Richard Bright
Acting
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.
Born: June 28, 1937
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television," released to video in 1981. Unlike the miniseries, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms. The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes.
The Godfather
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
The Sopranos
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America, re-edited for its 1977 network television broadcast.
The Godfather Part II
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 attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Once Upon a Time in America
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 ghosts and regrets of his old life.
The Gun
The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.
Oz
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Third Watch
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.
Filmography
as Homeless Man
as Cunningham
as Frank Lowell
as Quigley
as Drunk in Bar
as Lazarus
as Drunk
as Robert Sawyer
as Rudy
as Roy
as Frank Crisci
as Zack Brown
as Louis
as Detective Robert Stransky
as 64 Precinct Lieutenant
as Pittsley
as Dick Conway
as Jack the Cop
as Belcher
as Murray
as Demetrius
as Al Neri
as Albert Boxer
as Mr. Quinn
as Victim's Former Police Captain
as Dru Hunt
as McClosky
as Principal Kaplan (as Eddie Gambino)
as Donahue Audience Member
as Adam Richetti
as Sgt. Gallagher
as Sherif
as Recruiting Sergeant
as Judge Von Karman
as The Detective
as Dave
as Vegas
as Gropman
as Philip Stack
as Bob Allo
as Officer Brennan
as Chicken Joe
as Stuart
as Burke
as Detective Greenspan
as Corky
as Stubby
as Uncle Tony
as Fenton
as Sgt. Doehm
as Nunn
as Lt. Dan Morgan
as George
as Smilin' Jack
as Karl
as Burt
as Al Neri
as Gil Strauss
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
as Marvin Dybala (uncredited)
as Holly
as BeeJay
as The Thief
as Neri
as Johnny Rekko
as Hank
as Billy the Kid in The Beard
as Billy the Kid
as Harry
as Phil Macy
as Coco
as Ditch