ABE VIGODA
Born: 24-Feb-1921
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: United States
Abe Vigoda was a struggling actor for decades. His first big break
was a small, occasionally recurring role on Dark Shadows, the 1960s
low-budget haunted house soap opera. A much bigger break was the
role of the doomed mobster Tessio in 1972's The Godfather. In 1975,
Vigoda landed "Fish," his most famous role, the perpetually
complaining, decrepit senior citizen cop on as Barney Miller. Vigoda
was only 54 at the time, and off-camera he was still in good shape,
regularly jogging and playing handball. After playing the ancient
detective on Barney Miller and its lukewarmly-received spin-off,
Fish, Vigoda played old age for laughs in Look Who's Talking (1989)
and an ongoing series of even more forgettable films. He played "Sal
the Wheezer" in the cartoon Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993).
People magazine mistakenly reported Abe Vigoda's death in 1982.
Twenty years later, people still stop Vigoda on the street and tell
him he looks like the late Abe Vigoda.
Father: (tailor)
Wife: Beatrice Schy (m. 25-Feb-1968, d. 1992)
Daughter: Carol
Born: 24-Feb-1921
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: United States
Abe Vigoda was a struggling actor for decades. His first big break
was a small, occasionally recurring role on Dark Shadows, the 1960s
low-budget haunted house soap opera. A much bigger break was the
role of the doomed mobster Tessio in 1972's The Godfather. In 1975,
Vigoda landed "Fish," his most famous role, the perpetually
complaining, decrepit senior citizen cop on as Barney Miller. Vigoda
was only 54 at the time, and off-camera he was still in good shape,
regularly jogging and playing handball. After playing the ancient
detective on Barney Miller and its lukewarmly-received spin-off,
Fish, Vigoda played old age for laughs in Look Who's Talking (1989)
and an ongoing series of even more forgettable films. He played "Sal
the Wheezer" in the cartoon Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993).
People magazine mistakenly reported Abe Vigoda's death in 1982.
Twenty years later, people still stop Vigoda on the street and tell
him he looks like the late Abe Vigoda.
Father: (tailor)
Wife: Beatrice Schy (m. 25-Feb-1968, d. 1992)
Daughter: Carol