
Sal Piro
Salvatore Francis Martin Piro was an American actor who was the president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, a position he held from 1977 until his death. He attended Seton Hall University, but did not receive a degree. In the mid-1970s, he served as a theology teacher and theater director at Catholic schools throughout New Jersey. Piro was a part of the original Waverly Theatre audience of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, from which the unique audience participation elements and much of the cult following were born. This following has become a worldwide phenomenon. He appeared as himself in Fame (1980) as well as a number of documentaries, and had a silent cameo as a man using a payphone in the Rocky Horror pseudo-sequel Shock Treatment (1981); he also appeared as The Photographer in The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016). Piro died from an aneurysm at his home in Manhattan on January 22, 2023, at the age of 72.
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- 2022 ยทLove and Love Notas Andrew
- 2021 ยทRocky Horror 45: The Movieas Self
- 2016 ยทThe Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Againas Photographer
- 2002 ยทFour Deadly Reasonsas Uncle Leo
- 2001 ยทHey Paisan!as Carmine Carbone
- 1999 ยทBehind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Showas Self
- 1999 ยทThird Watchas Store Owner
- 1995 ยทThe Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Showas Self
- 1981 ยทShock Treatmentas Man on Payphone (uncredited)
- 1981 ยทThe Rocky Horror Treatmentas Self
- 1980 ยทFameas Rocky Horror M.C.