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Bugsy Malone is a 1976 gangster musical comedy film written and directed by Alan Parker (in his feature film directorial debut).A co-production of United States and United Kingdom, it features an ensemble cast, comprising only child actors playing adult roles, with Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, and John Cassisi in major roles.
In 1976, at the age of 17, he featured as a waiter in Bugsy Malone. [5] Also in 1976 he had significant roles in three television series: The Molly Wopsies, Four Idle Hands, and The Flockton Flyer. Over the following four years he appeared in Quadrophenia, Breaking Glass and Scum. [3] He also appeared in the 1977 TV drama serial Raven.
Cassisi was "discovered" by Bugsy Malone director Alan Parker, when Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom and asked students to nominate the "naughtiest" boy in class. [2]In 1982, he played the role of Herschel in the Broadway on Showtime [3] [4] film of Gemini [5] alongside former Bugsy Malone star Scott Baio.
British filmmaker Alan Parker, director of movies ranging from "Bugsy Malone", a gangster comedy featuring children armed with machineguns that fired cream, to the tense prison drama "Midnight ...
Scott Vincent Baio (/ ˈ b eɪ. oʊ /; born September 22, 1960) is an American actor.He is known for playing Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days (1977–1984) and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi (1982–1983), the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge (1984–1990), Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series Diagnosis: Murder (1993–1995), and the title role of the ...
His first film part was as Baby Face in Bugsy Malone (1976). He made his stage début the following year in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. As a youth actor he was regularly featured in British productions in the early 1980s, including The Long Good Friday, The Elephant Man and The Bounty. In 1987 Fletcher was cast in Lionheart.
He appeared in the film Bugsy Malone at 14 [3] and in an episode of the police drama The Sweeney at the age of 16. In 1978, he played Paul Ross in Trevor Preston's innovative crime drama Out. [1] A year later, he took the background role of convict Betts in the cinematic re-make of the controversial borstal film Scum. [1]
1976 Bugsy Malone: Yes Yes No Hard Feelings [48] Yes Yes TV film 1978 Midnight Express: Yes 1980 Fame: Yes 1982 Shoot the Moon: Yes Pink Floyd – The Wall: Yes 1984 Birdy: Yes 1986 A Turnip Head's Guide to British Cinema [49] Yes Documentary 1987 Angel Heart: Yes Yes 1988 Mississippi Burning: Yes 1990 Come See the Paradise: Yes Yes 1991 The ...