Abe Vigoda

Abe Vigoda

1921-02-24 New York City, New York, USA 50 Credits

Biography

Tall, dour-faced and slouch-shouldered character actor Abraham Charles Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016) proved himself in both gritty dramatic roles, and as an actor with wonderful comedic timing. Vigoda was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Lena (Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, both Russian Jewish immigrants. His father was a tailor on the Lower East Side. He made his first stage appearance at the age of 17 and plodded away in small theater shows for over 20 years. For the majority of film...

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Cutaways

2013

Acting

A character cut from Pulp Fiction meets a characters cut from The Conversation.

The Unknown Trilogy

The Unknown Trilogy

2008

as Uncle Morty (segment "Frankie the Squirrel")

2.0
Acting

Somewhere, between the boundaries of life and death, lays the darkest places in the human heart. In these dimly lit recesses crouch fears older than m...

Farce of the Penguins

Farce of the Penguins

2006

as Penguin from Boca (voice)

4.0
Acting

In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best frien...

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

2003

as Self

6.8
Acting

Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in this one-hour special. Many guest appearances and clip montages show us how f...

Crime Spree

Crime Spree

2003

as Angelo Giancarlo

5.6
Acting

An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the way...

Tea Cakes or Cannoli

Tea Cakes or Cannoli

2000

Acting

Life through the eyes of a sixteen-year old boy growing up in Boston's north side. Director Francine Pellegrino captures the richness of Boston-Italia...

Chump Change

Chump Change

2000

as The Frog

3.5
Acting

A failed Hollywood actor returns to his home town in Wisconsin and reminisces about his life in L.A. to a potential new girlfriend about his faults, a...

Witness to the Mob

Witness to the Mob

1998

as Paul Castellano

7.1
Acting

Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's b...

Just the Ticket

Just the Ticket

1998

as Arty

5.5
Acting

Gary Starke is one of the best ticket scalpers in New York City. His girlfriend, Linda, doesn't approve of his criminal lifestyle, though, and dumps h...

A Brooklyn State of Mind

A Brooklyn State of Mind

1998

as Uncle Guy

4.8
Acting

Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a fi...

Good Burger

Good Burger

1997

as Otis

6.1
Acting

Two L.A. teens with summer jobs at Good Burger try to save their small restaurant when a corporate giant burger franchise moves in across the street.

Farticus

Farticus

1997

as Zeus

Acting

The story of an old man who gets the walking farts every time a beautiful woman enters the room.

A Christmas Journey Home

1996

as Grandpa

Acting

Young Billy sneaks his grandfather out of the nursing home for one last Christmas. On their way home, they become targets of a New York City street ga...

Underworld

Underworld

1996

as Will Cassady

5.0
Acting

A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown...

Love Is All There Is

Love Is All There Is

1996

as Rudy

5.1
Acting

The Malacicis, a hard-working Italian family recently immigrated from Florence, open a fancy restaurant in the Bronx, N.Y., drawing the ire of another...

Jury Duty

Jury Duty

1995

as Judge Powell

4.4
Acting

When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day, he gets himself assigned to a jury in a mur...

The Misery Brothers

The Misery Brothers

1995

as Don Frito Layleone

2.0
Acting

Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.

North

North

1994

as Alaskan Grandpa

5.0
Acting

Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a ...

Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill

1994

as Gus Molino

5.6
Acting

In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner and brother to lead a straight life with his girl...

Home of Angels

Home of Angels

1994

Acting
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

1993

as Salvatore Valestra (voice)

7.5
Acting

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hun...

Me and the Kid

Me and the Kid

1993

as Pawn Broker

4.7
Acting

A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe.

Fist of Honor

Fist of Honor

1993

as Victor Malucci

5.3
Acting

As two rival Godfathers view to take control of the city, a hot-tempered family member kills two relatives of the opposing family, breaking the "Truce...

Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0
Acting

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

Keaton's Cop

Keaton's Cop

1990

as Louis Keaton

3.7
Acting

Ex-mobster Keaton, now living in a retirement home, narrowly misses being the target of a mob hit. Policemen Jake, an old friend of Keaton's, and Gabl...

Joe Versus the Volcano

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990

as Chief of the Waponis

5.8
Acting

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is th...

Prancer

Prancer

1989

as Orel Benton

5.9
Acting

Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it make...

Look Who's Talking

Look Who's Talking

1989

as Grandpa

6.3
Acting

Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter w...

Plain Clothes

Plain Clothes

1988

as Mr. Wiseman

6.0
Acting

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings...

Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter

Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter

1986

as Abe

1.0
Acting

Gino, a bank executive is not having a good day. After giving birth to their eighth child, his wife insists that he have a vasectomy, something he doe...

The Stuff

The Stuff

1985

as Stuff Commercial Spokesman

6.0
Acting

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dess...

Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II

1984

as Caesar

5.4
Acting

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheel...

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

1981

as Salvatore "Sal" Tessio (uncredited)

9.4
Acting

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Comple...

The Big Stuffed Dog

The Big Stuffed Dog

1981

as Carnival Pitchman

3.0
Acting

A large stuffed Snoopy toy goes astray at an airport baggage area, and gets involved with various travelers.

Gridlock

Gridlock

1980

as Herb

6.0
Acting

A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system ...

Death Car on the Freeway

Death Car on the Freeway

1979

as Mr. Frisch

5.3
Acting

A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the r...

How to Pick Up Girls!

How to Pick Up Girls!

1978

as Nathan Perlmutter

2.0
Acting

The amusing adventures of an unsophisticated small-town lad who arrives in New York, moves in with his swinging buddy, and surprisingly becomes an aut...

The Comedy Company

The Comedy Company

1978

as Jake

2.0
Acting

An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.

The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978

as Sergeant Rizzuto

6.3
Acting

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of...

Dean Martin's Red Hot Scandals of 1926

1976

as Self

Acting

Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise and Georgia Engel celebrating the events, and fads of the 1920's in a humorous, music hall manner.

Having Babies

Having Babies

1976

as Al Schneider

6.0
Acting

The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.

Joys

Joys

1976

as Self

4.0
Acting

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies t...

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

1974

as Salvatore 'Sal' Tessio

8.6
Acting

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone at...

Newman's Law

Newman's Law

1974

as John Dellanzia

6.1
Acting

LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty ...

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd

1974

as Dominic Morrell

4.0
Acting

A humanistic account of "The Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills," in which Charles Arthur Floyd is portrayed as a decent man who has a strong sense of fa...

The Don Is Dead

The Don Is Dead

1973

as Don Talusso

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.

Toma

Toma

1973

as Donzer

7.5
Acting

This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his superiors to try to bring down the head of a Mafia nu...

The Devil's Daughter

The Devil's Daughter

1973

as Alikhine

6.5
Acting

A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.

The Godfather

The Godfather

1972

as Sal Tessio

8.7
Acting

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corl...

Three Rooms in Manhattan

Three Rooms in Manhattan

1965

as Waiter (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

When his wife leaves him, a young French actor, François Combe, moves to New York to work for a television company. One evening, he meets an attractiv...