Richard Foronjy (born August 3, 1937) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the
mobster
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Tony Darvo in the 1988 film ''
Midnight Run
''Midnight Run'' is a 1988 American road action comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, and Philip Baker Hall play supporting roles.
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Partial filmography
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Serpico
''Serpico'' is a 1973 American neo-noir biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book of the same name written by Peter ...
'' (1973) - Corsaro
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The Gambler'' (1974) - Donny
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Fun with Dick and Jane'' (1977) - Landscape Man
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The One Man Jury
''The One Man Jury'' (released as ''The Loner'' on UK video) is a 1978 American neo-noir film directed by Charles Martin (1910-1983) and starring Jack Palance, Christopher Mitchum, Pamela Shoop, and Cara Williams.
Plot
Jim Wade (Jack Palance) i ...
'' (1978) - Al
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
''The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh'' is a 1979 American sports/fantasy comedy film directed by Gilbert Moses and coproduced by David Dashev and Gary Stromberg. It was produced by Lorimar and distributed by United Artists.
The film was shot on loc ...
'' (1979) - Mike
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The Jerk
''The Jerk'' is a 1979 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner and written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb, and Michael Elias (from a story by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb). This was Martin's first starring role in a feature film. The fil ...
'' (1979) - Con Man
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Prince of the City
''Prince of the City'' is a 1981 American neo-noir crime drama film directed and co-written by Sidney Lumet. The film follows Daniel Ciello, an officer of the New York Police Department who chooses, for idealistic reasons, to expose corruption ...
'' (1981) - Detective Joe Marinaro
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True Confessions'' (1981) - Ambulance Driver
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Gangster Wars
''The Gangster Chronicles'' is a 1981 American crime drama television miniseries starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jon Polito, Louis Giambalvo, Kathleen Lloyd, Madeleine Stowe, Chad Redding, Markie Post, Allan Arbus, James Andronica, Robert Da ...
'' (1981) - Umberto Joe The Boss' Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Repo Man'' (1984) - Plettschner
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Once Upon a Time in America
''Once Upon a Time in America'' ( it, C'era una volta in America) is a 1984 epic crime film co-written and directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The film is an Italian–American venture produce ...
'' (1984) - Officer Whitey aka Fartface
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City Heat
''City Heat'' is a 1984 American buddy-crime-comedy film starring Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds, written by Blake Edwards, and directed by Richard Benjamin. The film was released in North America in December 1984.
The pairing of Eastwood and R ...
'' (1984) - Poker Player
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Odd Jobs'' (1986) - Mannu
*''The Check Is in the Mail...'' (1986) - Tony
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The Morning After'' (1986) - Sergeant Greenbaum
*''The Galucci Brothers'' (1987) - Galucci Brother
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Midnight Run
''Midnight Run'' is a 1988 American road action comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, and Philip Baker Hall play supporting roles.
At the ...
'' (1988) - Tony Darvo
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Ghostbusters II
''GhostbustersII'' is a 1989 American Supernatural fiction, supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ramis, Rick Moranis ...
'' (1989) - Con Ed Supervisor
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Oscar
Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:
People
* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms.
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'' (1991) - Knucky
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Fatal Instinct
''Fatal Instinct'' is a 1993 American sex comedy thriller film directed by Carl Reiner. A parody of the erotic thriller genre, which at the time had reached its commercial peak, as well as being a pastiche of 1940s film noir and psychological t ...
'' (1992) - Cy Tarr
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The Public Eye'' (1992) - Frank Farinelli
*''DaVinci's War'' (1993) - Hamlet
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Carlito's Way
''Carlito's Way'' is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, based on the novels ''Carlito's Way'' (1975) and '' After Hours'' (1979) by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp. It stars Al Pacin ...
'' (1993) - Pete Amadesso
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Man of the House'' (1995) - Murray
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Recoil
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'' (1998) - Vincent Sloan
*''Hoods'' (1998) - Tony
*''Evasive Action'' (1998) - Vince
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Rotten Tomatoes profile
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1937 births
Living people
People from Brooklyn
Male actors from New York (state)
American male film actors
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors