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Pedro Silva- Slayer of scums
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Re: actor Dennis Farina dies at 69
bb1 Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:01 pm
Oh, that's sad news, he was one of my favourites in Law and Order...
Born in Chicago on 29 February 1944, Dennis Farina served in the US Army before spending 18 years as a police detective.
He became an actor when he was almost 40, earning his first credited role as a minor character in Michael Mann's 1981 film Thief.
In a 2004 interview Farina recalled his first day of work on set, saying he had been "intrigued by the whole thing".
"I liked it," he told the Associated Press. "And everybody was extremely nice to me.
"If the people were rude and didn't treat me right, things could have gone the other way."
Farina and Mann went on to work on 1980s TV series Crime Story and the 1986 thriller Manhunter, the first film to feature Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter character.
Farina, a mainstay of the Chicago theatre scene, also appeared in Saving Private Ryan, Snatch and Out of Sight.
The actor played Joe Fontana during the 2004-06 seasons of Law and Order and recently starred alongside Dustin Hoffman in short-lived HBO drama Luck.
He is survived by his partner of 35 years, Marianne Cahill, three sons and six grandchildren.
I hadn't realised he had been a real-life police officer.
Born in Chicago on 29 February 1944, Dennis Farina served in the US Army before spending 18 years as a police detective.
He became an actor when he was almost 40, earning his first credited role as a minor character in Michael Mann's 1981 film Thief.
In a 2004 interview Farina recalled his first day of work on set, saying he had been "intrigued by the whole thing".
"I liked it," he told the Associated Press. "And everybody was extremely nice to me.
"If the people were rude and didn't treat me right, things could have gone the other way."
Farina and Mann went on to work on 1980s TV series Crime Story and the 1986 thriller Manhunter, the first film to feature Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter character.
Farina, a mainstay of the Chicago theatre scene, also appeared in Saving Private Ryan, Snatch and Out of Sight.
The actor played Joe Fontana during the 2004-06 seasons of Law and Order and recently starred alongside Dustin Hoffman in short-lived HBO drama Luck.
He is survived by his partner of 35 years, Marianne Cahill, three sons and six grandchildren.
I hadn't realised he had been a real-life police officer.
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Re: actor Dennis Farina dies at 69
Pedro Silva Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:21 pm
bb1, your words are mine: "I hadn't realised he had been a real-life police officer."
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