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Don Novello is best known as Father Guido Sarducci, the gossip columnist for the Vatican newspaper, a role he created and performed on Saturday Night Live. He has reprised the role several times on other shows, including Gilda Radner - Live From New York and two specials for the Showtime and Cinemax cable networks. As a writer for SNL, Novello wrote several of the show's most memorable sketches, including the Greek Restaurant (Cheeseburger Cheeseburger) sketch.
Novello was a regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Show in the late 1970s and a writer/producer of SCTV Comedy Network in the early 1980s, and he recorded two comedy albums for Warner Bros. His film work includes roles in The Godfather Part III, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, and New York Stories for director Francis Ford Coppola, as well as Touch, Casper, and The Scalper. Novello has also written three books: The Lazlo Letters, Citizen Lazlo!, and The Blade: Shellville High School (All Sheep) Yearbook.
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Don Novello Facts
| Occupation | Actor |
| Birthday | January 1, 1943 (65) |
| Sign | Capricorn |
| Birthplace | Lorain, Ohio, USA |
Selected Filmography
| The Godfather | ||
| Casper | ||
| Tucker | ||
| Factory Girl | ||
| Atlantis | ||
| The Godfather, Part III | ||
| Jack | ||
| The Lost World | ||
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