Actor. He is best remembered for playing 'Ernie, the mortician' in the film "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985). After choosing to pursue a career in entertainment, he studied at Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop and later acquired experience in summer stock. This led to him making his professional debut in the short-lived Broadway play "The Mating Game" (1965). He made his motion picture debut in the Robert Downey Sr. film "No More Excuses" (1968) and went on to star in such pictures as: "Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value" (1969), "Pound" (1970) and "Greaser's Palace" (1972); the latter two were also directed by Downey. Calfa became a character actor of choice for such prominent directors as Mark Rydell's "Cinderella Liberty" (1973), Peter Bogdanovich's "Nickelodeon" (1976), Martin Scorsese's "New York, New York" (1977), Blake Edwards' "10" (1979) and Steven Spielberg's "1941". Additionally, he will be familiar to movie audiences for playing 'Paulie, the hit man' in the comedy farce "Weekend at Bernie's" (1989). Among his other films include: "The Star Chamber" (1983), "The Presidio" (1988), "Bugsy" (1991), "Me Myself & I" (1992) and "Stay Tuned" (1992). He had extensive credits on television in such programs as "Kojak", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Hill Street Blues" and "Murder, She Wrote".
Actor. He is best remembered for playing 'Ernie, the mortician' in the film "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985). After choosing to pursue a career in entertainment, he studied at Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop and later acquired experience in summer stock. This led to him making his professional debut in the short-lived Broadway play "The Mating Game" (1965). He made his motion picture debut in the Robert Downey Sr. film "No More Excuses" (1968) and went on to star in such pictures as: "Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value" (1969), "Pound" (1970) and "Greaser's Palace" (1972); the latter two were also directed by Downey. Calfa became a character actor of choice for such prominent directors as Mark Rydell's "Cinderella Liberty" (1973), Peter Bogdanovich's "Nickelodeon" (1976), Martin Scorsese's "New York, New York" (1977), Blake Edwards' "10" (1979) and Steven Spielberg's "1941". Additionally, he will be familiar to movie audiences for playing 'Paulie, the hit man' in the comedy farce "Weekend at Bernie's" (1989). Among his other films include: "The Star Chamber" (1983), "The Presidio" (1988), "Bugsy" (1991), "Me Myself & I" (1992) and "Stay Tuned" (1992). He had extensive credits on television in such programs as "Kojak", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Hill Street Blues" and "Murder, She Wrote".
Bio by: C.S.
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