Buffy Dee
Actor · Died November 1, 1995, aged 72 · Middletown, New York, USA
Rotund Italian-American drummer and character actor Buffy Dee was born Anthony DeSantolo on September 15, 1923 in Middletown, New York. Dee was afflicted with polio as a child and spent a short period of his life in a wheelchair. Fortunately, Buffy was able to recover from his bout with polio, although he was left with a slight limp for the rest of his life. Dee lived for almost a half century of his life in Miami, Florida and had a law degree from the University of Miami. Moreover, Buffy not only was a club owner and a drummer for Carmen Cavallaro, but also acted in a handful of films and television shows. Dee was especially funny and memorable as fat slob club owner Barney in Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976). Buffy died at age 72 from lung cancer in November, 1995.
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Biography from IMDb.
- September 15, 1923
- November 1, 1995 (aged 72)
- Middletown, New York, USA
- Actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Buffy Dee's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shadowas Barney in Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)
- Shadowas K1 in Go for It (1983)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Tragic1
- 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 Buffy Dee's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Buffy Dee'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
10 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Nightmare Beach(1989)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
A Taxi Driver in New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Miami Supercops(1985)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Miami Vice(1984)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Go for It(1983)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Super Fuzz(1980)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Mako: The Jaws of Death(1976)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Peeper(1975)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Kojak(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Lady Ice(1973)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 10 titles from 1973 to 1989; peak year 1984.
Film career
Peak 1984 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1980Screen debut· Super Fuzz
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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Buffy Dee's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 43/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 22. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
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 Buffy Dee work with?
People who share at least 2 of Buffy Dee's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Josi W. Konski shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Bud SpencerShared titles: Miami Supercops (1985), Go for It (1983)See all 2 shared titles with Bud Spencer
- Luke HalpinShared titles: Miami Supercops (1985), Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Luke Halpin
- Terence HillShared titles: Miami Supercops (1985), Go for It (1983)See all 2 shared titles with Terence Hill
- Dan FitzgeraldShared titles: Go for It (1983), Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Fitzgerald
Producers
- Josi W. KonskiShared titles: Nightmare Beach (1989), Miami Supercops (1985), Go for It (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Josi W. Konski
