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Abe Vigoda
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Actor Born: February 24, 1921 in New York City, NY Biography:Slouch-shouldered, basset-faced character actor "Abe Vigoda" was the son of a Lower East Side tailor. Making his first stage appearance at 17, Vigoda used his GI Bill allotment to study at the American Theatre Wing. He then toiled away in obscurity for nearly 20 years before he was "discovered" by the public in the role of John the Gaunt in "Joseph Papp"'s 1961 staging of Richard II. Another decade would pass before Vigoda attained worldwide fame as the treacherous Tessio in "The Godfather". In 1974, he was tested for the minor role of Grimaldi in the upcoming TV sitcom Barney Miller; instead, he landed the role of dour, droopy-eyed Inspector Fish (and a good thing, too; the Grimaldi character was written out after only a few weeks). Vigoda remained with Barney Miller from 1975 to 1977, then was spun off into his own "Fish" series, which lasted until 1978. Bedeviled with legal problems during the... Full Biography
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