Thursday, 14 September 2017

Frank Vincent, 'Sopranos' and 'Goodfellas' Actor, Dead at 78

quote [ Frank Vincent, the character actor that specialized in Mafia roles and appeared in 'Goodfellas,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Casino,' has died at 78.

Vincent will be best remembered as rival crime boss Phil Leotardo in the HBO series The Sopranos, Rolling Stone's pick for The Greatest TV Show of All Time. Vincent's character tormented James Gandolfini's Tony Sopranos over the show's final two seasons, with Leotardo's gruesome death the last murder shown on the series. ]

One of the great character actors, he seemed to be in every modern mafia-based movie.
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[by HoZay@7:12amGMT]

Comments

moriati said @ 5:45pm GMT on 14th Sep [Score:1 Funsightful]
Godammit - now we have to open the books and make somebody up to Captain.
ScoobySnacks said @ 7:25am GMT on 14th Sep
DJoe_CWf_Ws_AEntru
knumbknutz said[1] @ 1:10pm GMT on 14th Sep
He finally busted Tommy's balls one to many times.

dolemite said @ 7:25pm GMT on 14th Sep
A good actor who I thought managed to personalize his roles and make them believable despite the frequent similarity of character type. Despite seeing that same face on so many other gangsters I still formed a deep and personalized hatred for Phil Leotardo. The man had craft.

I hope reality gave Mr. Vincent a gentler exit than his screen personas received.

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