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Vincent Gardenia
Highest Rated: 94% The Hustler (1961)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Jan 7, 1920
Birthplace: Naples, Campania, Italy
Short, stocky character player whose furrowed brow, hawk nose and hearty manner made him an instantly recognizable figure on stage, screen and TV from the late 1950s. Starting as a professional actor in his mid-30s, Gardenia played supporting roles on Broadway in "Volpone" (1957), "Only in America" (1959) and "Seidman and Son" (1962) and in films including "The Hustler" (1961, playing a bartender) and "Mad Dog Coll" (1961, playing Dutch Schultz). He won a Tony for his performance in Neil Simon's "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" in 1972 and earned a New York Film Critics Award and his first Oscar nomination as the baseball team manager in "Bang the Drum Slowly" (1973). His second nomination came as Cher's philandering father in "Moonstruck" (1987).
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | 42% | The Super | Big Lou Kritski (Character) | $10.6M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story | Harry Pizer (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Age-Old Friends | Michael Aylott (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 32% | 56% | Skin Deep | Barney (Character) | $19.4M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Say -- Cheeeese ... | Bonjour (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 89% | 80% | Moonstruck | Cosmo Castorini (Character) | $80.0M | 1987 |
| 91% | 79% | Little Shop of Horrors | Mr. Mushnik (Character) | $36.5M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Odd Squad | General Brigg (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brass | Chief Mike Maldonato (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | Movers and Shakers | Saul Gritz (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Dark Mirror | Detective Al Church (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kennedy | J. Edgar Hoover (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Kennedy: The Presidential Years | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 33% | 44% | Death Wish II | Det. Frank Ochoa (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Muggable Mary: Street Cop | Maggio (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thornwell | Traeger (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Last Flight of Noah's Ark | Stoney (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | Home Movies | Doctor Byrd (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Firepower | Frank Hull (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goldie and the Boxer | Diamond (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marciano | Al Weill (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 86% | 69% | Heaven Can Wait | Krim (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fire Sale | Benny Fikus (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Greased Lightning | Sheriff Cotton (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | The Big Racket | Pepe (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 58% | 74% | The Front Page | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 66% | 69% | Death Wish | Frank Ochoa (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Lucky Luciano | Poletti (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Screaming Skull | Ollie (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 90% | 62% | Bang the Drum Slowly | Dutch Schnell (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 67% | 57% | Hickey & Boggs | Papadakis (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 60% | 65% | Cold Turkey | Mayor Wappler (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 71% | 80% | Little Murders | Mr. Newquist (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 82% | 69% | Where's Poppa? | Coach Williams (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jenny | Mr. Marsh (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | The Third Day | Preston (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Mad Dog Coll | Dutch Schultz (Character) | - | 1961 |
| 94% | 93% | The Hustler | Bartender (Character) | - | 1961 |
| 80% | 62% | A View From the Bridge | Lipari (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Cop Hater | Danny (Character) | - | 1958 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Mr. Terle (Character) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kennedy | J. Edgar Hoover (Character) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walt Disney's Disneyland | Stoney (Character) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Frank Coleman (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Det. Vince LaGuardia (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | All in the Family | Jim Bowman (Guest Star) | 1971-1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maude | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Barney Sweetwater (Guest Star) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission: Impossible | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Eddie Cortina (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Charles Shepherd (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Capt. Bill Gibbs (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Mr. Tevlin (Guest Star) | 1965-1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trials of O'Brien | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Side/West Side | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Dick (Character) | 1957 |