Radio Free Kirkopolis

Character actor Vincent Schiavelli has died. Who’s Vincent Schiavelli you ask- well he’s that ‘not so attractive’ fellow that played (among other things) one of the crazies in “One Flew Over the Coocoo’s Nest,” the ghost on the subway in “Ghost,” Salieri's valet (the one who busts in on him when he cut his throat) in “Amadeus," and my favorites- two teachers, the math teacher in “Better Off Dead” and the biology teacher with the hot wife in “Fast Times At Ridgmont High.”
He really was a great actor, for the rolls he played. He seemed to fit this certain kind of mold that no one else could seem to fit. Think of him in whatever roll you can remember, then try to picture someone else in it. Doesn’t quite work huh?
For someone who really had a face for radio- this guy did quite well.