Felice Orlandi
Felice Orlandi (18 September 1924 – 21 May 2003) was an Italian-born American actor, known for roles in films such as The Pusher (1960), Bullitt (1968), Catch-22 (1970) and The Driver (1978). He also appeared in numerous TV series during the 1960s-1980s, including Gunsmoke, Mannix, Hogan's Heroes, Hawaii Five-O and Hill Street Blues. A native of Italy, he was raised in Cleveland, and earned a theater arts degree at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon). He made his Broadway debut in 1954 in The Girl on the Via Flaminia. He was married to actress Alice Ghostley. He died of lung cancer, in Los Angeles, at age 78.[1]
Selected filmography
- Killer's Kiss (1955)
- The Harder They Fall (1956)
- Never Love a Stranger (1958)
- The Pusher (1960)
- Bullitt (1968)
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
- Catch-22 (1970)
- The Outside Man (1972)
- The Outfit (1973)
- Hard Times (1975)
- The Driver (1978)
- The Long Riders (1980)
- Hit List (1989)
- Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
External links
References
- ↑ "Felice Orlandi, 78; Versatile Actor in Film, Plays and TV". Los Angeles Times. May 24, 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 21, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.