Nicholas Colasanto in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Final Escape
Nicholas Colasanto (1924 - 1985)
Television director
Film Deaths[]
None known.
TV Deaths[]
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Final Escape (1964) [Work Partner]: Fatally injured when a log falls on him in the prison workyard; he dies in the infirmary some time later, while Edd Byrnes considers finishing him off in order to facilitate Edd's escape plan.
- The F.B.I.: The Camel's Nose (1966) [Billy Milton]: Beaten to death with a pool cue by Murray Hamilton.
- Ironside: The Challenge (1968) [Mike Sellino]: Killed (off-screen) by unknown means in his studio by Tom Simcox.
- Cheers: Birth, Death, Love and Rice (1985) [Coach Ernie Pantusso]: Dies (off-screen) of unspecified natural causes; we learn of his death afterwards when Ted Danson informs Woody Harrelson. (Nicholas did not appear in this episode, as it was filmed after his real-life death; this is the episode that establishes the character's death.)