Peter S. Davis, the colorful producer on the Christopher Lambert-starring 1986 film Highlander that launched a bevy of sequels, television offshoots and video games, has died. He was 79.
Davis died Sunday in his sleep at his home in Calabasas, his son, Joshua Davis, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Davis produced other features including The Death Collector (1976), starring Joe Pesci in his first credited role; Stunts (1977), starring Robert Forster in an early New Line Cinema film; The Osterman Weekend (1983), director Sam Peckinpah’s final feature; and Cutting Class (1989), featuring a young Brad Pitt.
Highlander began as an overlooked script about immortals written by UCLA undergrad Gregory ...
Davis died Sunday in his sleep at his home in Calabasas, his son, Joshua Davis, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Davis produced other features including The Death Collector (1976), starring Joe Pesci in his first credited role; Stunts (1977), starring Robert Forster in an early New Line Cinema film; The Osterman Weekend (1983), director Sam Peckinpah’s final feature; and Cutting Class (1989), featuring a young Brad Pitt.
Highlander began as an overlooked script about immortals written by UCLA undergrad Gregory ...
- 2/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peter S. Davis, the colorful producer on the Christopher Lambert-starring 1986 film Highlander that launched a bevy of sequels, television offshoots and video games, has died. He was 79.
Davis died Sunday in his sleep at his home in Calabasas, his son, Joshua Davis, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Davis produced other features including The Death Collector (1976), starring Joe Pesci in his first credited role; Stunts (1977), starring Robert Forster in an early New Line Cinema film; The Osterman Weekend (1983), director Sam Peckinpah’s final feature; and Cutting Class (1989), featuring a young Brad Pitt.
Highlander began as an overlooked script about immortals written by UCLA undergrad Gregory ...
Davis died Sunday in his sleep at his home in Calabasas, his son, Joshua Davis, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Davis produced other features including The Death Collector (1976), starring Joe Pesci in his first credited role; Stunts (1977), starring Robert Forster in an early New Line Cinema film; The Osterman Weekend (1983), director Sam Peckinpah’s final feature; and Cutting Class (1989), featuring a young Brad Pitt.
Highlander began as an overlooked script about immortals written by UCLA undergrad Gregory ...
- 2/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Chicago – Frank Vincent always looked good, no matter what role he was playing, but he mostly portrayed mafia types, and was styling as those guys as well… he even wrote a book on dress, “A Guy’s Guide to Being a Better Man.” He was best known as Phil Leotardo on the legendary HBO series, “The Sopranos,” and he passed away at age 80 in New Jersey on September 13th, 2017.
Frank Vincent of ‘The Sopranos’ in Chicago
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
He was born in Jersey, and started his career as a musician, until he began acting in 1976, making his premiere in a low budget gangster film, “The Death Collector.” That appearance caught the attention of director Martin Scorsese, who cast Vincent in “Raging Bull.” That led to a TV and film career portraying mobsters and tough guys, but Vincent stood out because of his sartorial splendor.
Frank Vincent of ‘The Sopranos’ in Chicago
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
He was born in Jersey, and started his career as a musician, until he began acting in 1976, making his premiere in a low budget gangster film, “The Death Collector.” That appearance caught the attention of director Martin Scorsese, who cast Vincent in “Raging Bull.” That led to a TV and film career portraying mobsters and tough guys, but Vincent stood out because of his sartorial splendor.
- 9/16/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
American actor Frank Vincent sadly passed away in New Jersey on Wednesday, September 13 at the age of 78. Vincent was born on April 15, 1937, in North Adams, Massachusetts. Originally, he had intended to establish a career in music but landed his first acting role in 1976. This was in a low-budget gangster movie called ‘The Death Collector. He was best known for his role in the HBO series ‘The Sopranos’ in which he played the role of Phil Leotardo. In addition to being an actor, Vincent was also a musician and author. He wrote a book called ‘A
The Top Five Frank VIncent Movie Roles of His Career...
The Top Five Frank VIncent Movie Roles of His Career...
