Vincent Gardenia

Born: 1920-01-07

​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


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Moonstruck

as Cosmo Castorini
Released: 1987-12-16

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so...

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Little Shop of Horrors

as Mushnik
Released: 1986-12-19

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He...

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Death Wish

as Frank Ochoa
Released: 1974-07-24

After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a...

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Death Wish II

as Det. Frank Ochoa
Released: 1982-02-20

Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and...

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The Hustler

as Bartender
Released: 1961-09-25

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive...

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The Front Page

as Sheriff
Released: 1974-11-01

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss...

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Skin Deep

as Barney
Released: 1989-03-03

Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave...

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Heaven Can Wait

as Krim
Released: 1978-06-28

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost...

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Murder, Inc.

as Lazlo
Released: 1960-06-28

Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated,...

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Howard

as Mr. Mushnik (archive footage)
Released: 2018-04-22

Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and...

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The Super

as Big Lou Kritski
Released: 1991-10-04

Louie Kritski is a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto...

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Where’s Poppa?

as Coach Williams
Released: 1970-11-10

When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes...

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Greased Lightning

as Sheriff Cotton
Released: 1977-07-01

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an...

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Firepower

as Frank Hull
Released: 1979-04-27

A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also...

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Little Murders

as Carol Newquist
Released: 1971-02-09

A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty...

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The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

as Stoney
Released: 1980-06-24

The only chance to escape a desert island is to convert the plane carrying many different...

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The Big Racket

as Pepe
Released: 1976-08-12

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian...

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Cold Turkey

as Mayor Wappler
Released: 1971-02-19

Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco...

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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Lucky Luciano

as Colonel Charles Poletti
Released: 1973-10-19

Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other...

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Movers & Shakers

as Saul Gritz
Released: 1985-05-03

Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a...

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Bang the Drum Slowly

as Dutch Schnell
Released: 1978-07-05

The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star...

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Twelve Angry Men

as Bailiff
Released: 1954-09-20

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television...

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The Third Day

as Preston
Released: 1965-08-04

A man stumbles out of a car crash with no memory of what transpired. Everyone who he meets...

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Thornwell

as Traeger
Released: 1981-01-28

The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him...

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Hickey & Boggs

as Papadakis
Released: 1972-10-04

Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.

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The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

as Big Daddy Jessup
Released: 1975-03-07

Film noir parody with a private eye trying to solve the murder of his milkman.

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The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story

as Harry Pizer
Released: 1990-12-09

Examination of the events that led to the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie,...

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Cop Hater

as Danny the Gimp
Released: 1958-10-01

Members of the 87th Precinct search for a cop killer who has already murdered two of their own.

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Goldie and the Boxer

as Sam Diamond
Released: 1979-12-30

Lighthearted tale of a 10-year-old girl who, when her boxer father dies, strikes up a...

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Luna di miele in tre

as Frankie, the journalist
Released: 1976-04-01

Close to the honeymoon, hotel waiter wins a stay in Jamaica with a pin-up. Direction directed by...

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Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

as Self (archival footage)
Released: 2006-01-31

Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It...

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Home Movies

as Doctor Byrd
Released: 1980-05-16

A cult guru urges a shy disciple to make life a movie and be its star.

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The Odd Squad

as General Briggs
Released: 1982-01-01

Sicilia 1943, after the landing, between the invading Us army and the defender Italian army, a...

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The House by the Edge of the Lake

as Old Painter
Released: 1979-09-28

A young university student "Lillian" (Fani) returns to her family's country villa near a lake...

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Mad Dog Coll

as Dutch Schultz
Released: 1961-05-12

Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.

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Marciano

as Al Weill
Released: 1979-10-21

A highly romanticized dramatization of the life of Rocky Marciano, the only heavyweight champion...

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Brass

as Chief Mike Maldonato
Released: 1985-01-01

The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way...

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A View from the Bridge

as Lipari
Released: 1962-01-19

Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in...

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Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob

as Vito Lugana
Released: 1969-12-01

The first film based on the television series MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, consisting of a compilation...

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Dark Mirror

as Detective Al Church
Released: 1984-03-05

After attorney Frank Girard is murdered, Detective Al Church suspects that Ms. Leigh Cullen is...

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Muggable Mary: Street Cop

as Maggio
Released: 1982-02-25

Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching...

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The Night America Trembled

as uncredited
Released: 1957-09-09

A recreation and commentary on how people reacted to the radio broadcast of The War Of The...

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Fire Sale

as Benny Fikus
Released: 1977-06-09

Benny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to...

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Jenny

as Mr. Marsh
Released: 1970-01-02

An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger so he can avoid the draft. She now has a father...

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Charley's Aunt

as Stephen Spettigue
Released: 1983-02-06

Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord...

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La banca di Monate

as Santino Paleari
Released: 1976-04-02

Lago Maggiore, 1949: a failed bank manager, to revive his economic situation, tries to combine a...

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The Screaming Skull

as Ollie
Released: 1973-02-14

Chemically-dependent doctor Ollie suffers from hallucinations (or are they?) of a talking skull...

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Coney Island

as Self - Actor
Released: 1991-02-04

Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny...

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The Dybbuk

as Nissen
Released: 1960-10-03

The Dybbuk is a made for TV film adaptation of a classic Jewish folktale. The story is about a...

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Cavalli si nasce

as Principe napoletano
Released: 1989-02-03

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Deadheat

as Tassi, the Commissioner
Released: 1986-01-01

A man travels to Siena, Italy, looking for his father, a jockey whom he has never met. The...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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L.A. Law

as Murray Melman
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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Mission: Impossible

as Vito Lugana
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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The Big Valley

as John Sample
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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The Big Valley

as Briggs
First aired: 1965-09-15

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15,...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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All in the Family

as Frank Lorenzo
First aired: 1971-01-12

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...

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The Fugitive

as Capt. Bill Gibbs
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-09-19

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic...

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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Charlie Raines
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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The Rat Patrol

as Colonel Centis
First aired: 1966-09-12

The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a...

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Mannix

as Eddie Cortina
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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The Rookies

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-11

The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...

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Studio One

as Dick
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Naked City

as Crudelli
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Naked City

as Musso
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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The Defenders

as George Morton
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Defenders

as Peter Chakris
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Defenders

as Sullivan
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Defenders

as Mr. Kraft
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Monkees

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling...

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McCloud

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-02-17

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...

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Maude

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-12

Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her...

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The Dream Merchants

as Peter Kessler
First aired: 1980-05-12

This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the...

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Kojak

as Det. Vince LaGuardia
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1983-06-06

Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode...

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The Rogues

as Inspector
First aired: 1964-09-13

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to...

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The Rogues

as Chief Inspector
First aired: 1964-09-13

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to...

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Gunsmoke

as Charles Shepherd
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Decoy

as Bull
First aired: 1957-10-14

New York City policewoman Casey Jones' assignment to fight crime often entails her going...

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Kennedy

as J. Edgar Hoover
First aired: 1983-11-20

Kennedy is a five-hour miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard. The...

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Tallahassee 7000

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-24

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Breaking Away

as Ray Stohler
First aired: 1980-11-29

Breaking Away is a 1980 American comedy-drama television series that was based on the 1979 film...

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