Ray Sharkey
Acting
Biography
Raymond Sharkey Jr. (November 14, 1952 – June 11, 1993) was an American stage, film and television actor. His most notable film role was Vincent Vacarri in the 1980 film The Idolmaker, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his role as Sonny Steelgrave in the television series Wiseguy.
Born: November 14, 1952
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Known For
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Crime Story
The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.
All in the Family
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
Miami Vice
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Barney Miller
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
Barney Miller
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
The Jeffersons
Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.
The Equalizer
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
Kojak
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
The Streets of San Francisco
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
Filmography
as Vinnie Fountain
as Det. Victor Tomasino
as Richard
as Stoneface
as Gabe Ricci
as Kyle Valsone
as Warden Hayes
as Capra
as Dennis
as Junior Molov
as Junior Molov
as Angel Velasquez
as Scarface
as Jack Wilcox
as Sonny Steelgrave
as Ryan
as Angles Ryan
as US Atty. Harry Breitel
as Grand Vizier
as Marco
as Geoffery Dryden
as Silk
as Terrence
as Bobby Profile
as duBEAT-e-o
as Eric Coleman
as Grand Vizier
as Sgt. Vinnie DiAngelo
as Carry
as Bill Carney
as Byron Levin
as Vincent 'Vinnie' Vacarri
as Phil D'Amico
as Ira (based on Allen Ginsberg)
as Legs
as Smitty
as Paul Salerno
as Louis
as Flash
as Self - Host
as David Salas
as Hold-Up Man
as Robert Phelps
as Gallagher (uncredited)
as Man At Clinic (uncredited)