During the 1980s Luisi guest starred on such television staples as "CHiPs", "Vega$", "Hart to Hart" (in 2 episodes), "The A-Team", "Knight Rider", "T. J. Hooker", "Matt Houston", "The Fall Guy", "Simon & Simon", "Magnum, P.I.", "Knots Landing" (the same role in 4 episodes) and "It's a Living". In 1987 and 1988 he appeared as Ben Clark in 23 episodes of the soap opera "Santa Barbara". From 1987 to 1992 he appeared as Duke Earl Johnson in 21 episodes of "Days of Our Lives".