Richard Foronjy
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| Born | August 3, 1937 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1973–2003 |
Richard Edward Foronjy (August 3, 1937 – May 19, 2024) was an American film and television actor.[1][2]
Early life
Foronjy was born in Brooklyn, New York,[3] on August 3, 1937.[4]
Career
Foronjy saw his first small role as Corsaro in Serpico.[3]
He was perhaps best known for playing the mobster Tony Darvo in the 1988 film Midnight Run and the mobster Peter Amadesso in the 1993 film Carlito's Way.[5] He also played one of key parts, Detective Joe Marinaro, in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City.[3]
In Repo Man, starring Harry Dean Stanton, Foronjy played Arnold Plettschner, the rent-a-cop who memorably said, "You’re fuckin’ right I’m Plettschner! Arnold Plettschner! Three times decorated in two world wars! I was killing people while you were still swimming around in your father’s balls! You little scumbag! I worked five years in a slaughterhouse, and ten years as a prison guard in Attica!"[3]
He wrote and published a memoir called From the Mob to the Movies on October 8, 2020. In retirement, Foronjy lived in the Hudson Valley of New York.
Death
Foronjy died on May 19, 2024, at the age of 86.[3]
Partial filmography
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- Serpico (1973) – Corsaro
- The Gambler (1974) – Donny
- Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) – Landscape Man
- The One Man Jury (1978) – Al
- The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979) – Mike
- The Jerk (1979) – Con Man
- Prince of the City (1981) – Detective Joe Marinaro
- True Confessions (1981) – Ambulance Driver
- Gangster Wars (1981) – Umberto Joe The Boss' Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Repo Man (1984) – Plettschner
- Once Upon a Time in America (1984) – Officer Whitey aka Fartface
- City Heat (1984) – Poker Player
- Odd Jobs (1986) – Mannu
- The Check Is in the Mail... (1986) – Tony
- The Morning After (1986) – Sergeant Greenbaum
- The Galucci Brothers (1987) – Galucci Brother
- Midnight Run (1988) – Tony Darvo[6]
- Ghostbusters II (1989) – Con Ed Supervisor
- Oscar (1991) – Knucky
- Fatal Instinct (1992) – Cy Tarr
- The Public Eye (1992) – Frank Farinelli
- DaVinci's War (1993) – Hamlet
- Carlito's Way (1993) – Pete Amadesso
- Man of the House (1995) – Murray
- Recoil (1998) – Vincent Sloan
- Hoods (1998) – Tony
- Evasive Action (1998) – Vince
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External links
- Richard Foronjy at the Internet Movie Database
- Richard Foronjy at the TCM Movie DatabaseLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:If preview/configuration' not found.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Richard Foronjy at AllMovie
- Rotten Tomatoes profile
