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Tony Charmoli

Tony Charmoli

Director · Died August 10, 2020, aged 99

Tony Charmoli (June 11, 1921 – August 7, 2020) was an American dancer, choreographer, and director. He began dancing on Broadway in such shows as Make Mine Manhattan but soon began choreographing for television with Stop the Music in 1949. Charmoli then choreographed dance sequences for the popular Your Hit Parade, winning his first Emmy Award in 1955. He went on to direct and choreograph for some of the biggest stars including Dinah Shore, Lily Tomlin, Danny Kaye, Julie Andrews, Cyd Charisse, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi Gaynor, and others. On Broadway, Tony choreographed Ankles Aweigh and Woman of the Year with Lauren Bacall. More recently, Charmoli focused his talents on directing for television, where he directed such programs as the famous 1977 production of The Nutcracker starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, which was nominated for two Emmys (neither nomination was for Charmoli, however). He directed and choreographed nearly all of Mitzi Gaynor's television specials in the 1970s as well as two of Shirley MacLaine's. He also worked many times with Sid and Marty Krofft, directing all seventeen episodes of Lidsville and The Bugaloos, respectively, as well as their TV special Fol-de-Rol. He directed the first two years of Star Search, and several years of Circus of the Stars, as well as John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, winning the Directors Guild Award. Charmoli also directed several Bob Hope specials, more than twenty televised beauty pageants, and the short-lived summer replacement series The Keane Brothers Show. He was the recipient of three Emmy Awards, plus eight other Emmy nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Charmoli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 11, 1921
Died
August 10, 2020 (aged 99)
Works as
Director
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 41% in 30 days

What are Tony Charmoli's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
38%
Self
28%
Ideas
16%
Bonds
12%
Power
6%
Community2 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 2

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
6
Warm
2
Romantic
1
Absurd
1
Triumphant
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Feel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tony Charmoli's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tony Charmoli's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

28 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Musical Comedy Tonight II(1981)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lily: Sold Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director · Choreographer

  • Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • From Raquel with Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director

  • John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together(1979)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Liberace: A Valentine Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • The Nutcracker(1977)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The John Davidson Christmas Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • The Captain and Tennille (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director

  • Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director · Choreographer

  • Mitzi & 100 Guys(1975)

    Director · Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Doris Day Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director · Choreographer

  • Fol-de-Rol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • Lidsville(1971)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • The Bugaloos(1970)

    Show 17 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Bob Hope Comedy Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Director · Choreographer

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass(1966)

    Choreographer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The King Family Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Feathertop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Producer

  • Around the World with Nellie Bly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Choreographer · Producer

  • The Taming of the Shrew(1956)

    Choreographer

  • Alice in Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Choreographer

Career shape

A full career of 27 titles from 1955 to 1981.

Highest rated

The Nutcracker (1977)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

The Bugaloos (1970)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing22 of 27: 17 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score87thProducing2 of 27: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew9 of 27: 3 only other crew, 6 with another role

27 titles, 6 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1950s2 · crew1960s5 · crew1970s16 · crew1980s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Tony Charmoli's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of the 5 of 6 with a score; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 7 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · director

Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)

83rd percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

The Nutcracker (1977)

Midcredits 95th · 82% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Tony Charmoli work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tony Charmoli's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jack Raymond shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors