| Abe Vigoda  Born: 24-Feb-1921
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Fish on Barney Miller (not dead yet) Abe Vigoda was a struggling actor for decades. His first big break was a small, occasionally recurring role on Dark Shadows, the 1960s low-budget haunted house soap opera. A much bigger break was the role of the doomed mobster Tessio in 1972's The Godfather. In 1975, Vigoda landed "Fish," his most famous role, the perpetually complaining, decrepit senior citizen cop on as Barney Miller. Vigoda was only 54 at the time, and off-camera he was still in good shape, regularly jogging and playing handball. After playing the ancient detective on Barney Miller and its lukewarmly-received spin-off, Fish, Vigoda played old age for laughs in Look Who's Talking (1989) and an ongoing series of even more forgettable films. He played "Sal the Wheezer" in the cartoon Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993).
People magazine mistakenly reported Abe Vigoda's death in 1982. Twenty years later, people still stop Vigoda on the street and tell him he looks like the late Abe Vigoda.
Father: (tailor)
Wife: Beatrice Schy (m. 25-Feb-1968, d. 1992)
Daughter: Carol
Friars Club
TELEVISION
Santa Barbara Lyle DeFranco (1989)
As the World Turns Joe Kravitz (1985)
Fish Det. Fish (1977-78)
Barney Miller Det. Fish (1975-77)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Farce of the Penguins (30-Jan-2007) [VOICE]
Chump Change (20-Jan-2004)
Crime Spree (Mar-2003)
Just the Ticket (26-Feb-1999)
Witness to the Mob (10-May-1998)
Good Burger (25-Jul-1997)
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)
Underworld (Jun-1996)
Love Is All There Is (10-May-1996)
Jury Duty (12-Apr-1995)
North (22-Jul-1994)
Sugar Hill (25-Feb-1994)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (25-Dec-1993) [VOICE]
Me and the Kid (22-Oct-1993)
Joe Versus the Volcano (9-Mar-1990)
Prancer (17-Nov-1989)
Look Who's Talking (13-Oct-1989)
Plain Clothes (15-Apr-1988)
The Stuff (14-Jun-1985)
Cannonball Run II (29-Jun-1984)
The Big Stuffed Dog (8-Feb-1981)
The Cheap Detective (23-Jun-1978)
The Godfather: Part II (12-Dec-1974)
The Godfather (15-Mar-1972)
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