Luciano Charles Scorsese (May 8, 1913August 23, 1993) was an American

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), ...

. He was the father of filmmaker

Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese ( , ; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Scorsese emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He is the recipient of many major accolades, incl ...

Biography

Scorsese was born in

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, the son of Teresa and Francesco Scorsese, Sicilian immigrants from

Polizzi Generosa Polizzi Generosa ( Sicilian: ''Pulizzi'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo on the island of Sicily, southern Italy. The town sits in the hills at above sea level. History The site of Polizzi shows signs of human ...

, a small town near

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. He married Catherine Cappa in 1933. He was the father of

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-winning film director

. In 1976 he made his first film appearance in ''

Taxi Driver ''Taxi Driver'' is a 1976 American film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a decaying ...

'', albeit in a still newspaper photograph with his wife, as Iris’ Father. He later appeared in his son’s 1980 film, ''

Raging Bull ''Raging Bull'' is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir '' Raging Bull: M ...

'', where he played "Charlie.” He featured in the gangster film ''

Goodfellas ''Goodfellas'' (stylized ''GoodFellas'') is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of the 1985 nonfiction book '' W ...

'' in 1990, portraying "Vinnie" who was based on the real-life gangster Thomas Agro.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scorsese, Charles 1913 births 1993 deaths Male actors from New York City American male film actors American people of Italian descent 20th-century American male actors Martin Scorsese