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Abe Vigoda
Birthday: February 24, 1921

Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Height: 6' 4"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Abe Vigoda. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

Slouch-shouldered, basset-faced character actor Abe Vigoda was the son of a Lower East Side tailor. Making his first stage appearance at 17, Vigoda used his GI Bill allotment to study at the American Theatre Wing. He then toiled away in obscurity for nearly 20 years before he was "discovered" by the public in the role of John the Gaunt in Joseph Papp's 1961 staging of Richard II. Another decade would pass before Vigoda attained worldwide fame as the treacherous Tessio in The Godfather. In 1974, he was tested for the minor role of Grimaldi in the upcoming TV sitcom Barney Miller; instead, he landed the role of dour, droopy-eyed Inspector Fish (and a good thing, too; the Grimaldi character was written out after only a few weeks). Vigoda remained with Barney Miller from 1975 to 1977, then was spun off into his own Fish series, which lasted until 1978. Bedeviled with legal problems during the early 1980s, Vigoda nonetheless was able to keep busy as a supporting actor in films (Joe vs. the Volcano, Look Who's Talking) and television; he also periodically returned to the stage, frequently in the Boris Karloff role in Arsenic and Old Lace. Abe Vigoda's 1990s projects have included such roles as Gus Molino in Harlem (1993) and Alaskan Grandpa in North (1994), a voice over stint in the 1994 animated feature Batman: Mask of the Phantom, and a recurring role in the 1991 weekly-TV revival of Dark Shadows.

