Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Andrew RomaSanta, better known as Andy Romano, (April 16, 1936 – September 14, 2022) was an American actor, known for playing "J.D.", an outlaw motorcyclist and right-hand henchman of the character Eric von Zipper (played by Harvey Lembeck) in the 1960s Beach Party movies (which starred Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Romano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Heaven or Vegas
1999
as Mr. Hodges
Rachel, a part-time call girl, is taken off the streets of Las Vegas by Navy, a high-class gigolo in search of a new way of life in Montana. Gigolos b...

Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
as Hardy Lott
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights...

Listen
1996
as Det. Sam Steinmann
A young woman thinks one of her neighbors in her apartment building is a serial killer and begins to suspect both her current boyfriend and former gir...

Fast Money
1996
as Robert Hartman
Butler is an experienced car thief, McCoy a struggling reporter trying to nail a bad guy-senator. Meeting for the first time when they're both in dire...

Eraser
1996
as Undersecretary of Defense Daniel Harper
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Getting Away with Murder
1996
as Psychiatrist
When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it ...

Two Bits
1995
as Dr. Bruna
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding t...

Rough Magic
1995
as Clayton
In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teac...

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995
as Admiral Bates
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to ...

Drop Zone
1994
as Tom McCracken
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered ...

Tryst
1994
as Hurwitz
A young man journeys to the estate of rich family in Santa Barbara, California, to visit his mother, who works there as a maid and whom he hasn't seen...

A Friend to Die For
1994
as Joe Delvecchio
Angela Delvecchio, from a poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigious clique of her high schoo...

Bank Robber
1993
as Police Captain
After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as the...

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
1993
as Bob Mohr
When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanish...

The Fugitive
1993
as Judge Bennett
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear...

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993
as Sully
Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.

Midnight Witness
1993
as Captain McCarthy
Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.

Under Siege
1992
as Admiral Bates
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've plann...

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Herrick
A Southern librarian puts excitement in her life with a found murder weapon and a false confession.

Unlawful Entry
1992
as Captain Russell Hayes
Happily married Michael and Karen Carr call the police after Karen is held at knife point during a failed robbery attempt in their home. Before long, ...

Afterburn
1992
as Dr. Carl Haller
Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16, thought to be the very best tactical fighter in t...

Bugsy
1991
as Del Webb
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitat...

Mobsters
1991
as Antonio Luciano
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime.....

Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991
as Asst. D.A. Jack LaRusso
Perry is at TV station "KGGY" to be interviewed but thanks to the interference of main anchor-person Brett Huston the interview is pulled. Mostly ever...

Pizza Man
1991
as The Hood
When someone orders a pizza, Elmo the pizza man uncovers a government conspiracy and will stop at nothing to get his $15.23

Pump Up the Volume
1990
as Murdock
Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for ...

Laker Girls
1990
as Frank
Three hopefuls — a college grad, a dance teacher from Watts, and an incognito heiress — vie for a spot on the Los Angeles Lakers cheerleading team.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990
as Asst. D.A. Jack LaRusso
The chief suspects in the murder of an author are the numerous colleagues whom he continuously plagiarized.

Prime Target
1989
as Victor Roselli
A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow po...

Major League
1989
as Pepper Leach
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing s...

Kansas
1988
as Fleener
A young man returning home to attend a wedding hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber. Before he knows it, the man finds hi...

Rampage
1987
as Spencer Whalen
Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, t...

Return to Horror High
1987
as Principal Kastleman
A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has de...

Promises to Keep
1985
as Ben Wilson
An aging cowboy returns to the family he abandoned 30 years ago with a terrifying secret.

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
1983
as Harry Doherty
A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-...

The Promise of Love
1980
as John Emelio
A teenage bride becomes a war widow when her Marine Corps husband is killed in Vietnam, until into her life comes a civilian recreation director who w...

Over the Edge
1979
as Fred Willat
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

Love and Bullets
1979
as FBI Agent Marty
Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goons are threatening Jackie's life, the FBI moves in ...

The One Man Jury
1978
as Chickie
Officer Jim Wade is a loose cannon on the force with a reputation for roughing up suspects, informants, witnesses, and just about everybody else who r...

Police Story: No Margin for Error
1978
as Ralph Callender
Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation brings to light, little by little, the whole truth.

F.I.S.T.
1978
as Man #1
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher ...

The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
as Roy Cruickshank
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' busines...

Welcome to Arrow Beach
1974
as Bryant
A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins ...

Get Christie Love!
1974
as Sgt. Seymour Greenberg
Get Christie Love! is a 1974 made-for-television film starring Teresa Graves as an undercover female police detective who is determined to overthrow a...

The Bamboo Saucer
1968
as Blanchard
A flying saucer hidden in a Red Chinese peasant village is sought by teams from the United States and U.S.S.R. On finding it, they band together to ex...

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966
as J.D.
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.

Sergeant Deadhead
1965
as Marine AP
An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the ast...

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as J.D.
When he's stationed in Tahiti, a sailor hires a witch doctor to keep an eye on his girlfriend.

Beach Blanket Bingo
1965
as Rat Pack
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies, a motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kan...

Pajama Party
1964
as Rat Pack
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.

Bikini Beach
1964
as Rat Pack
A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is int...

Beach Party
1963
as J.D.
Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and...