- 9/16/2017
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
Stars get all the headlines, in movies as in real life, but it's great supporting players who make it possible for them to shine. His name may not trip off the tongues of most movie fans, but Frank Vincent (above in Chicago Overcoat) was an enormously talented character actor. His performances rarely drew attention to themselves, yet always bolstered the movies and television shows in which he appeared. Now he has passed away at the age of 78, according to his friend and fellow actor Vincent Pastore (via Variety). Frank Vincent did not begin acting until 1976, when he debuted in The Death Collector, which also featured Joe Pesci. Vincent and Pesci then appeared together in Martin Scorsese's classic Raging Bull, starring Robert De Niro. Watch a Nsfw video below in which...
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- 9/14/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Actor involved in grisly on-screen violence in The Sopranos and in Scorsese films including Goodfellas and Raging Bull
Martin Scorsese’s 1990 gangster drama Goodfellas opens with a bang. Three mobsters are driving at night when they hear a persistent thudding. They pull over and warily open the boot. Inside is Billy Batts, the man they thought they had killed, wrapped in blood-soaked tablecloths and pleading for his life. Armed with knife and gun, and bathed in an infernal red from the vehicle’s rear lights, the hoods finish what they started. The unfortunate Batts was played by Frank Vincent, who has died aged 80.
A flashback later in the picture, which shows what Batts did to warrant such an unhappy end, gave Vincent the catchphrase that followed him around for the rest of his days. “Go home and get your fucking shinebox!” he tells the volatile Tommy (Joe Pesci), a former shoeshine boy,...
Martin Scorsese’s 1990 gangster drama Goodfellas opens with a bang. Three mobsters are driving at night when they hear a persistent thudding. They pull over and warily open the boot. Inside is Billy Batts, the man they thought they had killed, wrapped in blood-soaked tablecloths and pleading for his life. Armed with knife and gun, and bathed in an infernal red from the vehicle’s rear lights, the hoods finish what they started. The unfortunate Batts was played by Frank Vincent, who has died aged 80.
A flashback later in the picture, which shows what Batts did to warrant such an unhappy end, gave Vincent the catchphrase that followed him around for the rest of his days. “Go home and get your fucking shinebox!” he tells the volatile Tommy (Joe Pesci), a former shoeshine boy,...
- 9/14/2017
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Frank Vincent, the character actor that specialized in Mafia roles and appeared as a mobster in Goodfellas, The Sopranos and Casino, died Wednesday. He was 78.
The actor died at a New Jersey hospital following complications from open-heart surgery, TMZ reported. The Blast adds that actor Vincent Pastore, who co-starred with Vincent in The Sopranos, notified friends of Vincent's death.
Director Martin Scorsese frequently cast Vincent in his films as the actor appeared in the filmmaker's Raging Bull, Casino and Goodfellas, which Rolling Stone placed at Number One on the 100 Greatest Movies of the Nineties list.
The actor died at a New Jersey hospital following complications from open-heart surgery, TMZ reported. The Blast adds that actor Vincent Pastore, who co-starred with Vincent in The Sopranos, notified friends of Vincent's death.
Director Martin Scorsese frequently cast Vincent in his films as the actor appeared in the filmmaker's Raging Bull, Casino and Goodfellas, which Rolling Stone placed at Number One on the 100 Greatest Movies of the Nineties list.
- 9/13/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Former The Sopranos actor Frank Vincent, 78, died earlier today in a New Jersey hospital after complications during open heart surgery. TMZ reported that he died after undergoing open heart surgery on Wednesday following a heart attack last week. In addition to playing Tony Soprano's nemesis Phil Leotardo, the film and TV tough guy was also known for his many mafia roles in several Martin Scorsese films including Casino, Raging Bull and Billy Batts in Goodfellas. In the Oscar-winning film, he famously said, "Go home and get your shine box!" His first film appearance was in 1976 in the low-budget crime film The Death Collector, opposite Joe Pesci. Director John...
- 9/13/2017
- E! Online
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