Abe Vigoda
- Interprétation
- 24 février 1921 · New York City, New York, USA
- 26 janvier 2016
Biographie
Tall, dour-faced and slouch-shouldered character actor Abraham Charles Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) proved himself in both gritty dramatic roles, and as an actor with wonderful comedic timing. Vigoda was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Lena (Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, both Russian Jewish immigrants. His father was a tailor on the Lower East Side. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 17 and plodded away in small theater shows for over 20 years. For the majority of film-goers, Vigoda first came to prominence in The Godfather (1972) as the double-crossing Tessio, pleading with Robert Duvall to get him off the hook "for old times' sake." He also appeared in its sequel. Vigoda had roles in a few nondescript TV films before landing the plum part of Sgt. Phil Fish on the brilliant sitcom Barney Miller (1974). Perhaps his best known role, Sgt. Fish proved popular enough to be spun off to his own (short-lived) series Fish (1977). With his long face and unusual looks, Vigoda remained in high demand in mafioso-type roles, and for a while in the mid-1980s, he was mistakenly believed to have been dead, leading producers to remark, "I need an Abe Vigoda type actor," not realizing Vigoda was still alive and well. The 1990s and beyond became busy again for him, with appearances in North (1994), The Misery Brothers (1995), A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998), and Crime Spree (2003). He continued acting into his 90s, surprising audiences with his entertaining style. Abe Vigoda died in his sleep on January 26, 2016 in Woodland Park, New Jersey.
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Filmographie
- Cutaways
- The Unknown Trilogy · Uncle Morty (segment "Frankie the Squirrel")
- Farce of the Penguins · Penguin from Boca (Voix)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special · En personne
- Wanted : Ils vont braquer l'Amérique · Angelo Giancarlo
- TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
- Tea Cakes or Cannoli
- Deadline · Joseph Spiaggio
- Chump Change · The Frog
- The Norm Show
- Les Griffin · Abe Vigoda (Voix)
- Mafia, la trahison de Gotti · Paul Castellano
- Gary & Linda · Arty
- A Brooklyn State of Mind · Uncle Guy
- Good Burger · Otis
- Farticus · Zeus
- A Christmas Journey Home · Grandpa
- Promised Land
- Underworld · Will Cassady
- Love Is All There Is · Rudy
- Jury Duty · Judge Powell
- The Misery Brothers · Don Frito Layleone
- Les Anges du bonheur · Receptionist Angel
- L'irrésistible North · Alaskan Grandpa
- Code Lisa
- Sugar Hill · Gus Molino
- Home of Angels
- Batman contre le Fantôme masqué · Salvatore Valestra (Voix)
- Diagnostic : Meurtre · Alfredo Bartolo / Al Bartell / Mr. Johnson
- Me and the Kid · Pawn Broker
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · En personne
- Fist of Honor · Victor Malucci
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · Salvatore 'Sal' Tessio
- Dingue de toi · Kalman Wertzel
- Lucky Luke · Judge Rinehart
- L'Étalon noir
- New York Police Judiciaire · Detective Landis
- Night of 100 Stars III · En personne
- Wings · Harry
- Keaton's Cop · Louis Keaton
- Joe Contre le Volcan · Chief of the Waponis
- Jessie et le petit renne du Père Noël · Orel Benton
- Allô maman, ici bébé · Grandpa
- Un Privé Nommé Stryker · Clayton Baskin
- Monsters · Dolan
- Superboy
- Plain Clothes · Mr. Wiseman
- Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter · Abe
- MacGyver · Bill Cody
- The Stuff · Stuff Commercial Spokesman
- Arabesque · George
- Histoires de l'autre monde · Jake Corelli
- Cannonball 2 · Caesar
- The Big Stuffed Dog · Carnival Pitchman
- Harper Valley
- Gridlock · Herb
- Le Vagabond
- Autoroute pour la mort · Mr. Frisch
- B. J. and the Bear
- Supertrain · Ray Yellburton
- $weepstake$ · Anthony
- How to Pick Up Girls! · Nathan Perlmutter
- Vegas
- The Comedy Company · Jake
- Le Privé de ces dames · Sergeant Rizzuto
- La Saga du Parrain · Salvatore "Sal" Tessio (uncredited)
- La croisière s'amuse · Charlie Fletcher
- Huit, ça suffit !
- Fish · Phil Fish
- Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926 · En personne
- Having Babies · Al Schneider
- The Captain and Tennille · En personne
- Joys · En personne
- Super Jaimie
- Saturday Night Live · En personne
- Barney Miller · Philip Fish, Det. Phil Fish (uncredited)
- Le Parrain, 2e partie · Salvatore 'Sal' Tessio
- Tony Orlando and Dawn · En personne
- Dinah! · En personne
- 200 dollars plus les frais · Al Dancer, Phil 'The Dancer' Gabriel