Tony Mordente Biography (1933?-)

Born c. 1933, in New York, NY; married Chita Rivera (an actress), December 1,1957; children: Lisa Mordente (an actress and choreographer).

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, choreographer, actor
Birth Details: 1933?; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Action, West Side Story, United Artists, 1961
(Uncredited) Fat, Love with the Proper Stranger, Paramount, 1963
(In archive footage) That's Dancing!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1985
Himself, West Side Memories, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Entertainment, 2003
Film Work
Dance assistant, West Side Story, United Artists, 1961
Director, Just Tell Me You Love Me (also known as Hawaii Heat and Maui), 1980
Director, Tell Me That You Love Me (also known as Miri), Vestron Video, 1983
Television Appearances
Specials
Walker: Behind the Scenes with TV's Toughest Hero, CBS, 1996
Episodic
Morello, "Lost Sheep, Lost Shepard," Combat!, ABC, 1962
Sergeant Kurawicz, "The Celebrity," Combat!, ABC, 1962
Genero Planetta, "The Invisibles," The Outer Limits, ABC, 1964
Drayman #2, "Tomorrow's Tide," Planet of the Apes, 1974
"The Man Who Couldn't Forget," Cannon, 1974
M. C., "Fausta: The Nazi Wonder Woman," Wonder Woman, 1976
Waiter, "The Birthday Party," Dynasty, 1981
TV show director, "If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em," Riptide, NBC,1986
Jake Hutton, "Little Man with a Big Reputation," Hunter, NBC, 1991
Lou Massucci, "El Coyote: Part 2," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1996
VH1 The Greatest, VH1, 2003
Also appeared (as Marc Douglas) in All My Children, ABC, and othersoap operas.
Television Work
Series
Choreography, That's Life, ABC, 1968
Choreography, The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show, CBS, 1972
Producer, 7th Heaven (also known as 7th Heaven: Beginningsand Seventh Heaven), The WB, 2003
Television Director
Movies
Love in the Present Tense, 1982
Television Work
Pilots
Director, Cousins, ABC, 1976
Director, The New Lorenzo Music Show, ABC, 1976
Executive producer, Legs, ABC, 1978
Director, That Second Thing on ABC, ABC, 1978
Director, The Rita Moreno Show, CBS, 1978
Director, Who's On Call?, ABC, 1979
Director, The Steve Landesberg Television Show, NBC, 1983

Director, Young Hearts, NBC, 1984
Director, Coming of Age, 1988
Also directed "The Great American Heroine," The Greatest American Hero.
Specials
Producer, Don't Call Me Mama Anymore, CBS, 1973
Television Director
Episodic
Rhoda, CBS, 1975-1978
"None Like It Hot," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1978
"Preventive Medicine," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1979
"The Check Up," Angie, ABC, 1979
"Mirror Image," Brothers and Sisters, 1979
"Save the Monkey," Brothers and Sisters, 1979
"The Littlest Fungo," Flatbush, CBS, 1979
"Aftermath," Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC, 1979
"Semper-Fidelis," Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC,1979
"Statutory Theft," Turnabout, NBC, 1979
The Associates, ABC, 1979-1980
Benson, ABC, 1979-1980
"The President's Coming, the President's Coming," Angie, ABC, 1980
"Not With My Sister, You Don't," Flo, CBS, 1981
Love, Sidney, NBC, 1981-1982
Family Ties, NBC, 1982-1983
Hardcastle & McCormick, ABC, 1983-1986
"Father's Day," Riptide, NBC, 1984
"Peter Pan Is Alive and Well," Riptide, NBC, 1984
"In Plane Sight," The A-Team, NBC, 1984
"Fire," The A-Team, NBC, 1984
"Hot Styles," The A-Team, NBC, 1984
"Incident at Crystal Lake," The A-Team, NBC, 1985
"The Heart of Rock n' Roll," The A-Team, NBC, 1985
"Members Only," The A-Team, NBC, 1986
"Cowboy George," The A-Team, NBC, 1986
"Dishpan Man: Part 1," The A-Team, NBC, 1986
"How Green Was My Murder," Shadow Chasers, ABC, 1986
Hunter, NBC, 1986-1991
"A Night to Remember," The Hogan Family (also known as Valerie and Valerie's Family), NBC, 1987
Matlock, NBC, 1987-1990
"The Sopwith Pup," Coming of Age, CBS, 1988
"Hale to the Chief," Coming of Age, CBS, 1988
"Father Knows Best," Day by Day, NBC, 1989
"Dear John," Baker's Dozen, CBS, 1982
"You Were Polo, I Was Racetrack," Baker's Dozen, CBS, 1982
"The Beast," True Blue, 1990
Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1993-1998
7th Heaven (also known as 7th Heaven: Beginnings and Seventh Heaven), The WB, 1997-2003
"Remember?," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1998
"Captains Courageous," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1998
"Love Floats: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1999
"Trances of a Lifetime," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1999
Also directed "You Gotta Have Hart," Nobody's Perfect, ABC; "Aheadof Time," an unaired episode of Shadows Chasers, ABC; "Martin Swallows His Heart" and "Brenda Runs Away," both unaired episodes of Rhoda, CBS; "A Date with Johnny," an unaired episode of The Associates, ABC; episodes of The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine, CBS; The Practice, ABC; Busting Loose, CBS; Goodtime Girls, ABC; The Brady Brides, NBC; Private Benjamin, CBS; Easy Street, NBC;Burke's Law, CBS; Keep on Truckin', ABC; Hot L Baltimore, ABC; The Tony Randall Show, ABC; We've Got Each Other, CBS; Three Girls Three, NBC; I'm a Big Girl Now, ABC; Romance Theater, syndicated; Safe Harbor, The WB.
Stage Appearances
Lonesome polecat and dancer, Li'l Abner, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1956-1958
A-Rab (a Jet), West Side Story, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1957-1959, then Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1959
TV stage manager, Bye Bye Birdie, Martin Beck Theatre, 1960, then54th St. Theatre, 1960-1961, later Shubert Theatre, all New York City, 1961
Lonesome Polecat, Li'l Abner, St. James Theatre, 1969
Stage Work
Assistant to Mr. Kidd, Ben Franklin in Paris, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1964
Assistant choreographer, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Majestic Theatre,New York City, 1966
Choreographer, Here's Where I Belong, Billy Rose Theatre, New YorkCity, 1968
Assistant to Mr. Chapman, Bye Bye Birdie, Martin Beck Theatre, 1960, then 54th St. Theatre, 1960-1961, then Shubert Theatre, all New York City,1961
RECORDINGS
Songs
(As Oliver Cool) "Oliver Cool," Roulette Records, 1960

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