July 22, 2013
HE'S WITH WALTER (profanity alert):
Actor Dennis Farina Has Died at Age 69 (DASHIELL BENNETT, 7/22/13, Atlantic)
His most memorable film performances were as mobster Jimmy Serrano in Midnight Run, as mobster "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty, and as a "Cousin Avi", a (wannabe) mobster in Snatch. He played good guys too, playing a cop on '80s TV series Crime Story, an FBI agent in the movie Manhunter, and as Detective Joe Fontana in the final seasons of Law & Order.His affinity for playing cops and criminals probably had something to do with the fact that he spent 18 years on the Chicago police force before director Michael Mann hired him as a consultant and then started casting him in his projects.
Check Out Crime Story: Moulin Rouge on Hulu.
( http://www.hulu.com/watch/395340 )
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 22, 2013 6:50 PM
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