Yesso, Don

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YESSO, Don

PERSONAL

Addresses: Agent—Pearl Wexler, The Kohner Agency, 9300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 555, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actor. Worked as a high school football coach in Baton Rouge, LA.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Bus driver, Hocus Pocus, Buena Vista, 1993.

Elliott the firefighter, Hero (also known as Accidental Hero), Columbia, 1993.

Ralph Buoncristiani, Guarding Tess, TriStar, 1994.

Beanpole, Fair Game, Warner Bros., 1995.

Shorty, Out-of-Sync, 1995.

Jungle Room bartender, Heaven's Prisoners, New Line Cinema, 1996.

Jerry, Blast from the Past, New Line Cinema, 1999.

Kenneth, Dudley Do-Right, Universal, 1999.

Rocco Malone, Big Fat Liar (also known as Luegen haben kurze Beine), Universal, 2002.

Waiter, Sonny (also known as Pony Rides), Samuel Goldwyn/Gold Circle Films, 2002.

Cardinals coach, Mickey, Slugger Pictures, 2004.

Film Work:

(Uncredited) Additional automated dialogue replacement voice, Saving Private Ryan, DreamWorks/ Paramount, 1998.

Television Appearances; Series:

Shorty LaRoux, Frank's Place, CBS, 1987–88.

Julian, My Two Dads, NBC, 1989–90.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Frank Donohue, Empty Cradle, ABC, 1993.

Luis Gisors, The Hard Truth, HBO, 1994.

Al Barney, Dark Angel, Fox, 1996.

CIA agent at cemetery, My Little Assassin, Lifetime, 1999.

Cash Haden, The Badge (also known as Behind the Badge and Behind the Sun), Starz!, 2002.

White collar neighbor, Pizza My Heart (also known as Pizza Wars), ABC Family Channel, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1988, 1989.

"They Can't Take That Away from Me," Jake and the Fatman, CBS, 1989.

Tony, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Home from the Forum," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1992.

Leo Kositchek, "The Murder Channel," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1994.

Harley, "Against All Enemies," JAG, CBS, 1997.

Kenny, "In the Same Boat," Temporarily Yours, CBS, 1997.

The robber, "Hello, Dalai," Ellen (also known as These Friends of Mine), ABC, 1997.

Appeared as a bank robber in an episode of Damon, Fox; and as Captain Chavez, Orleans, CBS.

Stage Appearances:

Understudy for Stanley Kowalski, Pablo Gonzales, and Steve Hubbell, A Streetcar Named Desire, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1992.

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