Richard Foronjy

Richard Foronjy

Born: August 3, 1937
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Richard Foronjy (born August 3, 1937) is an American film and television character actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the mobster "Tony Darvo" in the 1988 film Midnight Run, alongside Robert Miranda, who played the role of "Joey". Throughout his career he had appeared in 79 films and television shows.

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Boss of Bosses
Title: Boss of Bosses
Character: Tommy Bilotti
Released: June 3, 2001
Type: Movie
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
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Hoods
Title: Hoods
Character: Tony
Released: August 5, 1998
Type: Movie
A 50-year-old mobster struggles to carry out his father's order to execute a rival's 9-year-old child.
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Recoil
Title: Recoil
Character: Vincent Sloan
Released: May 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Detective Ray Morgan accidentally kills the son of a mob boss. The mob boss orders to have Morgan killed unknowing that the assassin killed Morgan's wife and kids. Now Morgan's out for revenge..and he'll do it his own way
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Dumb Luck in Vegas
Title: Dumb Luck in Vegas
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
An untalented lounge singer with a dead-end career receives an offer—much-needed cash—for murdering a bookie.
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Man of the House
Title: Man of the House
Character: Murray
Released: March 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "love bubble" which surrounds his mom. However, after Ben and Jack's experiences in the Indian Guides, the two become much closer.
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Carlito's Way
Title: Carlito's Way
Character: Pete Amadesso
Released: November 10, 1993
Type: Movie
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.
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Da Vinci's War
Title: Da Vinci's War
Character: Hamlet
Released: May 12, 1993
Type: Movie
A veteran and his war buddies hunt for the killer of the veteran's sister.
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To Kill For
Title: To Kill For
Character: Cy Tarr
Released: September 9, 1992
Type: Movie
A homicide detective (Michael Madsen) falls for a resort owner (Laura Johnson) suspected of slaying a playboy developer.
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Oscar
Title: Oscar
Character: Knucky
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: Movie
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.
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Curiosity Kills
Title: Curiosity Kills
Released: June 27, 1990
Type: Movie
An apartment block janitor stumbles upon a deadly secret after one of the residents seemingly commits suicide and a mysterious new tenant arrives.
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Ghostbusters II
Title: Ghostbusters II
Character: Con Ed Supervisor
Released: June 16, 1989
Type: Movie
Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
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Midnight Run
Title: Midnight Run
Character: Tony Darvo
Released: July 20, 1988
Type: Movie
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
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The Morning After
Title: The Morning After
Character: Sergeant Greenbaum
Released: December 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.
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The Check is in the Mail...
Title: The Check is in the Mail...
Character: Tony, the Brakeman
Released: May 2, 1986
Type: Movie
Meet Richard Jackson - a man fed up with the insanity of "plastic" suburban living. Rallying his befuddled family around him, Richard mounts an outrageously comic assault on credit card craziness, "Yuppie" status symbols and "the system" in general!
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Odd Jobs
Title: Odd Jobs
Character: Manny
Released: March 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Four students who work on different jobs during their vacations in summer are tired of doing the same thing every year. Therefore they decide to open up a moving company together and confront themselves with the former boss of one of them.
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Streets of Justice
Title: Streets of Justice
Character: Det. Arnold Johnson
Released: November 10, 1985
Type: Movie
After bikers kill the wife and son of an auto worker (John Laughlin) and then get off with a light sentence in the court system, he decides to seek his revenge as a clandestine vigilante.
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Title: Hunter
Character: Rogan
Released: September 18, 1984
Type: TV
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
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Once Upon a Time in America
Title: Once Upon a Time in America
Character: Officer Whitey
Released: May 23, 1984
Type: Movie
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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Young Lust
Title: Young Lust
Character: Captain Jenker
Released: April 27, 1984
Type: Movie
A soap opera parody along the lines of Young Doctors in Love (1982).
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Repo Man
Title: Repo Man
Character: Plettschner
Released: March 2, 1984
Type: Movie
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
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Prince of the City
Title: Prince of the City
Character: Joe Marinaro
Released: August 19, 1981
Type: Movie
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
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The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Title: The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Character: Mike
Released: November 6, 1979
Type: Movie
The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.
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Title: Taxi
Character: Nick
Released: September 12, 1978
Type: TV
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
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Fun with Dick and Jane
Title: Fun with Dick and Jane
Character: Landscape Man
Released: March 18, 1977
Type: Movie
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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The Gambler
Title: The Gambler
Character: Donny
Released: October 2, 1974
Type: Movie
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
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Serpico
Title: Serpico
Character: Corsaro
Released: December 18, 1973
Type: Movie
Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Davis
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Sergeant
Released: September 17, 1972
Type: TV
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.