Biography
Vincent Gardenia was an Italian American stage, film and television actor. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, first for Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and again for Moonstruck (1987). He also portrayed Det. Frank Ochoa in Death Wish (1974) and its 1982 sequel, Death Wish II, and played Mr. Mushnik in the musical film adaptation Little Shop of Horrors (1986). His other notable feature films include Murder Inc. (1960), The Hustler (1961), The Front Page (1974), Greased Lightning (1977), Heaven Can Wait (1978) and The Super (1991).
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Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1990
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1988 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1974 · nominated
Filmography42 titles
Reading Rainbow
Coney Island
Twelve Angry Men
All in the Family
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Hustler
Mission: Impossible
The Fugitive
The Front Page
Kojak
McCloud
The Rat Patrol
L.A. Law
Little Shop of Horrors
The Big Racket
Death Wish
The Rookies
Maude
Ironside
Howard
Moonstruck
Mannix
Heaven Can Wait
Gunsmoke
Decoy
Greased Lightning
Kennedy
Death Wish II
Cold Turkey
A View from the Bridge
Skin Deep
The Big Valley
Bang the Drum Slowly
Where's Poppa?
The Super
Hickey & Boggs
Cop Hater
Naked City
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Parrish
Firepower