Antony Ponzini

Antony Ponzini (June 1, 1933 – December 30, 2002) was an American actor whose career spanned stage, film, and television across several decades. Born in 1933, Ponzini built a professional profile that encompassed Broadway appearances, daytime soap operas, and an extensive roster of television guest roles.

Ponzini's Broadway career ran from 1963 to 1975 and included appearances in P. S. Your Cat Is Dead! and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. His stage work overlapped with an early foothold in daytime television, where he took on roles in the soap operas The Edge of Night and Another World. He was also a member of the original cast of One Life to Live, portraying Vince Wolek from 1968 through 1975. Later, from 1989 to 1991, Ponzini played Captain Corelli in 54 episodes of the daytime soap opera Generations.

Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Ponzini accumulated a substantial number of guest appearances on prime-time television. His credits during this period included Kojak, Starsky and Hutch, Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, The Jeffersons, The Bionic Woman, Lou Grant, Three's Company, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, Cagney and Lacey, The Love Boat, Falcon Crest, Hardcastle and McCormick, Knight Rider, Remington Steele, Who's the Boss?, Hunter, Columbo, Baywatch, Murphy Brown, and Murder, She Wrote. He was frequently cast in the roles of thugs, crime bosses, and tough cops. In film, Ponzini appeared as Vincent in Friday the 13th Part 4. In 1993, he played Enzo, the title character, in the Seinfeld episode The Barber.