Martin Ferrero (born September 29, 1947) is an American television, film and stage actor who appeared as the avaricious and lazy Tailor who attends to Mindy and Mork's attempts to buy Mearth a suit in Season 4's I Don't Remember Mama.
Biography[]
Martin Victor Ferrero was born on September 29, 1947 in Brockport, New York, USA.
Going by, and sometimes credited as, Marty Ferrro. He headed west in the 70s and joined the California Actors Theater in Los Gatos, California. In 1979, he moved to Los Angeles and began to act in Hollywood.[1]
He Married Linda Vontersch (2 September 1972 - 1977) (divorced )Linda Vontersch (3 September 1983 - ?)[2]
As of 2008, Ferrero is a member of the Antaeus Company, a Los Angeles classical theater ensemble.[1]
Career[]
Ferrero's first screen credits came in two ABC sitcoms the Three's Company sitcom spin off The Ropers and Soap in 1979. Apart from Mork & Mindy he also made sitcom appearances in Angie; M*A*S*H; Diff'rent Strokes; Alice; and Cheers. On the Drama side of things he played multiple roles on Hill Street Blues (81-85). Alongside an appearance in the pilot of Miami Vice, as an assassin, he landed a recurring role as Izzy Moreno in the show, and later in the show Shannon's Deal which spun off of a TV Movie of the same name he was also in. He also appeared in episodes of Moonlighting; Hill Street Blues and The X Files. His movie bow came in Lily Tomlin's 1981 comedy The Incredible Shrinking Woman, going on to appear in movies like Heat (1995) Get Shorty (1995), Gods and Monsters (1998), and The Tailor of Panama (2001). Though his most memorable movie role is probably that of the ill-fated lawyer Donald Gennaro, eaten by the T-Rex on 'the crapper' in Jurassic Park (1993), a role he reprised in a CollegeHumor parody of Jurassic Park, along with appearing in the Lego video game of the same film.
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Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman | Guard |
| 1981 | Knightriders | Bontempi |
| 1982 | I Ought to Be in Pictures | Monte Del Rey |
| 1986 | Gung Ho | Crandall |
| 1986 | Band of the Hand | Hardware Clerk |
| 1986 | Modern Girls | Music Video Director |
| 1987 | Planes, Trains & Automobiles | Second Motel Clerk |
| 1988 | High Spirits | Malcolm |
| 1991 | Oscar | Luigi Finucci |
| 1992 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Paulie |
| 1993 | Reckless Kelly | Ernie the Fan |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Donald Gennaro |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Tommy Carlo |
| 1995 | Heat | Construction Clerk |
| 1998 | Gods and Monsters | George Cukor |
| 1998 | The Naked Man | Sammy |
| 2001 | Air Bud: 3 | Snerbert (Voice) |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama | Teddy, the Reporter |
Television[]
| Year | TV Series | Episode(s) | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Ropers | Puppy Love | Salesman |
| 1979 | Soap | Episode #3.6 | Waiter |
| 1979-1980 | Angie | Mary, Mary Marries
Friends in Need |
Father Tortelli
Father Ortelli |
| 1980 | The White Shadow | Coolidge Goes Hollywood | Pool Player |
| 1981 | M*A*S*H | That's Show Biz | Wounded man in jeep |
| 1981-1985 | Hill Street Blues | Hearts and Minds
Little Boil Blue Here's Adventure, Here's Romance Low Blow Somewhere Over The Rambo |
Robber
Mr. Sybert The Cisco Kid Alan "Rambo" Branford Alan "Rambo" Branford |
| 1982 | Mork & Mindy | I Don't Remember Mama | The Tailor (Salesman) |
| 1983 | Diff'rent Strokes | The Goat | Coach |
| 1984 | Alice | Romancing Mr. Stone | Bart |
| 1984–1989 | Miami Vice | 1 episode
18 episodes |
Trini DeSoto
Izzy Moreno |
| 1985 | Cheers | Rescue Me | Waiter |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Yours, Very Deadly | Peter Macy |
| 1988 | L.A. Law | Leapin' Lizards | Julius Goldfarb / The Salamander |
| 1990 | Shannon's Deal | 9 Episodes | Lou Gondolf |
| 1991 | Dream On | The Second Greatest Story Ever Told: Parts 1 & 2 | Dr. Falco |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Javelin Catcher | Vincenzo 'Vince' Diamond |
| 1997 | The Practice | Save the Mule | Sam Feldberg |
| 1998 | The X-Files | The End | Shooter |
| 2011 | CollegeHumor Originals | Jurassic Park Character's Awful Realization | Donald Gennaro |
| Year | TV Movie | Role | |
| 1981 | Stephanie | ||
| 1982 | Kangaroos in the Kitchen | Attorney | |
| 1989 | Shannon's Deal | Lou Gondolf | |
| 2000 | Ali: An American Hero | Angelo Dundee |
He also appeared in the short movie Shadows (2000).
Mork & Mindy[]
Ferrero played The Tailor in the clothes store that Mindy and Mork take Mearth to who appears very lackadaisical about his job. The Tailor taking one look at the suit Mindy has picked out for Mearth and declaring it 'a perfect fit' despite it clearly needing altering. Something Mindy points out forcefully. Chalking the suit according to her wishes, the Tailor notes to the middle aged looking Mearth that Mindy is acting like his Mother. Something that Mearth has learned to roll with. Heading off with Mearth to pin the suit for alterations. The Tailor emerges after Mindy has discovered that Mork's memory has been wiped by a disgruntled Orson. While Mindy is struggling to get her miffed son, and amnesiac husband out the door, he tells her that the suit will be ready in an outrageous 2 months, and wants to know if they want to play cash or charge? Mork, no longer aware of Earth terms, is intrigued to hear that they accept charges. And promptly gives the man a light electrocution, causing him to change his attitude entirely saying the suit will be ready in a few days as he rushes off.