Pat Cooper

Pat Cooper was an American comedian and actor, born Pasquale Vito Caputo in Brooklyn. He began performing in the 1950s, changed his name to Pat Cooper in the early 1960s, and gained wider notice with a 1963 appearance on The Jackie Gleason Show. He became a nightclub performer at venues such as the Copacabana and the Sands Hotel and Casino, where he opened for entertainers including Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Billboard gave his 1965 album Our Hero a special merit review, and his later album Spaghetti Sauce and Other Delights received a stronger notice. In 1969 he and Jimmy Roselli brought a two-man show to Broadway's Palace theater, and in the 1970s he made many appearances on The Mike Douglas Show. He appeared as Salvatore Masiello in Analyze This (1999), then returned for the sequel Analyze That (2002), and he was known for a short temper that earned him the nickname the Comedian of Outrage.