Vincent Gardenia
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| Born | Vincenzo Scognamiglio January 7, 1922 Naples, Italy |
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| Died | December 9, 1992 (aged 70) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Vincent Gardenia (January 7, 1922 – December 9, 1992) was an American award-winning stage, film, and television actor.
[edit] Biography
Gardenia was born Vincenzo Scognamiglio in Naples, Italy, the son of Elisa and Gennaro Gardenia Scognamiglio. After emigrating to the United States as a child, he lived most of his life in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1972, he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Prisoner of Second Avenue and in 1979 he was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in Ballroom. In film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Bang the Drum Slowly and Moonstruck.
In television, Gardenia won the 1990 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for Age-Old Friends. Among his best remembered TV roles is his portrayal of Frank Lorenzo, Archie Bunker's neighbor on All in the Family (1973-74).
Gardenia died of a heart attack in Philadelphia in 1992, aged 70. He is interred in Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. The section of 16th Avenue between Cropsey Avenue and Shore Parkway in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, where he lived until his death, was renamed Vincent Gardenia Boulevard in his honor.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
| 1991 | The Super | Big Lou Kritski |
| 1989 | Skin Deep | Barny the Barkeeper |
| 1987 | Moonstruck | Cosmo Castorini, Academy Award nomination Best Supporting Actor |
| 1986 | Movers & Shakers | |
| 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Mr. Mushnik |
| 1982 | Death Wish II | Det. Frank Ochoa |
| 1977 | Fire Sale | Benny Fikus |
| 1973-74 | All in the Family | Frank Lorenzo |
| 1974 | Death Wish | Det. Frank Ochoa |
| 1973 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Dutch Schnell |
| 1971 | Little Murders | Mr. Newquist |
| 1971 | Cold Turkey | Mayor Wappler |
| 1960 | Murder, Inc. | Lawyer Laslo |
| 1962 | A View From the Bridge | Liperi |
| 1945 | The House on 92nd Street | police trainee |
[edit] External links
- Vincent Gardenia at Find A Grave
- Vincent Gardenia at the Internet Broadway Database
- Vincent Gardenia at the Internet Movie Database
- Vincent Gardenia at the TCM Movie Database
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