Pat Cooper (produced Pasquale Caputo July 31, 1929) is an American actor and comic. Cooper frequently makes reference to his Italian tradition in his stand up comedy routines. Cooper began performing in the 1950s, initially for predominantly Italian-American crowds. He played a mobster in the movie Analyze This(1999). In 2005, he released a DVD called You’re Always Yelling and in 2010, he coauthored with Steve Garrin and Rich Herschlag his autobiography called How Dare You Say How Dare Me!. His dad, Michael Caputo, was a bricklayer from Mola di Bari, Italy and his mom, Louise Gargiulo was born in Brooklyn, Ny, where Cooper was born and raised. Cooper has been married twice; he’s two biological kids from his first marriage and an adopted daughter together with his second wife.
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[on Buddy Hackett] Buddy Hackett was a terrible human being, but a very funny man. Buddy Hackett had no respect for anybody. He had a filthy mouth. Not a dirty mouth. There's a difference. He had a filthy mouth. Buddy was a great comedian when he went out on the stage. He was one of the lowest, filthiest comics out there and he was successful. Today they make Buddy Hackett look like a virgin . . . But he wasn't the nicest guy in the world. I got along with him because I stood away from him.
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[on Jerry Vale] He was another one who never picked up a check! He took me out for dinner--I had to pay the tip! Talk about a cheap human being! He took about six or seven of us out for dinner, the check came to around $700. He got dinner complimentary from The Riviera! He said, "You take care of the tip." It cost me around $200 to get a free dinner from Jerry Vale! Another miser!
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[about The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)] I only did it with Johnny Carson once. I didn't like Johnny Carson and he didn't like me. He was not a nice man . . . Johnny Carson came in at the right time and Johnny Carson was brilliant on that show. When the show was over, he was not a nice man. Not a nice man at all. So that's that.
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[on Joe DiMaggio] Joe DiMaggio never spent a dime, never picked up a check, but he was Joe DiMaggio. He thought he walked on water. When I became a little bit of a name, he would walk in and he would sit at my table and I would have to pay for his dinner. He never spent for nothing.
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When I was a boy, we had 45 statues [of saints] in my house. Ever have 90 eyes looking at you every time you have to go to the bathroom?
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One time I visited my mother and found St. Anthony's statue upside down. I say, "Mama, why's St. Anthony upside down?" '[She said] "He don't answer my novena, he stays that way!"
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One of my sisters wanted to be an opera singer. So, we spent a few dollars to try to train her, because Italian people would like to have an opera singer in the family. But she's got trouble coughing, let alone singing. One day, she was in the shower singing "Madame Butterfly". Three days later the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor.
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I say, when you tell the truth, you never offend nobody, particularly if you do it with dignity.
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He auditioned for the role of Rusty Millio on The Sopranos (1999)..
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His son wrote a book called "Dear Pat Cooper".
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Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 119. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
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Stand-up comedian and occasional actor whose main subject matter is his Italian-American background.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rise of the Radio Show
2009
TV Series
Pat
This Thing of Ours
2003
John Bruno
Recipe for Disaster
2002
TV Movie
The Don
Analyze That
2002
Masiello
Ankle Bracelet
2001
Milt Epstein
The Boys Behind the Desk
2000
Code of Ethics
1999
Mr. DeAngelo
Analyze This
1999
Salvatore Masiello
Silent Predator
1997
Bartender
L.A. Law
1993
TV Series
Herb Moffett
Throb
1987
TV Series
Emcee
ABC Afterschool Specials
1987
TV Series
Coach Corsini
Fighting Back
1982/I
Harry Janelli
It's a Living
1981-1982
TV Series
Clerk / Harry
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1981
TV Movie
Uncle Mike
Uncle Scam
1981
Agency Chief
Charlie's Angels
1981
TV Series
Jonathan Tobias
Vega$
1980
TV Series
Al Greeley
Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine
1963-1965
TV Series
Guest Comedian
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bowery Rhapsody: The Rise and Redemption of Hollywood's Original 'Brat Pack'
2017
Documentary post-production
Himself
Hey Moe, Hey Dad!
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
Cop Show
2015
TV Series
Himself
If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent
2013
Documentary
Himself
A Stand Up Mother
2011
TV Series
Himself
All Night with Joey Reynolds
2011
TV Series
Himself
Just Laugh!
2010
Documentary
Himself
Sid Bernstein Presents...
2010
Documentary
Himself
Howard Stern on Demand
2006-2007
TV Series
Himself
Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Aristocrats
2005
Documentary
Himself
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
2004
TV Series
Himself
100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time
2004
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Panelist / #69
Dean Martin: The One and Only
2004
Video documentary
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Howard Stern Radio Show
1999-2000
TV Series
Himself
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter
2000
Documentary
Himself
Joe DiMaggio: The Final Chapter
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Rat Pack
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey
1998
TV Movie
Himself
Howard Stern: Shut Up and Listen
1997
Video documentary
Himself
Howard Stern
1994-1997
TV Series
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1996-1997
TV Series
Himself
Seinfeld
1996
TV Series
Himself
The Howard Stern Show
1990
TV Series
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1967-1980
TV Series
Himself - Comedian / Himself - Co-Host / Himself / ...