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| 3 | Abraham Charles Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) was an American actor best known for ''Film/TheGodfather'', ''Series/BarneyMiller'', and ''Series/{{Fish}}''. |
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| 5 | He was married to Sonja Gohlke and Beatrice Schy, and had one child with Gohlke. |
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| 7 | Vigoda died in 2016 at the age of 94 in his sleep. It should be noted that prior to his actual death, Vigoda was a constant victim of celebrity death hoaxes, perhaps the most famous being in 1982 when ''People'' magazine mistakenly referred to Vigoda as dead, running a premature obituary. For years a website, abevigoda.com, was set up simply to inform the world of his status. (The website answered the question "Is Abe Vigoda dead?" with a picture of Vigoda and the word "No". For a few years after his actual death the website had crosses over his eyes and the word "Yes." As of March 2021 the website is offline.) Vigoda for his part took the death hoaxes with good humor, posing for a photograph published in ''Variety'' in which he was sitting up in a coffin, holding the erroneous issue of ''People''. |
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| 9 | !!Film Roles |
| 10 | * ''Film/ThreeRoomsInManhattan'' as Waiter (UncreditedRole) |
| 11 | * ''Film/TheGodfather'' as Tessio |
| 12 | ** ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII'' as Tessio |
| 13 | * ''Film/TheDonIsDead'' as Don Talusso |
| 14 | * ''Film/NewmansLaw'' as John Dellanzia |
| 15 | * ''Film/TheCheapDetective'' as Sgt. Rizzuto |
| 16 | * ''Film/CannonballRunII'' as Caesar |
| 17 | * ''Film/TheStuff'' as Special Guest Star in Stuff Commercial |
| 18 | * ''Film/VasectomyADelicateMatter'' as Det. Abe Fossi |
| 19 | * ''Film/PlainClothes'' as Mr. Wiseman |
| 20 | * ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' as Grandpa |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Prancer}}'' as Orel Benton |
| 22 | * ''Film/KeatonsCop'' as Louis Keaton |
| 23 | * ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'' as Chief of the Waponis |
| 24 | * ''Film/FistOfHonor'' as Victor Malucci |
| 25 | * ''Film/MeAndTheKid'' as Pawn Broker |
| 26 | * ''Film/SugarHill1974'' as Gus Molino |
| 27 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' as Salvatore Valestra |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{North}}'' as Alaskan Grandpa |
| 29 | * ''Film/JuryDuty'' as Judge Powell |
| 30 | * ''Film/HomeOfAngels'' as Grandpa |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheMiseryBrothers'' as Don Frito Layleone |
| 32 | * ''Film/LoveIsAllThereIs'' as Rudy |
| 33 | * ''Film/Underworld1996'' as Will Cassady |
| 34 | * ''Film/AChristmasJourneyHome'' as Grandpa |
| 35 | * ''Film/GoodBurger'' as Otis |
| 36 | * ''Film/{{Farticus}}'' as Zeus |
| 37 | * ''Film/ABrooklynStateOfMind'' as Uncle Guy |
| 38 | * ''Film/JustTheTicket'' as Arty |
| 39 | * ''Film/ChumpChange'' as The Frog |
| 40 | * ''Film/CrimeSpree'' as Angelo Giancarlo |
| 41 | * ''Film/FarceOfThePenguins'' as Penguin from Boca |
| 42 | * ''Film/TheUnknownTrilogy'' as Uncle Morty |
| 43 | * ''Film/SweetDestiny'' |
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| 45 | !!Television Roles |
| 46 | * ''Series/AllStarRevue'' as Guest Comic/Cab Driver (2 episodes) |
| 47 | * ''Series/DarkShadows'' as Ezra Braithwaite/Otis Greene (3 episodes) |
| 48 | * ''Series/TheSandyDuncanShow'' as Mr. Samuelson (1 episode) |
| 49 | * ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' as Anton Valine (1 episode) |
| 50 | * ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' as Mr. Burdick (1 episode) |
| 51 | * ''Series/TheRookies'' as Michael Lance (1 episode) |
| 52 | * ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' as Abe Kemper (1 episode) |
| 53 | * ''Series/{{Kojak}}'' as Kilty (1 episode) |
| 54 | * ''Series/{{Cannon}}'' as Mr. Couzellous (1 episode) |
| 55 | * ''Series/TheBionicWoman'' as Barlow (1 episode) |
| 56 | * ''Series/BarneyMiller'' as Det. Phil Fish (61 episodes) |
| 57 | ** ''Series/{{Fish}}'' as Det. Phil Fish |
| 58 | * ''Series/Vegas1978'' as Max (1 episode) |
| 59 | * ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' as Phil 'The Dancer' Gabriel/Al Dancer (2 episodes) |
| 60 | * ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' as Charlie Fletcher (1 episode) |
| 61 | * ''Series/{{Supertrain}}'' as Ray Yellburton (1 episode) |
| 62 | * ''Series/EightIsEnough'' as Ben Ryan (1 episode) |
| 63 | * ''Series/FantasyIsland'' as Joe Lange/Sid Gordon (2 episodes) |
| 64 | * ''Series/BJAndTheBear'' as Grandpa Ben Rule (1 episode) |
| 65 | * ''Series/TheLittlestHobo'' as Howard Mattson (1 episode) |
| 66 | * ''Series/HarperValleyPTA'' as Slick (1 episode) |
| 67 | * ''Series/TalesFromTheDarkside'' as Jake Corelli (1 episode) |
| 68 | * ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperboy'' as Mr. Wagner (1 episode) |
| 69 | * ''Series/SantaBarbara'' as Lyle [=DeFranco=] (7 episodes) |
| 70 | * ''Series/{{Monsters}}'' as Dolan (1 episode) |
| 71 | * ''Series/MacGyver1985'' as Bill Cody (1 episode) |
| 72 | * ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfTheBlackStallion'' as D.J. Lancaster (1 episode) |
| 73 | * ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as George (1 episode) |
| 74 | * ''Series/LuckyLuke'' as Judge Rinehart (1 episode) |
| 75 | * ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' as Alfredo Bartolo/Al Bartell/Mr. Johnson (1 episode) |
| 76 | * ''Series/LawAndOrder'' as Ret. Det. Landis (1 episode) |
| 77 | * ''Series/WeirdScience'' as Old Man Lisa (1 episode) |
| 78 | * ''Series/{{Wings}}'' as Harry (1 episode) |
| 79 | * ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' as Receptionist Angel (1 episode) |
| 80 | * ''Series/PromisedLand1996'' as Albert Spokaine (1 episode) |
| 81 | * ''Series/MadAboutYou'' as Kalman Wertzel (1 episode) |
| 82 | * ''Series/TheNormShow'' as Sal (1 episode) |
| 83 | * ''Series/ManhattanAZ'' as Ben (3 episodes) |
| 84 | * ''Series/{{Deadline|2000}}'' as Joseph Spiaggio (1 episode) |
| 85 | * ''Series/LateNightWithConanOBrien'' as Ground Vigoda/Abe-rod/Lobster/Abe Viyoda (4 episodes) |
| 86 | * ''WesternAnimation/HighSchoolUSA'' as Otto (1 episode) |
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| 88 | !!Video Game Roles |
| 89 | * ''VideoGame/TheGodfather'' as Salvatore Tessio |
| 90 | ** ''VideoGame/TheGodfatherMobWars'' as Salvatore Tessio |
| 91 | ** ''VideoGame/TheGodfatherBlackhandEdition'' as Sal Tessio |
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