Acting credits
25
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Tony Orlando
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 14Series: 11Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 84920
IMDb ID: nm0650027
Known for: Acting
Born: April 3, 1944
Age: 82
Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2025
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.36
Wikidata: Q726057
Also known as
Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis
Other jobs
Executive Producer (1)
Biography
Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis (born April 3, 1944), better known as Tony Orlando, is an Americanshow business professional, best known as the lead singer of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn in the early 1970s. Discovered by producer Don Kirshner, Orlando had songs on the charts in 1961 when he was 16, "Halfway to Paradise" and "Bless You". Orlando then became a producer himself, and at an early age was promoted to a vice-president position at CBS Records, where he was in charge of the April-Blackwood Music division. He sang under the name "Dawn" in the 1970s, and when the songs became hits, he went on tour and the group became "Tony Orlando and Dawn". They had several songs which were major hits including "Candida", "Knock Three Times", and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree". The group hosted a variety program, "The Tony Orlando and Dawn Show" on CBS from 1974–76, and then broke up in 1978. Orlando then continued as a solo singer, performing in Las Vegas and Branson, Missouri.[1] Orlando has hosted the New York City portions of the MDA Labor Day Telethon on WWOR-TV since the 1980s but quit in 2011 in response to Jerry Lewis' firing from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Tony Orlando.
Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot
as Self
2025 Movie
Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story
as Self
2023 Movie
Sandy Wexler
as Testimonial
2017 Movie
That's My Boy
as Steve Spirou
2012 Movie
Tony Orlando & Dawn: The Ultimate Collection
as Self
2005 Movie
Waking Up in Reno
as Self
2002 Movie
A Christmas Card from Branson
as Himself
1996 Movie
The Kingdom Chums - Original Top Ten
as Christopher (voice)
1990 Movie
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
as Jose Ferrer
1982 Movie
Lynda Carter: Street Life
as Self
1982 Movie
300 Miles for Stephanie
as Alberto Rodriguez
1981 Movie
A Star Is Born
as Self
1976 Movie
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976
as Self
1976 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Tony Orlando.
Dice
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Las Vegas
as Tony Orlando • 1 eps
2003 Series
Oswald
as Sammy Starfish (voice) • 52 eps
2001 Series
MADtv
as Self • 1 eps
1995 Series
The Cosby Show
as Tony Castillo • 1 eps
1984 Series
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
as Self • 1 eps
1980 Series
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self • 54 eps
1974 Series
Dinah!
as Self • 2 eps
1974 Series
Chico and the Man
as Tomas Garcia • 1 eps
1974 Series
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self • 1 eps
1973 Series
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host • 3 eps
1961 Series