Victor Argo

Victor Argo

1934-11-05 Brooklyn, New York, USA 65 Credits

Biography

Victor Argo (November 5, 1934 – April 7, 2004) was a Puerto Rican - American actor who usually played the part of a tough bad guy in his movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Victor Argo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Lustre

Lustre

2005

as Hugo

5.3
Acting

"Lustre" chronicles a change in heart, a spiritual awakening through the rise of an unlikely holy man. Filmed on the streets of New York in the year a...

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

2003

8.0
Acting

Intimate portrait of Abel Ferrara: the result is an eccentric road movie, with the restless film maker as a charming, shabby guide around New York by ...

Music

Music

2003

as Salesman

4.5
Acting

Spiced with surreal, Kafkaesque twists, MUSIC is about a man who loves music and is fascinated by the fair sex. But he is not quite sure why and how h...

Angela

Angela

2002

5.2
Acting

Manhattan- as it is every day of the week, year in, year out. Life is pretty routine for Bob, about to turn 70, yet aching for one last fling. Maybe h...

Bridget

Bridget

2002

as Grant

5.4
Acting

Being addicted to alcohol, single mother Anna had to give her son to foster parents, but they would "sell" him back if she offers enough money. When s...

'R Xmas

'R Xmas

2001

as Louie

6.2
Acting

A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.

Double Whammy

Double Whammy

2001

as Lt. Spigot

5.5
Acting

Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair...

Don't Say a Word

Don't Say a Word

2001

as Sydney Simon

6.2
Acting

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, su...

Queenie in Love

Queenie in Love

2001

as Horace

5.9
Acting

A quirky, romantic New York comedy about the pursuit of love, life and the right to be yourself.

Angel Eyes

Angel Eyes

2001

as Carl Pogue

6.1
Acting

A story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to sav...

Fast Food Fast Women

Fast Food Fast Women

2000

as Seymour

6.3
Acting

How important is the truth when falling in love? Bella is a Manhattan café waitress, about to turn 35, stuck in a long-term affair going nowhere. Paul...

The Yards

The Yards

2000

as Paul Lazarides

6.2
Acting

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. W...

Blue Moon

Blue Moon

2000

as Tony

5.0
Acting

Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on vacation to the Catskills.

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999

as Vinny

7.3
Acting

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

Coming Soon

Coming Soon

1999

as Mr. Neipris

5.9
Acting

Privileged teenage friends Jenny, Nell and Stream spend their senior year on a quest to rid Stream of her virginity. However, Stream wants more than j...

New Rose Hotel

New Rose Hotel

1999

as Portugese Business Man

5.3
Acting

A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.

On the Run

On the Run

1999

as Man Shaving

5.3
Acting

Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from p...

Lulu on the Bridge

Lulu on the Bridge

1998

as Pierre

5.8
Acting

This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy, whose life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Side Streets

Side Streets

1998

as Albani Krug

6.4
Acting

The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.

Next Stop Wonderland

Next Stop Wonderland

1998

as Frank

5.9
Acting

Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a...

Going Nomad

1998

as Spiro

5.0
Acting

El Cid Rivera is 33 and has never left Manhattan Island; neither have his childhood friends, whom he meets every day at the same bar around the same t...

Sins of Silence

Sins of Silence

1996

as Nick DiMatteo

7.0
Acting

A former nun who has become a rape counselor defies a court order to release her file on a rape victim.

The Funeral

The Funeral

1996

as Julius

6.8
Acting

After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.

Condition Red

Condition Red

1995

as Victor Klein

4.5
Acting

Prison guard falls in love with inmate. She wants him to let her escape.

Blue in the Face

Blue in the Face

1995

as Vinnie

6.5
Acting

A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threa...

Smoke

Smoke

1995

as Vinnie

7.2
Acting

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul t...

Somebody to Love

Somebody to Love

1994

as Santa Claus

5.2
Acting

Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in lo...

Monkey Trouble

Monkey Trouble

1994

as Charlie

5.7
Acting

Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little g...

