Vincent Gardenia
American actor (1920-1992) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 72
Vincent Gardenia was an Italian American stage, film and television actor. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, first for Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and again for Moonstruck (1987). He also portrayed Det.
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Skin DeepFilm, Barney1986
L.A. LawSeries, Murray Melman
Little Shop of HorrorsFilm, 1986Mushnik1983
Reading RainbowSeries1982
Death Wish IIFilm, Det. Frank Ochoa1980
Home MoviesFilm, Doctor Byrd1978
Heaven Can WaitFilm, Krim1976
House of Pleasure for WomenFilm, Mr. Chips1974
Death WishFilm, Frank Ochoa1973
KojakSeries, Det. Vince LaGuardia1972
MaudeSeries, Judge Motorman
Hickey & BoggsFilm, 1972Papadakis1970
McCloudSeries
JennyFilm, 1970Mr. Marsh1969
Mission: Impossible vs. the MobFilm, Vito Lugana1966
Mission: ImpossibleSeries, Vito Lugana1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries, Charlie Raines1962
A View from the BridgeFilm, Lipari1961
Ben CaseySeries1960
Murder, Inc.Film, Lazlo1956
Tony AwardsSeries1954
Twelve Angry MenFilm, Bailiff1948
Studio OneSeries, Dick1920Born7 January 1920People around Vincent
Close ties
Michael Winner Directed Death Wish and Death Wish II- Marvin Worth Produced Where's Poppa? and Fire Sale
Alan Arkin Directed Little Murders and Fire Sale
Enzo G. Castellari Directed The Big Racket (1979)- Frank Campanella Also in Parrish and A View from the Bridge
Carl Reiner Directed Where's Poppa? (1990)
Charles Grodin Produced Movers & Shakers (1985)
Barnard Hughes Also in Where's Poppa? and Where’s Poppa?
Enzo Barboni Directed Odd Squad (1982)- Burt Balaban Produced Murder, Inc. (1960)
Robert Klane Wrote Where's Poppa? and Fire Sale- William Bogert Also in Fire Sale and Heaven Can Wait
- Giovanni Di Clemente Produced Odd Squad (1982)
Charles Bronson Also in Death Wish II and Death Wish
Billy Wilder Directed The Front Page (1974)
Warren Beatty Directed Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Blake Edwards Directed Skin Deep (1989)
George Segal Also in Where's Poppa? and Where’s Poppa?
Jake LaMotta Also in The Hustler and Firepower
Michael Moriarty Also in Bang the Drum Slowly and Hickey & Boggs- Alice Drummond Also in Where's Poppa? and Where’s Poppa?
- Rod Daniel Directed The Super (1991)
Eros Pagni Also in Odd Squad and The Odd Squad
Greydon Clark Directed Mad Dog Coll (1961)
Known for
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The Hustler 1961
The Front Page 1974
Little Shop of Horrors 1986
Death Wish 1974
Howard 2018
Filmography 40
95 credits on file
Television 24
Awards
About this person
Frank Ochoa in Death Wish (1974) and its 1982 sequel, Death Wish II, and played Mr. Mushnik in the musical film adaptation Little Shop of Horrors (1986). His other notable feature films include Murder Inc. (1960), The Hustler (1961), The Front Page (1974), Greased Lightning (1977), Heaven Can Wait (1978) and The Super (1991).
