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Dellaventura
''Dellaventura'' is an American crime drama television series created by Richard Di Lello, Julian Neil and Bernard L. Nussbaumer, that aired on CBS from September 23, 1997, to January 13, 1998. The show was based on the life of NYPD detective Anthony Dellaventura. Premise A former NYPD detective now works as a private detective, taking on cases in which the bureaucratic legal system has failed. Cast *Danny Aiello as Anthony Dellaventura *Rick Aiello as Teddy Naples *Byron Keith Minns as Jonas Deeds *Anne Ramsay as Geri Zarias Episodes Reception Dellaventura was described as "essentially a rip-off" of ''The Equalizer''. A review in the ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, vi ...'' noted: References External links * * *{{epguides, Dellaventura 1997 Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard DiLello
Richard DiLello (born 1945) is an American photographer, author, and screenwriter. Career Serving as the "house hippie" (formally termed Client Liaison Officer) at Apple Corps, DiLello's duties included promotional campaigns for The Beatles, Badfinger and other artists who were signed to Apple Records, he later published a memoir of his experiences working at Apple titled ''The Longest Cocktail Party''. DiLello also became a screenwriter, and went on to write the screenplay for the 1983 Sean Penn film '' Bad Boys''; the 1988 film ''Colors'', as well as writing for television shows such as ''Midnight Caller'', ''DEA'', and ''Dellaventura''. Works As Photographer * Janis Joplin - ''I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!'' (1969) * John Lennon & Yoko Ono - '' Wedding Album'' (1970) (1997 remaster) * Badfinger - ''No Dice'' (1970) * George Harrison - ''All Things Must Pass'' (1970) (50th Anniversary Edition) * John Tavener - '' The Whale'' (1970) * Badfinger - ''Straight Up'' (1971) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Aiello
Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. () (June 20, 1933 – December 12, 2019) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous motion pictures, including ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974), ''The Front'' (1976), ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984), ''Hide in Plain Sight'' (1984), ''The Purple Rose of Cairo'' (1985), ''Moonstruck'' (1987), ''Harlem Nights'' (1989), ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989), ''Jacob's Ladder (1990 film), Jacob's Ladder'' (1990), ''Hudson Hawk'' (1991), ''Ruby (1992 film), Ruby'' (1992), ''Léon: The Professional'' (1994), ''2 Days in the Valley'' (1996), ''Dinner Rush'' (2000), and ''Lucky Number Slevin'' (2006). He played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the miniseries ''The Last Don#Miniseries, The Last Don'' (1997). Aiello was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione in the Spike Lee film ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989). Early life Aiello, the fifth of six children, was born on West 68th Street, Manhattan, the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Aiello
Richard Aiello (September 21, 1955 – July 26, 2021) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Officer Long in the Spike Lee films ''Do the Right Thing'' and ''Jungle Fever''. Career Aiello worked as a nightclub bouncer, bartender and club manager, and later pursued his acting career. Aiello guest-starred in television programs including '' Diagnosis: Murder'', ''L.A. Law'', ''21 Jump Street'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Early Edition'', ''The Sopranos'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' and '' 18 Wheels of Justice''. He also appeared and co-starred in films such as Spike Lee's ''Do The Right Thing'', ''Jungle Fever'' and '' Clockers'' as NYCPD patrol officers, '' One Good Cop'' as an NYCPD detective, '' She Hate Me'', '' Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', '' The Don's Analyst'', '' Me and the Kid'', '' Hollywood Confidential'', ''Sex and the City'', '' A Brooklyn State of Mind'', '' 29th Street'' and '' Silent Madness''. Aiello also co-starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Delia
Joseph Delia (born October 11, 1948) is an American singer, musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. He is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the eponymous blues rock band Joe Delia & Thieves, after previously touring as a session and studio musician with Chuck Berry, Pat Benatar, and Stevie Wonder. He is also prolific composer of film and television scores, best known for his long-running collaborations with filmmaker Abel Ferrara on films like '' Ms. 45'', ''King of New York'', ''Bad Lieutenant'', ''Body Snatchers'' and '' Zeros and Ones''. Biography The Bruthers Born in Brooklyn, Delia began his career as a teenager in the early sixties, playing piano and singing with his group The Bruthers, who signed to RCA Records and released the 1966 single "Bad Way to Go". Managed by promoter Sid Bernstein, The Bruthers went on to work as a backup band on tours with rock 'n' roll artists Stevie Wonder, The Crystals, Chuck Berry, Little Eva and the Isley Brothers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mandel
Robert Mandel (born 1945) is a film and television director and producer from Oakland, California. He is best known for directing ''School Ties'', which includes early film roles in the careers of Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cole Hauser and Chris O'Donnell. Biography Robert Mandel was born in Oakland, California, but grew up in Queens, New York, where he developed an early interest in theater. Mandel attended Bucknell University before pursuing stage directing at Manhattan Theatre Club and The Public Theater in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s, Mandel attended M.F.A. studies at Columbia University and then at the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated in 1979. During his studies at the American Film Institute, Mandel won the Alfred Hitchcock Award for his thesis film ''Night at O'Rears.'' The film went on to win the First Prizes at Filmex in Los Angeles and the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, and was also exhibited at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadia Dajani
