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Italian-American character actor Vincent Schiavelli was born on November 10, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York. In 1988, he appeared as the holographic Minosian peddler in the Next Generation episode "The Arsenal of Freedom". He passed away from lung cancer at his home in the Sicilian village of Polizzi Generosa in Italy on December 26, 2005. He was 57 years old.
With a tall frame and deep-set eyes, he is best remembered for playing eccentric characters, as was the case with his role as a patient in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, directed by Milos Forman. Also starring in this film are Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actress Louise Fletcher, Star Trek: Voyager guest actor Brad Dourif, Christopher Lloyd from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, TOS guest actor Peter Brocco, and Schiavelli's fellow Next Generation guest star Michael Berryman. Schiavelli also remains highly recognized for his role as the demented subway spirit in the 1991 film Ghost, co-starring fellow TNG performer Whoopi Goldberg, and for his role as the caffeine-addicted Mr. Vargas in the 1982 hit comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High, with Ray Walston).
After One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Schiavelli appeared in several other films from Milos Forman, most notably 1984's Amadeus, starring Star Trek: Insurrection actor F. Murray Abraham, and 1996's The People vs. Larry Flynt, with James Cromwell.
Schiavelli is also known for his few appearances on the television series Taxi, on which his Cuckoo's Nest co-star Christopher Lloyd was a regular cast member. He and Lloyd would also appear together in the 1977 film Another Man, Another Chance (with Michael Berryman), followed by 1979's Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (with Jeff Corey, John Schuck, Peter Brocco, Noble Willingham and Peter Weller), the cult 1984 hit The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (with Peter Weller, Clancy Brown and Jonathan Banks), and the 1999 documdrama Man on the Moon. This last film chronicled the life of their bizarre Taxi co-star Andy Kaufman and was also directed by Milos Forman. Schiavelli and Lloyd also lent their voices to 2002's Hey Arnold! The Movie, as did Paul Sorvino.
Schiavelli's other motion picture credits include Better Off Dead... (1985, with David Ogden Stiers and Kim Darby), Batman Returns (1992), Lord of Illusions (1995, with Scott Bakula), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997, with Teri Hatcher), and Badassss! (2003, with Saul Rubinek).
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- Vincent Schiavelli at Wikipedia