Men Lie

Men Lie

1994

as Scott's Dad

Acting

Swearing fidelity to his fiancée, two-faced Scott attempts to bed every woman who crosses his path.

Dangerous Game

Dangerous Game

1993

as Director of Photography

5.8
Acting

A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he beg...

Household Saints

Household Saints

1993

as Lino Falconetti

6.5
Acting

A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.

True Romance

True Romance

1993

as Lenny

7.5
Acting

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

The Final Contract

The Final Contract

1993

as Victor

Acting

David Sloan is 40 and is a Vietnam veteran unable to accept his violent past. Decides to consult a psychiatrist and gradually begins to understand tha...

Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant

1992

as Bet Cop

7.0
Acting

While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways...

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991

as Vigilante

6.7
Acting

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

McBain

McBain

1991

as El Presidente

4.3
Acting

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes t...

Johnny Ryan

Johnny Ryan

1990

as Frank Costello

Acting

An honest, hard-working cop has to go up against the mob in 1949 New York City.

King of New York

King of New York

1990

as Roy Bishop

6.7
Acting

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and ...

Quick Change

Quick Change

1990

as Skelton

6.7
Acting

With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation...

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

as Detective

7.4
Acting

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an ...

New York Stories

New York Stories

1989

as Cop

6.2
Acting

Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...

Her Alibi

Her Alibi

1989

as Avram

5.4
Acting

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thin...

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988

as Peter, Apostle

7.2
Acting

Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -...

The Pick-up Artist

The Pick-up Artist

1987

as Harris

5.7
Acting

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

Florida Straits

Florida Straits

1986

as Pablo

5.0
Acting

A man who spent 20 years in Cuban prison after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion and a boat captain and his crew go covertly to Cuba to find a c...

Raw Deal

Raw Deal

1986

as Dangerous Man

5.8
Acting

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief H...

Off Beat

Off Beat

1986

as Leon

4.7
Acting

Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance perform...

After Hours

After Hours

1985

as Diner Cashier

7.5
Acting

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

as Sgt. Taskal

6.1
Acting

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken ...

The Electric Chair

The Electric Chair

1985

Acting

A shoe store manager attempts to revive a failed career as a stand-up comic by performing at a mysterious club where he finds himself sharing the stag...

Falling in Love

Falling in Love

1984

as Victor Rawlins

6.7
Acting

During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize e...

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

1982

as Pallbearer

5.3
Acting

Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later m...

Dream House

Dream House

1981

as Ramirez

Acting

Vacationing Georgia construction worker (John Schneider) meets and falls for Manhattan's comely Director of Urban Renewal (Marilu Henner) and despite ...

The Rose

The Rose

1979

as Lockerman

6.7
Acting

Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.

Which Way Is Up?

Which Way Is Up?

1977

as Angel

6.1
Acting

Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spo...

Hot Tomorrows

Hot Tomorrows

1977

as Tony

6.0
Acting

A portrait of a young man, Michael, so obsessed with death that he decorates his room with a life-size Grim Reaper. One night Michael's closest buddy,...

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

1976

as Melio

8.1
Acting

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for ...

Force Five

Force Five

1975

as Frankie Hatcher

5.0
Acting
The Terminal Man

The Terminal Man

1974

as Orderly

5.3
Acting

As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures...

Tight as a Drum

Tight as a Drum

1974

as Tony Longo

Acting

A military school graduation ceremony is interrupted when a student's dope-smuggling father is killed in the gym.

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

1974

as Sgt. Richard Marum

6.1
Acting

David Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second of two pilots preceding his memorable Harry O series....

The Don Is Dead

The Don Is Dead

1973

as Augie the Horse

6.0
Acting

After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.

Mean Streets

Mean Streets

1973

as Mario

7.1
Acting

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

The Unholy Rollers

The Unholy Rollers

1972

as Vinnie the Trainer

5.4
Acting

Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other sk...

Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972

as McIver #1

5.9
Acting

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union ma...