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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and its short-lived spinoff ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.

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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', President UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' ''Film/{{Dick}}'', and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on appeared in ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and its short-lived spinoff ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.

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* ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' (1970) as Hospital Patient

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* ''Film/EndangeredSpecies'' (1982) as Peck



* ''Film/BloodSimple'' (1984) as Julian Marty



* ''Film/BloodSimple'' (1984) as Julian Marty



* ''[[Film/RunningScared1986 Running Scared]]'' (1986) as Captain Logan

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* ''[[Film/RunningScared1986 Running Scared]]'' ''Film/WiseGuys'' (1986) as Captain Anthony Castelo
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* ''Film/PacificHeights'' (1990) as The Banker

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* ''Film/PacificHeights'' (1990) as The BankerLoan Officer



* ''[[Film/ForLoveOrMoney1993 For Love or Money]]'' (1993) as Gene Salvatore

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* ''[[Film/ForLoveOrMoney1993 For ''Film/{{For Love or Money]]'' Money|1993}}'' (1993) as Gene Salvatore



* ''Film/{{Fair Game|1995}}'' (1995) as Walter Hollenbach (uncredited)



* ''Film/{{Freeway}}'' (1996) as Det. Wallace
* ''Film/TheFirstWivesClub'' (1996) as Morton Cushman
* ''Film/{{Ransom}}'' (1996) as Jackie Brown
* ''Film/{{Daylight}}'' (1996) as Frank Kraft
* ''Film/MarvinsRoom'' (1996) as Bob
* ''Film/InAndOut'' (1997) as Military Attorney
* ''Film/ALifeLessOrdinary'' (1997) as Gabriel
* ''Film/AlienResurrection'' (1997) as Gen. Perez
* ''Film/ANightAtTheRoxbury'' (1998) as Kamehi Butabi
* ''Film/ACivilAction'' (1998) as John Riley



* ''Film/PizzaMyHeart'' (2005) as Vinnie Montebello

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* ''Film/PizzaMyHeart'' ''Film/TheHurricane'' (1999) as Della Pesca
* ''Film/{{Shaft|2000}}'' (2000) as Dan Roselli
* ''Film/{{The Crew|2000}}'' (2000) as Mike "The Brick" Donatelli
* ''Film/MulhollandDrive'' (2001) as Vincenzo Castigliane
* ''Film/{{Swimfan}}'' (2002) as Coach Simkins
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}''
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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and its short-lived spin-off ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.

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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and its short-lived spin-off spinoff ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.

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* ''Series/RyansHope'' (10 episodes, 1975) as Herbie Towers
* ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' (1 episode, 1976) as Dan Hudson
* ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' (5 episodes, 1981–84) as Ralph Macafee[=/=]A Bum
* ''Series/{{CHiPs}}'' (1 episode, 1982) as Andy Herzog
* ''Series/StElsewhere'' (3 episodes, 1984) as Joseph Keuhnelian
* ''Series/MiamiVice'' (2 episodes, 1984–86) as Ben Schroeder[=/=]Reuben Reydolfo
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (6 episodes, 1984–93) as Nick Tortelli
* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1985}}'' (1 episode, 1985) as Nick
* ''Series/TheEqualizer'' (1 episode, 1986) as Frank Donahue
* ''Series/FamilyTies'' (2 episodes, 1988–89) as Joe Moore
* ''Series/LALaw'' (3 episodes, 1988–90) as Michael Roitman
* ''Series/WhosTheBoss'' (1 episode, 1989) as Ralph
* ''Series/EqualJustice'' (2 episodes, 1990–91) as Det. Al Perry
* ''Series/NYPDBlue'' (1 episode, 1993) as Lou the Werewolf
* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (2 episodes, 1993–97) as Lt. Brian Torelli[=/=]Defense Attorney Leslie Drake
** ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' (1 episode, 1997) as Defense Attorney Leslie Drake
* ''Series/{{ER}}'' (4 episodes, 1997–2005) as Herb Spivak
* ''Series/TheStreet'' (1 episode, 2000) as Randy Hoder
* ''Series/JudgingAmy'' (1 episode, 2000) as Det. Tarnower
* ''Series/YesDear'' (6 episodes, 2000–03) as Don Ludke
* ''Series/{{Lucky|2003}}'' (3 episodes, 2003) as Joey Legs
* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' (1 episode, 2006) as Jack Monk
* ''Series/TheBookOfDaniel'' (4 episodes, 2006) as Father Frank
* ''Film/TooBigToFail'' (TV movie, 2011) as Congressman Barney Frank
* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' (1 episode, 2011) as Bernie Sullivan
* ''Series/{{Golden Boy|2013}}'' (1 episode, 2013) as Francis Diaco
* ''Series/TheMindyProject'' (2 episodes, 2014–15) as Alan Castellano
* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' (2 episodes, 2014–19) as Det. Dix
* ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'' (1 episode, 2015) as Dam Inspector
* ''Series/BlueBloods'' (3 episodes, 2015–19) as Vincent Rella
* ''Series/OddMomOut'' (1 episode, 2016) as Jill's Dad
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* ''Film/PizzaMyHeart'' (2005) as Vinnie Montebello



