Tony Tarantino (/ˌtærənˈtiːnoʊ/; July 4, 1940 – December 8, 2023) was an American actor and film producer.

Tarantino was born in New York City on July 4, 1940, the son of Italian-American parents Elizabeth Jean (née Salvaggio) and Dominic James Tarantino.

The elder Tarantino responded that he had relatives in the police and that what his son had said was "dead wrong".

[7] Tarantino revealed in 2017 that, when he was 20 years old in 1960, talent agent Henry Willson offered him acting opportunities and a lavish lifestyle in exchange for sex.

[5] He stated he was thereafter quickly fired from his role on the western television series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre,[5] and used the stage name "Tony Maro" to book several acting jobs with Paramount as an extra, but was fired within two hours once his true identity was discovered.