Vincent Gardenia

Actor Jan 7 (died age 72) Naples, Italy 1948–2018 (70 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Vincent Gardenia (January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992) was an Italian American stage, film, and television actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vincent Gardenia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Film

The Hustler

Bartender

Film

Little Shop of Horrors

Mushnik

Film

Moonstruck

Cosmo Castorini

Film

Death Wish

Frank Ochoa

Film

The Front Page

Sheriff

Film

Heaven Can Wait

Krim

Film

Death Wish II

Det. Frank Ochoa

Film

Twelve Angry Men

Bailiff

Filmography

Acting (86)

Movies (55)

Howard

2018

as Mr. Mushnik (archive footage)

6.8

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

2006

as Self (archival footage)

The Super

as Big Lou Kritski

Coney Island

as Self - Actor

The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

as Harry Pizer

Skin Deep

as Barney

Age-Old Friends

as Michael Aylott

Cavalli si nasce

as Principe napoletano

5.7

Moonstruck

1987

as Cosmo Castorini

6.8

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

as Mushnik

7.0

Deadheat

1986

as Tassi, the Commissioner

4.8

Brass

1985

as Chief Mike Maldonato

1.0

Movers & Shakers

1985

as Saul Gritz

3.6

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

Dark Mirror

1984

as Detective Al Church

5.0

Charley's Aunt

1983

as Stephen Spettigue

The Odd Squad

as General Briggs

Death Wish II

as Det. Frank Ochoa

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

as Maggio

Thornwell

as Traeger

Home Movies

as Doctor Byrd

The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

as Stoney

Firepower

as Frank Hull

The House by the Edge of the Lake

1979

as Old Painter

4.5

Marciano

1979

as Al Weill

Goldie and the Boxer

as Sam Diamond

Heaven Can Wait

as Krim

Greased Lightning

as Sheriff Cotton

Fire Sale

as Benny Fikus

House of Pleasure for Women

1976

as Mr. Chips

5.5

Honeymoon For Three

1976

as Frankie, the journalist

The Big Racket

as Uncle Pepe

La banca di Monate

as Santino Paleari

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

as Big Daddy Jessup

Death Wish

as Frank Ochoa

The Front Page

as Sheriff

The Screaming Skull

as Ollie

Lucky Luciano

as Colonel Charles Poletti

Bang the Drum Slowly

as Dutch Schnell

Hickey & Boggs

as Papadakis

Cold Turkey

as Mayor Wappler

Little Murders

as Carol Newquist

Jenny

as Mr. Marsh

Where’s Poppa?

as Coach Williams

Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

as Vito Lugana

The Third Day

as Preston

A View from the Bridge

as Lipari

The Hustler

as Bartender

Parrish

as Bit part (uncredited)

Mad Dog Coll

as Dutch Schultz

Murder, Inc.

as Lazlo

The Dybbuk

as Nissen

Cop Hater

1958

as Danny the Gimp

5.9

The Night America Trembled

as Dick

Twelve Angry Men

as Bailiff

Television (31)

L.A. Law

1986

as Murray Melman

7.0

The Twilight Zone

1985

as (segment "Healer")

7.8

Reading Rainbow

1983

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Kennedy

as J. Edgar Hoover

Breaking Away

as Ray Stohler

The Dream Merchants

as Peter Kessler

Kojak

as Det. Vince LaGuardia

Maude

as Judge Motorman

The Rookies

All in the Family

as Curtis Rempley

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

McCloud

Ironside

Mannix

as Eddie Cortina

Judd for the Defense

Mission: Impossible

as Vito Lugana

The Monkees

as Bruno

The Rat Patrol

as Colonel Centis

The Big Valley

as John Sample

The Rogues

as Inspector

The Fugitive

as Capt. Bill Gibbs

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Charlie Raines

5.3

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as George Morton

Ben Casey

Tallahassee 7000

Naked City

as Crudelli

Decoy

as Bull

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Gunsmoke

as Charles Shepherd

Studio One

as Dick