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* PlayingGertrude: He guest starred on ''Series/{{Monk}}'' as the title character's father despite being only 13 years older than Creator/TonyShalhoub.
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* PlaysGreatEthnics: He often plays Italian-Americans and Latinos, even though he is the son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Syria.

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* PlaysGreatEthnics: He often plays Italian-Americans and Latinos, even though he is the son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Syria.[[note]]Not so unreasonable in the case of Latinos, as Sephardic Jews are the Jews that were expelled from Spain and Portugal in the 15th century.[[/note]]
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* ''Film/{{Tightrope}}'' (1984) as Det. Molinari
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* ''Film/{{Dick}}'' (1999)as UsefulNotes/RichardNixon

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* ''Film/TrueConfessions'' (1981) as Howard
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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on the short-lived ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' spin-off ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.

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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on the short-lived ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and its short-lived spin-off ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.
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* ''Film/ForLoveOrMoney1993'' as Gene Salvatore

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* ''Film/TheHunger'' as Lt. Allegrezza
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'' as John Gomez

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* ''Film/TheHunger'' (1983) as Lt. Allegrezza
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'' (1984) as John Gomez



* ''Film/RunningScared1986'' as Captain Logan

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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on the short-lived ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' spin-off ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.

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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an a prolific American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on the short-lived ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' spin-off ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.
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!!His film roles include:
* ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' (1970) as Hospital Patient
* ''Film/TheHunger'' as Lt. Allegrezza
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'' as John Gomez
* ''Film/BloodSimple'' (1984) as Julian Marty
* ''Film/{{Commando}}'' (1985) as Arius
* ''Film/RunningScared1986'' as Captain Logan
* ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'' (1990) as Frank Waturi
* ''Film/PacificHeights'' (1990) as The Banker
* ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' (1991) as Tully Alford
* ''Film/BennyAndJoon'' (1993) as Thomas
* ''Film/RookieOfTheYear'' (1993) as Larry Fisher
* ''Film/SearchingForBobbyFischer'' (1993) as Tournament Director
* ''Film/ForLoveOrMoney1993'' as Gene Salvatore
* ''Film/{{Maverick}}'' (1994) as Twitchy
* ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' (1995) as Sgt. Jeff Rabin
* ''Film/ToDieFor'' (1995) as Joe Maretto
* ''Film/{{Clueless}}'' (1995) as Mel Horowitz
* ''Film/{{Nixon}}'' (1995) as Trini Cardoza
* ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'' (2016) as Red

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Daniel G. Hedaya is an American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on the short-lived ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' spin-off ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.

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Daniel G. Hedaya (born July 24, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on the short-lived ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' spin-off ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.
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* PlaysGreatEthnics: He often plays Italian-Americans even though he is the son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Syria.

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* PlaysGreatEthnics: He often plays Italian-Americans and Latinos, even though he is the son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Syria.
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* PlaysGreatEthnics: He often plays Italian-Americans even though he is of Syrian descent.

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* PlaysGreatEthnics: He often plays Italian-Americans even though he is the son of Syrian descent.Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Syria.
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* PlayingGertrude: He guest starred on ''Series/{{Monk}}'' as the title character's father despite being only 13 years older than Creator/TonyShalhoub.

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Daniel G. Hedaya is an American character actor. He played the dictator Arius in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', Tully Alford in ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'', Cher Horowitz's father Mel in ''Film/{{Clueless}}'', General Perez in ''Film/AlienResurrection'', UsefulNotes/RichardNixon in ''Film/{{Dick}}'' and Red the goblin bellboy in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', among many other roles. He also starred on the short-lived ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' spin-off ''The Tortellis'' as Carla Tortelli's ex-husband Nick.

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* PlayingGertrude: He guest starred on ''Series/{{Monk}}'' as the title character's father despite being only 13 years older than Creator/TonyShalhoub.

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