RIP Frank Vincent

[Steak Snabler]

AKA Billy Batts, AKA Phil Leotardo.

So says TMZ:

Frank Vincent Dead at 78 From Heart Surgery Complications

 

[CD Boogie]

Off to the great big shine box in the sky

 

[Steak Snabler]

Off to the great big shine box in the sky

Best part of that scene is when Pesci says "You been away a long time. They didn't go up there and tell you. I don't shine shoes no more."

I've tried to imagine that conversation taking place.

ATTORNEY: "Mr. Batts, I've got some news for you."

BATTS: "Great. Am I being paroled?"

ATTORNEY: "No, I just wanted to tell you ... Tommy don't shine shoes no more."

BATTS: "Good to know. ... Guard!"

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

RIP Shah of Iran

 

[Webster]

I guess now there truly are no scraps in his scrapbook

 

[Webster]

Was it a heart attack or did he get his head crushed in at a gas station on Long Island?

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

God, that scene.

RIP. You were an entertaining bad guy.

 

[Chef2]

Was it a heart attack or did he get his head crushed in at a gas station on Long Island?

I can still hear that sound.

 

[Bubbler]

Now go get your pine box.

RIP.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Did he insult anyone? Maybe. A little bit. RIP.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Here's a wing!

RIP

 

[Baron Scicluna]

In all seriousness, it's quite interesting to read about the real-life Goodfellas. Pesci actually bears a bit of a facial resemblance to the real Tommy DeSimone, who had such a bad temper and killed guys for no reason at all, and even Henry Hill thought he was nuts.

 

[exmediahack]

Frank Vincent was one of the great mob-movie character actors. Always a great wingman for the protagonist. He killed enemies using just about every piece of equipment one could find at a Menards.

 

[Steak Snabler]

In all seriousness, it's quite interesting to read about the real-life Goodfellas. Pesci actually bears a bit of a facial resemblance to the real Tommy DeSimone, who had such a bad temper and killed guys for no reason at all, and even Henry Hill thought he was nuts.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Not in any way trying to make this political, but there have been several times when I've seen Billy Batts, Frank Marino and Phil Leotardo in a Donald Trump facial expression that is part grimace, part uneasy smile.

 

[The Big Ragu]

Frank Vincent was one of the great mob-movie character actors. Always a great wingman for the protagonist. He killed enemies using just about every piece of equipment one could find at a Menards.

Twenty years in the can I wanted manigott, but I compromised. I ate grilled cheese off the radiator instead. I wanted to **** a woman, but I compromised. I jacked off into a tissue. You see where I'm goin'? What the **** is a Menards? I've been in Jersey my whole life and I never heard of the ****ing thing.

 

[CD Boogie]

Not in any way trying to make this political, but there have been several times when I've seen Billy Batts, Frank Marino and Phil Leotardo in a Donald Trump facial expression that is part grimace, part uneasy smile.

Speaking of the politics thread, it remains open with the consistency of a rollercoaster at a traveling carnival

 

[YankeeFan]

All Things Considered has a nice piece on Vincent's death, his roles with Pesci, directed by Scorsese, and his time playing drums in a band fronted by Pesci.

 

[hondo]

Vincent also played Robert DiBenardo in the HBO movie Gotti ("DB"). Got whacked by Sammy the Bull (well, Sammy distracted him, someone else came from behind and pulled the trigger). Four actors in that movie later went on to the Sopranos, Phil, Paulie Walnuts, Big ***** and Junior.

 

[terrier]

frank vincent job lot ad - - Yahoo Video Search Results

Frank was well acquainted with Rhode Island - he shot several low-budget films here ("Federal Hill," if you can find it, is recommended; "A Wake in Providence" is not unless you're a major to the third power Adrienne Barbeau fan). A few years ago, he did some Ocean State Job Lot ads around Christmas. Love the Sopranos callout in the open.