Tony Lo Bianco, best known for his role as Salvatore “Sal” Boca in the 1971 film The French Connection, has died of prostate cancer. He was 87. The actor passed away June 11 at his farm in Maryland, his representatives confirmed with Fox News Digital. His wife, Alyse Lo Bianco, was with him. Son of Sicilian immigrants, Lo Bianco was born October 19, 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended a vocational school and discovered his love for acting. Lo Bianco’s best-known film performance was in the Academy Award-winning action film The French Connection as Sal Boca, an Italian-American mobster who planned to distribute French heroin on the streets but was later caught by the police. He was a Golden Gloves boxer, an American amateur boxing association, and founded and served as an artistic director for Triangle Theater in 1963. He continued to propel through New York’s Broadway theater scene, serving as an...
- 6/12/2024
- TV Insider
The Actors Company Theatre/Tact (Scott Alan Evans, Cynthia Harris and Simon Jones, C0-Artistic Directors), the critically-acclaimed company dedicated to presenting neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit, has announced the complete cast for Incident at Vichy, Arthur Miller's searing examination of the Holocaust. Originally produced in 1964 as a commission for the new Lincoln Center Theatre Company (directed by Harold Clurman, starring Joseph Wiseman, David Wayne and Hal Holbrook), it was last seen in New York over 25 years ago in a 1981 production by The Jewish Repertory Theatre. Performances of Incident at Vichy begin at The Beckett Theatre (410 West 42nd Street - between 9th & 10th Avenues) on Sunday March 8th, 2009. Opening night is Monday, March 16th at 7:30 pm. Performances will continue through Sunday, April 11th. Joining the previously announced Tact company members: Jamie Bennett, Richard Ferrone, Todd Gearhart, Jack Koenig, Ron McClary, James Prendergast and Gregory Salata are guest artists: Mark Alhadeff,...
- 1/23/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lee Bergere, a veteran television actor who appeared in shows such as Star Trek and Dynasty, died last Wednesday in Fremont, New Hampshire. He was 88. During his 60-year-career he appeared in more than 200 television shows including North And South, Falcon Crest and Incident At Vichy. In a 1966 Star Trek episode, called "The Savage Curtain," Bergere famously portrayed historical icon President Abraham Lincoln. Bergere also played Joseph Aynders on Dynasty from 1981 to 1983. He also appeared in many roles on stage including Man Of La Mancha where he played the villain, The Duke, when the play premiered in Los Angeles in 1967. He also played Don Quixote and other characters in the show in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City.
- 2/6/2007
- WENN
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