Donald Andrew Novello was born on January 1,1943 and is an American actor, comedian, writer, singer, film director and producer.
23 Facts About Don Novello
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Don Novello appeared on NBC's Saturday Night Live as the character Father Guido Sarducci from 1978 to 1980, and 1985 to 1986.
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Don Novello is the voice of Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini in the franchise of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
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The family moved to Lorain, Ohio, when Don Novello was a child.
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Don Novello subsequently enrolled into the University of Dayton and graduated from it in 1964.
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Don Novello created the Father Guido Sarducci character in 1973 after finding a monsignor's outfit for $7.50 at a St Vincent de Paul thrift shop.
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Don Novello performed on The Smothers Brothers Show in 1975, appearing as Sarducci.
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Many of them received serious responses; Don Novello sometimes continued the charade correspondence at length, with humorous results.
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Don Novello appeared numerous times on the show in the Father Guido Sarducci character.
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Don Novello made newspapers around the world when he visited the Vatican in 1981 wearing the Father Guido Sarducci costume and, while taking photographs for a magazine article in an area where photography was prohibited, was arrested by the Swiss Guards along with his photographer, and eventually charged with "impersonating a priest".
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Don Novello was installed by NBC as one of a series of producers for the show's fourth season, and produced a total of nine episodes.
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In 1983, Don Novello had a cameo as Father Sarducci in the video for Rodney Dangerfield's comedy rap song "Rappin' Rodney" which was heavily played on MTV.
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In 1984 Don Novello wrote The Blade, a high school yearbook parody in which the students are represented by sheep.
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Don Novello co-wrote the unfilmed script for Noble Rot with John Belushi.
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Don Novello narrated Faerie Tale Theatre's third-season episode Pinocchio with Paul Reubens as the titular puppet.
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Also in 1984, Don Novello appeared in the music video for the Jefferson Starship song "No Way Out".
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In 1989, Don Novello co-starred in the anthology film New York Stories in the Francis Ford Coppola-directed segment, Life Without Zoe.
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In 1990, Don Novello portrayed "Dominic Abbandando" in the film The Godfather Part III.
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Don Novello continued this role until the election of Pope Benedict XVI.
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Don Novello portrayed Pope Pius XII in the 2009 short film All in the Bunker.
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Don Novello has one brother, Joseph "Joe" Novello, and one sister, Eileen.
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Don Novello's niece is film producer Holly Wiersma.
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Don Novello made guest appearances on the Handsome Boy Modeling School albums So.