Abe Vigoda
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1921-02-24
- Décès:
- 2016-01-26
- Lieu de naissance:
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Farce of the Penguins
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Wanted : Ils vont braquer l'Amérique
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
Tea Cakes or Cannoli
Deadline
Chump Change
The Norm Show
Les Griffin
Mafia, la trahison de Gotti
Gary & Linda
A Brooklyn State of Mind
Good Burger
Farticus
A Christmas Journey Home
Promised Land
Underworld
Love Is All There Is
Jury Duty
The Misery Brothers
Les Anges du bonheur
L'irrésistible North
Code Lisa
Sugar Hill
Home of Angels
Batman contre le Fantôme masqué
Diagnostic : Meurtre
Me and the Kid
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Fist of Honor
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Dingue de toi
Lucky Luke
L'Étalon noir
New York Police Judiciaire
Night of 100 Stars III
Wings
Keaton's Cop
Joe Contre le Volcan
Jessie et le petit renne du Père Noël
Allô maman, ici bébé
Un Privé Nommé Stryker
Monsters
Superboy
Plain Clothes
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter
MacGyver
The Stuff
Arabesque
Histoires de l'autre monde
Cannonball 2
The Big Stuffed Dog
Harper Valley
Gridlock
Le Vagabond
Autoroute pour la mort
B. J. and the Bear
Supertrain
$weepstake$
How to Pick Up Girls!
Vegas
The Comedy Company
Le Privé de ces dames
La Saga du Parrain
La croisière s'amuse
Huit, ça suffit !
Fish
Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926
Having Babies
The Captain and Tennille
Joys
Super Jaimie
Saturday Night Live
Barney Miller
Le Parrain, 2e partie
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Dinah!
200 dollars plus les frais
On a trahi un flic
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd
Tattletales
Don Angelo est mort
Kojak
Toma
Toma
La fille au diable
The Sandy Duncan Show
The Rookies
Le Parrain
Cannon
Love, American Style
Hawaï police d'État
Mannix
Dark Shadows
Trois chambres à Manhattan
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Buck Rogers
The Bob Hope Show
Suspense
Studio One