Nadia Dajani (born December 26, 1965) is an American actress. She hosts the baseball comedy web series ''Caught Off Base with Nadia''. Early life and education Attended I.S. 70 junior high school in New York City with fellow actor Liev Schreiber. Acting career From 1995 to 1997, Dajani starred as Amanda Moyer in the Fox sitcom ''Ned & Stacey'' for two seasons. She starred in numerous television pilots. She appeared on '' Emily's Reasons Why Not'' opposite Heather Graham and the Adult Swim cult hit ''Delocated'', as well as successful appearances on Aaron Sorkin projects such as Tina Lake on ''Sports Night'' and as the First Lady's Chief of Staff, Lily Mays, on ''The West Wing''. Dajani has appeared in a variety of television episodes on such shows as ''Sex and the City'' (" Critical Condition") and its prequel ''The Carrie Diaries'' (where she played a completely different, yet more major, role), ''Ugly Betty'', ''The King of Queens'', ''Body of Proof'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene is an American actress and singer. She has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an actress and singer in numerous stage productions, particularly musical theatre, as well as having performed in many films and television series. Her best-known roles are as Audrey in the original stage play and film adaptation of '' Little Shop of Horrors'', and as Vivian Charles in the ABC series '' Pushing Daisies''. Personal life Greene was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother was a guidance counselor, and her father was a dentist. She attended W. Tresper Clarke High School in Westbury, New York. She spent summers at Cejwin Camps in Port Jervis, New York, where she performed in musical theatre productions, including the role of Tzeitel in a 1966 production of ''Fiddler on the Roof''. She had a relationship with puppeteer Martin P. Robinson. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Russo
James Vincent Russo (born April 23, 1953) is an American film and television actor. He has appeared in over 150 films in three decades. Early life Russo was born in New York City to an Italian father and German mother. A graduate of the High School of Art and Design and New York University (NYU), he wrote and starred in the prize-winning short film ''The Candy Store''. Before his first break in acting, he drove for a cab company, worked as a construction worker and a gravedigger. He was raised in Flushing, Queens and spent his formative years on 156th Street. Career Russo's first role in his acting career was in the 1981 made-for-television film '' Chicago Story''. He then went on to star in many hit films of the 1980s. His big break came in the form of a small role in the 1982 comedy film '' Fast Times at Ridgemont High'', as a convenience store robber. In 1984, he appeared in ''Beverly Hills Cop'' as Mikey Tandino, a friend of Axel Foley who is murdered. That same year he sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Rosenthal
Richard L. Rosenthal Jr. (born June 15, 1949) is an American film instructor and director, known for directing '' Halloween II'', '' Bad Boys'', and '' Halloween: Resurrection''. Early life Rosenthal was born in New York City, the son of Hinda (née Gould) and entrepreneur Richard L. Rosenthal Sr. Career Rosenthal started his career by directing '' Halloween II'' and returned to the series 21 years later, helming '' Halloween: Resurrection''. In between he has directed films such as ''American Dreamer'' (1984), '' Russkies'' (1987), ''Distant Thunder'' (1988) and '' Just a Little Harmless Sex'' (1998). He also directed dozens of episodic television shows, and was co-executive producer of the landmark Warner Bros. TV series ''Life Goes On'' for ABC from 1989-1991, where he guest starred in two episodes as "Uncle Richard". Rosenthal, along with his wife Nancy Stephens, executive produced the film ''Invisible Beauty'' about model and activist Bethann Hardison, which premiere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Welter Wilson (April 4, 1921 – May 9, 2015) was an American actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years, including memorable roles in film and television. In 1972 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in '' Sticks and Bones''. Wilson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2006. Early life Wilson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of insurance agent Henry Dunning Wilson and Marie Ethel (née Welter) Wilson. Her maternal grandfather was a wealthy German immigrant, and Wilson was raised in a large mansion.Jean, Pat Grand"First Q&A: Elizabeth Wilson" ''Connecticut Magazine'', April 2012 She attended the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and then studied with Sanford Meisner at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. Career Wilson was a versatile character actress, appearing in over 30 movies and many Broadway plays. The ''Los Angeles Times'' noted: "Tall and elegant, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Cohen (actor)
Scott Cohen (born December 19, 1961) is an American actor best known for his supporting role as Max Medina on the first three seasons of The WB comedy drama series ''Gilmore Girls'' (2000–03), as well as his lead roles as Detective Chris Ravell on the NBC legal drama series '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury'' (2005–06), Dominic Eugene "Nico" Careles on the USA Network comedy drama series '' Necessary Roughness'' (2011–13), Ezra Wolf on the ABC legal drama series '' The Fix'' (2019), and Luca Falcone on the HBO crime drama miniseries ''The Penguin'' (2024). He is also known for his roles in films such as ''The Mambo Kings'' (1992), '' Kissing Jessica Stein'' (2001), '' Love & Other Drugs'', ''Please Give'' (both 2010), ''Anesthesia'', '' James White'' (both 2015), '' As You Are'' (2016), '' Who We Are Now'' (2017), ''Braid'', and '' Write When You Get Work'' (both 2018). Career In 1990, Cohen was offered a breakthrough role in Adrian Lyne's ''Jacob's Ladder''. In the video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Krupa
Aleksander Krupa (born 18 March 1947), often credited as Olek Krupa, is a Polish-American actor, active in film and television roles and best known for playing villains and/or criminals, such as in ''Eraser'', '' Blue Streak'', '' Home Alone 3'' as Peter Beaupre and ''The Italian Job'' as Mashkov. He also notably portrayed a Bosnian Serb general engaged in genocide against Bosnian Muslims in 2001's '' Behind Enemy Lines'' and portrayed the President of Russia in 2010's action thriller film ''Salt''. Krupa continued to have minor roles in many Hollywood movies, such as '' X-Men: First Class'', ''Hidden Figures'', and '' The Fate of the Furious.'' Early life Krupa was born in Rybnik, Poland. In 1974 he graduated from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and later began performing on stage, notable in Theater Scena STU in Kraków. In 1981, Krupa emigrated to United States. Career Krupa first appeared in a documentary in 1984 entitled ''Far from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