Movie Credits
Frankie the Squirrel (2006)
[ Adam West ][ David Proval ]
The Godfather: Mob Wars (2006)
The Godfather: The Game (2006)
[ Robert Duvall ][ James Caan ]
The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards (2005)
[ Don Knotts ][ Tom Bosley ][ Jerry Mathers ]
Crime Spree (2003)
[ Harvey Keitel ]
Chump Change (2001)
[ Clancy Brown ][ Tim Matheson ][ Fred Willard ][ Michael McDonald ]
Tea Cakes or Cannoli (2000)
Just the Ticket (1999)
[ Andy Garcia ]
Witness to the Mob (1998)
[ Tom Sizemore ][ Michael Imperioli ][ Philip Baker Hall ][ Vincent Pastore ][ Frank Vincent ]
Good Burger (1997)
[ Kenan Thompson ][ Kel Mitchell ][ Marques Houston ][ Sinbad ][ Ron Lester ]
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)
[ Tony Danza ][ Danny Aiello ][ Vincent Pastore ][ Vincent Spano ]
Me and the Gods (1997)
[ Nick Cassavetes ][ Tony Burton ]
Underworld (1996)
[ Denis Leary ][ Joe Mantegna ][ James Tolkan ]
Love Is All There Is (1996)
[ Paul Sorvino ][ Dominic Chianese ][ Dick Van Patten ][ Joseph Bologna ]
The Misery Brothers (1995)
[ Pat Morita ][ Lou Ferrigno ][ Erik Estrada ][ Sherman Hemsley ][ Frank Stallone ]
Jury Duty (1995)
[ Stanley Tucci ][ Pauly Shore ][ Andrew Dice Clay ][ Brian Doyle-Murray ][ Richard Riehle ]
North (1994)
[ Bruce Willis ][ Elijah Wood ][ Dan Aykroyd ][ John Ritter ][ Julia Louis-Dreyfus ]
Sugar Hill (1994)
[ Wesley Snipes ][ Donald Faison ][ Ernie Hudson ][ Steve Harris ][ Sam Bottoms ]
Home of Angels (1994)
[ Michael Massee ][ Sherman Hemsley ]
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
[ Mark Hamill ][ Stacy Keach ][ Kevin Conroy ][ Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ][ Jeff Bennett ]
Me and the Kid (1993)
[ Joe Pantoliano ][ Danny Aiello ][ Ben Stein ][ David Dukes ]
Fist of Honor (1993)
[ Bubba Smith ][ Frank Sivero ]
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Al Pacino ][ Marlon Brando ][ Robert Duvall ][ Francis Ford Coppola ]
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
[ Tom Hanks ][ Steven Spielberg ][ Elvis Presley ][ Nathan Lane ][ Dan Hedaya ]
Prancer (1989)
[ Sam Elliott ][ Jesse Bradford ][ Johnny Galecki ]
Look Who's Talking (1989)
[ Bruce Willis ][ John Travolta ][ George Segal ][ Don S. Davis ][ William B. Davis ]
Plain Clothes (1988)
[ Harry Shearer ][ Reginald VelJohnson ][ Robert Stack ][ Arliss Howard ][ Seymour Cassel ]
Keaton's Cop (1988)
[ Lee Majors ][ Don Rickles ]
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986)
[ Paul Sorvino ][ Lorne Greene ]
The Stuff (1985)
[ Patrick Dempsey ][ Paul Sorvino ][ Danny Aiello ][ Michael Moriarty ][ Brian Bloom ]
Cannonball Run II (1984)
[ Jackie Chan ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Tony Danza ][ Dean Martin ][ Don Knotts ]
The Big Stuffed Dog (1981)
Gridlock (1980)
[ Howard Hesseman ][ Desi Arnaz Jr. ][ Michael Lerner ][ Lyle Waggoner ]
Death Car on the Freeway (1979)
[ Peter Graves ][ George Hamilton ][ Sid Haig ]
Pentagram/The Casting Director (1979)
[ Cesar Romero ]
How to Pick Up Girls! (1978)
[ Richard Dawson ][ Kevin Conroy ][ Desi Arnaz Jr. ]
The Comedy Company (1978)
[ Jack Albertson ][ Patrick Labyorteaux ][ Howard Hesseman ][ Herb Edelman ]
The Cheap Detective (1978)
[ James Cromwell ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Scatman Crothers ][ Sid Caesar ]
Burial (1977)
Having Babies (1976)
[ Desi Arnaz Jr. ]
The Hero (1975)
Hair (1975)
Escape Artist (1975)
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974)
[ Martin Sheen ][ Joe Estevez ]
The Kirkoff Case (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Al Pacino ][ Robert Duvall ][ Francis Ford Coppola ][ James Caan ]
The Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller (1974)
Newman's Law (1974)
[ George Peppard ][ Michael Lerner ]
The Don Is Dead (1973)
[ Anthony Quinn ][ Robert Forster ][ Sid Haig ][ Frederic Forrest ]
Toma (1973)
[ Philip Michael Thomas ]
The Devil's Daughter (1973)
[ Joseph Cotten ]
The Godfather (1972)
[ Al Pacino ][ Marlon Brando ][ Robert Duvall ][ James Caan ][ John Cazale ]
Trois chambres à Manhattan (1965)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Richard S. Castellano ]

Trivia

  • Has one daughter, Carol
  • Is a regularly recurring visitor on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993).
  • In the 1980s, a well-known magazine referred to Vigoda as "the late Abe Vigoda" in a story, leading to the belief by many that he was dead. Abe enjoyed some publicity from the premature death announcement, even posing for a photograph while sitting up in a coffin!
  • Is a well respected and longstanding member of the New York Friar's Club.
  • Was originally considered to play the part of The Monster in Mel Brooks' comedy classic Young Frankenstein (1974), given his tremendous height and resemblance to Boris Karloff.
  • Was highly acclaimed playing the eponymous villain in "Richard III" for in the Public Theater's "Shakespeare in the Park" production in the 1960s.
  • Was portrayed by Michael J. Nelson on an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988).
  • According to director Francis Ford Coppola, Abe was cast for the role of "Tessio" in The Godfather (1972) from an open casting call. He was selected from a pool of 500 unknown actors who auditioned for that role.

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