Nick Borgani

Nick Borgani was an actor who appeared as an Iotian gang leader in the second season episode . He filmed his scenes on Friday at Desilu Stage 11. As a background performer, he was not credited for the role.
Born in Italy as Nicola Cantacessi, he immigrated to the United States with his family which had been active in the movie industry since the early days of the business. Despite speaking with a heavy accent, he found steady employment in films as a bit and background actor due to his "exotic" appearance which made him ideal for "European" and "South American" roles.
Between the 1930s and the 1980s, he appeared in bit and background roles in over 190 films and television episodes, usually playing waiters, bartenders, hotel managers and townsmen. He can be seen in films like Bob Hope's (1948, with Sam Bagley, Noble Chissell, William Meader, and Eleanore Vogel), The War of the Worlds (1953, with Dick Cherney, Jane Crowley, William Meader, David Sharpe, Charles J. Stewart, and Arthur Tovey), (1954), (1957, with Dick Cherney, Larry Dobkin, John Fiedler, Jane Ross, and Arthur Tovey), (1965, with DeForest Kelley and William Meader), (1966, with Peter Brocco, Roy Jenson, Chuck Hicks, Glenn R. Wilder, and Shep Houghton), (1969, with with David Hurst, Billy Curtis, Morgan Farley, Carey Foster, Robert Hitchcock, Shep Houghton, Arthur Tovey, and Hubie Kerns, Sr.), (1973, with Ray Walston, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bakey, Byron Morrow, Al Roberts, Edwin Rochelle, and Arthur Tovey), (1976, with Lee Delano), and (1976, with Nick Dimitri and Robert Strong).
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