Film and Television Roles
Coco's additional film credits include Ensign Pulver, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, Man of La Mancha, Such Good Friends, A New Leaf, The Wild Party, and The Muppets Take Manhattan. Two of his films were released posthumously: The Chair (1988) and That's Adequate (1989).
On television, Coco starred in two unsuccessful 1970s series, Calucci's Dept. and The Dumplings, and made guest appearances on many shows, including ABC Stage 67, The Edge of Night, Marcus Welby, M.D., Trapper John, M.D., Medical Center, Maude, Fantasy Island, Alice, Murder, She Wrote, The Muppet Show, The Love Boat, and St. Elsewhere, for which he won an Emmy Award. One of his last TV assignments was a recurring role as Nick Milano on the sitcom Who's The Boss?.
In his final years, Coco became known for his cooking prowess (The James Coco Diet) publishing several best-selling cookbooks with his best friend, Marion Paone, and making frequent guest appearances on talk shows garbed in a chef's hat and apron.
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