cop." From 1989 to 1991, Ponzini played "Capt. Corelli", a recurring character (54 episodes) on the daytime soap opera Generations. He also appeared in Friday the 13th Part 4 as Vincent.. In 1993, in one of Ponzini's most memorable roles, he played Enzo, the title role, in the Seinfeld episode The BarberHis cousins, some of which are from Westchester and Fairfield Counties and the tri State area include distinguished lawyers Robert Ponzini of Tarrytown and John Lino Ponzini of Stamford, Connecticut (also a well known local actor) as well as the prominent realtor from New York City and Naples Florida, Diana Ponzini. Anthony was BRILLIANT IN a one character play on theater Row in NYC playing a proud Italian fighting eviction from eminent domaine proceedings hold up in his house as the bulldozers advanced on his land.