Angelo DiMascio

Angelo DiMascio is an actor best known to Ghostbusters fans for portraying Restaurant Cop No.2 in Ghostbusters II (1989).¹ He appeared primarily in supporting and character roles in direct-to-video action films and television throughout the 1990s. Biographical details including birth date and birthplace are not publicly documented.

Career

DiMascio worked steadily in film and television through the late 1980s and 1990s in supporting character roles. His filmography beyond Ghostbusters II includes Strictly Business (1991, as Kilimanjaro Doorman), The Spy Within (1995, as Burns), Bloodfist VII: Manhunt (1995, as Fletcher), Judge & Jury (1996, as Biker #2), Tax Day (1998, as Fruit Vendor), the television movie Body and Soul (1999, as Purkey), and Lockdown (2000, as Prison Guard, uncredited).²

Ghostbusters II

In Ghostbusters II, DiMascio played Restaurant Cop No.2, one of two New York City police officers called to Armand's Restaurant on New Year's Eve after the Ghostbusters charged through the dining room in long underwear and covered in Psychomagnotheric Slime. The two officers proved cooperative, ultimately escorting the Ghostbusters to Gracie Mansion to meet Mayor Lenny before standing by as the Mayor had the team committed to Parkview Psychiatric Hospital. DiMascio is credited in the film as "Angelo Di Mascio."¹

The sequence evolved substantially across script drafts. In the November 27, 1988 draft, a cop recognizes Peter Venkman from The World of the Psychic and tells him it is one of his two favorite shows, echoing an earlier joke with a museum guard. Peter uses a series of escalating comic threats to pressure the officer into calling the Mayor.³ In the February 27, 1989 draft, the officers initially try to let the Ghostbusters off with a warning and suggest they call the Mayor in the morning; Peter manipulates them into complying by suggesting the Mayor would question why they failed to alert him sooner. The police raincoat props seen in these draft scenes were cut from the final film.⁴ DiMascio's character also appears in the NOW Comics adaptation The Real Ghostbusters Starring in Ghostbusters II, Part 3, where he is depicted as slightly overweight.⁵

References

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Footnotes

1. Ghostbusters II (1989). Columbia Pictures. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Screen credit reads "Angelo Di Mascio" as Restaurant Cop No.2. ↩ ↩²

2. "Angelo DiMascio," IMDb, accessed 2026-06-13, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0227213/ ↩

3. Ghostbusters II script, November 27, 1988 draft (with 12/12 and 12/14 revisions), from Paul Rudoff's personal collection. Spook Central Script Library, https://www.spookcentral.us/sclib/ghostbusters-ii-scripts.html (PDF: https://www.spookcentral.us/media/sclib/gb2_script_1988-11-27.pdf). ↩

4. Ghostbusters II script, February 27, 1989 draft, from Paul Rudoff's personal collection. Spook Central Script Library, https://www.spookcentral.us/sclib/ghostbusters-ii-scripts.html (PDF: https://www.spookcentral.us/media/sclib/gb2_script_1989-02-27.pdf). ↩

5. The Real Ghostbusters Starring In Ghostbusters II Part 3: "A Big Date With Liberty" (Now Comics, December 1989). ↩