Richard Bright

Richard Bright

1937-06-28 Brooklyn, New York, USA 56 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Richard J. Bright (June 28, 1937 – February 18, 2006) was an American actor best known for his role as Al Neri in the The Godfather films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Bright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Day On Fire

Day On Fire

2006

as Homeless Man

5.0
Acting

The lives of a Palestinian journalist and a Jewish model become inextricably, and shockingly, intertwined after they meet by accident in New York.

Dead Dog

Dead Dog

2001

as Cunningham

3.2
Acting

Tom and Perri are the happy ideal New York couple until Tom's beloved Golden Retriever is killed by a hit-and-run driver. Tom blames Perri for the acc...

Trigger Happy

Trigger Happy

2001

as Quigley

5.5
Acting

A hand gun is passed between 22 loosely connected New Yorkers.

The Photographer

The Photographer

2000

as Drunk in Bar

3.5
Acting

A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night befo...

Broke Even

Broke Even

2000

as Lazarus

2.8
Acting

Dot, Lem and Curry, three hapless working-class chums living in the Bronx, have a penchant for gambling. While riding a rare winning streak, they deci...

Pictures of Baby Jane Doe

Pictures of Baby Jane Doe

1999

as Rudy

4.5
Acting

When down-on-his-luck photographer Horace meets Jane, a young streetwalker with a sordid lifestyle, they quickly fall in love and embark on a chaotic ...

Joe the King

Joe the King

1999

as Roy

6.0
Acting

A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing se...

All Revved Up

All Revved Up

1998

as Louis

5.8
Acting

A lovely school teacher finds herself the victim of a scam artist - a garage owner who delights in ripping off his customers. Soon, she has two eager ...

Anima

1998

as Tommy

Acting

A reporter doing a story on taxidermy discovers an odd older couple that he becomes convinced are ex-Nazi's. The chief item leading to this belief is ...

Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997

as 64 Precinct Lieutenant

6.3
Acting

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Calm at Sunset

Calm at Sunset

1996

as Pittsley

5.6
Acting

Drama about a young man who defies his parents by dropping out of college to pursue his dream of owning a fishing boat, following in the footsteps of ...

Beautiful Girls

Beautiful Girls

1996

as Dick Conway

6.7
Acting

During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connec...

Who Do I Gotta Kill?

Who Do I Gotta Kill?

1994

as Belcher

4.1
Acting

A struggling writer takes a job for his mobster uncle in order to obtain first-hand material for a book on conspiracy plots and the JFK assassination....

The Ref

The Ref

1994

as Murray

6.5
Acting

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

Who's the Man?

Who's the Man?

1993

as Demetrius

5.2
Acting

Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as fa...

The Godfather Part III

The Godfather Part III

1990

as Al Neri

7.4
Acting

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sin...

The Ambulance

The Ambulance

1990

as McClosky

5.9
Acting

Josh meets a young woman who shortly afterwards collapses and is rushed to hospital in an ambulance. He follows after her only to find that there is n...

Ghoul School

Ghoul School

1990

as Principal Kaplan (as Eddie Gambino)

4.6
Acting

Two sniveling high school dropouts plot to rob the school janitor and accidentally release toxic chemicals into the school's water supply. The swimmin...

An Empire of Reason

An Empire of Reason

1988

as Donahue Audience Member

Acting

Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use f...

The Verne Miller Story

The Verne Miller Story

1988

as Adam Richetti

Acting

Upon his release from prison, Verne Miller works his way into Al Capone's organization. He becomes a top assassin and earns Capone's trust. However, M...

Red Heat

Red Heat

1988

as Sgt. Gallagher

6.2
Acting

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w...

Time Out

Time Out

1988

as Sherif

1.0
Acting

Drama about a young Dane who has traveled to America to find the father he can hardly remember. In New Mexico he gets to know the daughter of a politi...

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs

1986

as Recruiting Sergeant

6.5
Acting

Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his ...

The Penalty Phase

The Penalty Phase

1986

as Judge Von Karman

4.9
Acting

Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conse...

There Must Be a Pony

There Must Be a Pony

1986

as The Detective

6.2
Acting

Marguerite Sydney is a celebrated Hollywood star attempting a comeback after a stay in a mental hospital, as well as trying to re-establish a relation...

High School Narc

High School Narc

1985

as Dave

Acting

22-year-old police officer poses as a student to find the identity of a drug supplier at an inner-city high school.

Cut and Run

Cut and Run

1985

as Bob Allo

5.4
Acting

A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massa...

Crimewave

Crimewave

1985

as Officer Brennan

5.5
Acting

Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, ...

Brass

Brass

1985

as Philip Stack

1.0
Acting

The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

as Chicken Joe

8.4
Acting

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the gh...

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

1983

as Stuart

5.9
Acting

God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank t...

Girls Nite Out

Girls Nite Out

1982

as Detective Greenspan

4.6
Acting

The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they k...

Vigilante

Vigilante

1982

as Burke

6.2
Acting

New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murd...

Sizzle

Sizzle

1981

as Corky

Acting

A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze...

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

1981

as Al Neri

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 Idolmaker

The Idolmaker

1980

as Uncle Tony

5.5
Acting

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

Hair

Hair

1979

as Fenton

7.3
Acting

Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his...

On the Yard

On the Yard

1978

as Nunn

5.8
Acting

Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's po...

Cops and Robin

Cops and Robin

1978

as Lt. Dan Morgan

6.0
Acting

A veteran street cop and his partner, a robot programmed to be the perfect policeman, are assigned to protect the five-year-old daughter of the widow ...

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977

as George

6.3
Acting

A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she beg...

Citizens Band

Citizens Band

1977

as Smilin' Jack

5.2
Acting

The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.

Marathon Man

Marathon Man

1976

as Karl

7.2
Acting

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

Rancho Deluxe

Rancho Deluxe

1975

as Burt

5.4
Acting

Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

1974

as Al Neri

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...

The Gun

The Gun

1974

as Gil Strauss

8.0
Acting

The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

as Bar Patron (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a d...

The Sugarland Express

The Sugarland Express

1974

as Marvin Dybala (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Je...

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

as Holly

7.2
Acting

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

The Connection

The Connection

1973

as BeeJay

Acting

An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.

The Getaway

The Getaway

1972

as The Thief

7.1
Acting

A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

The Godfather

The Godfather

1972

as Neri

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...

A Death of Innocence

A Death of Innocence

1971

as Johnny Rekko

7.0
Acting

A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and doe...

The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park

1971

as Hank

6.8
Acting

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love ...

Lions Love

Lions Love

1969

as Billy the Kid in The Beard

5.9
Acting

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

Freedom to Love

Freedom to Love

1969

as Billy the Kid

5.3
Acting

A sex education film dedicated to all forms of human sexuality.

Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

as Coco

6.8
Acting

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.