An American character actor from North Adams, Massachusetts, indelibly linked to Martin Scorsese's mob cinema. He was Billy Batts, whose beating ignites 'GoodFellas' (1990), the doomed Frank Marino in 'Casino' (1995), and appeared in 'Raging Bull' (1980). A former musician who came to acting late, he specialized in volatile, streetwise gangsters delivered with authentic swagger, and later voiced Phil Leotardo on 'The Sopranos'. A quintessential wiseguy presence, he worked steadily in the genre until his death in 2017.
Frank Vincent
80 years (Apr 15, 1937 – Sep 13, 2017)North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
47 Movies9 Series
An American character actor from North Adams, Massachusetts, indelibly linked to Martin Scorsese's mob cinema. He was Billy Batts, whose beating ignites 'GoodFellas' (1990), the doomed Frank Marino in 'Casino' (1995), and appeared in 'Raging Bull' (1980). A former musician who came to acting late, he specialized in volatile, streetwise gangsters delivered with authentic swagger, and later voiced Phil Leotardo on 'The Sopranos'. A quintessential wiseguy presence, he worked steadily in the genre until his death in 2017.
Frank Vincent (August 4, 1939 - September 13, 2017) was an American actor, musician, author and entrepreneur. He was a favorite performer of director Martin Scorsese, having played important roles in three of Scorsese's most acclaimed films: Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995). He often played a gangster and worked both in features and television. He also lent his voice talents to video games. He played the New York Boss Phil Leotardo in the HBO series The Sopranos.Frank Vincent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.