Born on this day – Nicholas Colasanto:

 

Nicholas Colasanto

Actor

Director

January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985

Credits:

Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); Arrest and Trial (1963); Baretta (1975); Ben Casey (1964); Biography (2004); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bonanza (1972); Camera Three (1957); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); Carla the Comeback Queen: Insults for Every Occasion (2004); Carla's Whipping Boy (2004); Cheers (1982–1985); Cheers: Last Call! (1993); CHiPs (1977); Cliff's Notes: The Wisdom of Cliff Clavin (2004); Coach Ernie Pantusso's Rules of the Game (2003); Columbo (1972–1974); Decoy (1958); Di Another Day: Diane Chambers from A-Z (2004); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); Dr. Kildare (1965); Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966); Family Plot (1976); Fat City (1972); Fitz and Bones (1981); For the People (1965); Garrison's Gorillas (1967–1968); Hawaii Five-O (1969–1970); Hec Ramsey (1973); Here Come the Brides (1970); History of the Sitcom (2021); I Spy (1965–1966); I'll Drink to That: Stormin' Norm-isms (2003); Ironside (1967 / 1968); Kojak (1973); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Logan's Run (1977); Lou Grant (1978); Love at First Fight: Opposites Distract (2003); Lucas Tanner (1974); Mad Bull (1977); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Martinelli, Outside Man (1977); McCloud (1970); McCoy (1975–1976); Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (1969); Mission: Impossible (1967); Monty Nash (1971); My Favorite Martian (1966); N.Y.P.D. (1968–1969); Nakia (1974); Nicholas Colasanto: His Final Season (2004); Playhouse 90 (1959); Police Story (1974); Premiere (1968); Profiles in Courage (1965); Raging Bull (1980); Run for Your Life (1965–1967); S.W.A.T. (1976); Search (1972); Setting the Bar: A Conversation with Ted Danson (2003); Shaft (1973); Shrink-Warped: Introducing Frasier Crane (2004); Starsky and Hutch (1978); Strictly Top-Shelf: The Guys Behind the Bar (2004); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards (1983); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Contender (1980); The Counterfeit Killer (1968); The F.B.I. (1966–1971); The Factor / Segment: Watters' World (2008–2014); The Felony Squad (1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Governor & J.J. (1969); The Haircut (1982); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1981); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976); The Streets of San Francisco (1973 / 1975); Toma (1973); Virtual Vera (2004); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Westside Medical (1977).

On this day in movie and book history - Raging Bull (1980)

Raging Bull

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin,

based on the book Raging Bull: My Story by Jake LaMotta, Peter Savage and Joseph Carter,

was released in the United States on December 19, 1980.

Main theme music: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax, Charles Scorsese, Don Dunphy, Bill Hanrahan, Rita Bennett, James V. Christy, Bernie Allen, Floyd Anderson, Gene LeBell, Harold Valan, Victor Magnotta, Johnny Barnes, John Thomas, Kenny Davis, Paul Carmello, Jimmy Lennon Sr., Bobby Rings, Kevin Mahon, Marty Denkin, Shay Duffin, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Dick Whittington, Jack Lotz, Kevin Breslin, Louis Raftis, Frank Shain, Coley Wallace, Fritzie Higgins, George Latka, Fred Dennis, Robert B. Loring, Johnny Turner, Vern De Paul, Chuck Hassett, Ken Richards, Peter Fain, Billy Varga, Harvey Parry, Ted Husing, Michael Badalucco, Thomas Beansy Lobasso, Paul Forrest, Peter Petrella, Sal Serafino Tomassetti, Geraldine Smith, Mardik Martin, Maryjane Lauria, Linda Artuso, Peter Savage, Daniel P. Conte, Joe Malanga, Sabine Turco Jr., Steve Orlando, Silvio García Jr., John Arceri, Joseph A. Morale, James Dimodica, Robert Uricola, Andrea Orlando, Allan Malamud, D.J. Blair, Laura James, Richard McMurray, Mary Albee, Lisa Katz, Candy Moore, Richard A. Berk, Theodore Saunders, Noah Young, Nick Trisko, Lou Tiano, Bob Evan Collins, Wally K. Berns, Allen Joseph, Bob Aaron, Glenn Leigh Marshall, Martin Scorsese, Joseph Bergmann, Scott Crawford, Dennis Crosswhite, Robert Dahdah, Bruno DiGiorgi, Marty Farrell, Bobby Giordano, R. Michael Givens, Charles Guardino, Bob Harks, Chuck Hicks, Michael Charles Hill, Leonard B. John, Walt La Rue, Angelo Lamonea, David LeBell, Tony Lip, Bill Mazer, Thomas Murphy, Dennis O'Neill, Gil Perkins, Gene Poe, Jerry Schram, Glenn Stanton, John Turturro, McKenzie Westmore, Jimmy Williams.

Recommended reading - Raging Bull

Raging Bull: My Story

by Jake LaMotta, Peter Savage and Joseph Carter.

Introduction by Nick Tosches.
 
Filmed as Raging Bull (1980), directed by Martin Scorsese.
 
First published 1970.
Published by Da Capo Press.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0306808080
ISBN-13: 978-0306808081
 
Description:
 

Meet Jake LaMotta: thief, rapist, killer. Raised in the Bronx slums, he fought on the streets, got sent to reform school, and served time in prison. Trusting no one, slugging everyone, he beat his wife, his best friends, even the mobsters who kept the title just out of reach. But the same forces that made him a criminal – fear, rage, jealousy, self-hate, guilt – combined with his drive and intelligence to make him a winner in the ring. At age twenty-seven, after eight years of fighting, he became Middleweight Champion of the World, a hero to thousands. Then, at the peak of success, he fell apart and began a swift, harrowing descent into nightmare. Raging Bull, the Bronx Bull's brutally candid memoir, tells it all – fights, jails, sex, money – surpassing, in hard-hitting prose, even the movie that immortalized it.