RIP Dennis Farina

[nate]

He played one of my favorite movie characters ever.  Ray Barboni in Get Shorty.  He was also in one of my favorite movies of all time - Snatch.

 

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[Adam]

Oh man. RIP. Loved him

[St1ck]

He was always fun to watch. 

[Ray McKigney]

Bummer. I always liked him. R.I.P.

[Lhalo]

Too bad. Like Nate said, I loved him in Get Shorty and Snatch.

[Brandon]

What a bummer. Always liked him.

Was always hoping they would start back up with Luck on HBO. Last time I saw him.

[Tank]

Ah, bummer. Loved him on Law & Order.

[Sam Sanchez]

R.I.P.

Loved him in Midnight Run as well as the others mentioned.

[James]

He was on Miami Vice, nuff said. RIP

[ELEVEN]

F*ck.

[LBHalos17]

Dammit.  He was one of the greatest f**king character actors ever... RIP

...need to go back and watch "Luck" now.

[Redondo]

RIP Dennis

[disarcina]

Really liked his acting..........seemed to be a guy in good health -- died at a Scottsdale hospital.

 

I'm not a real TV/ movies guy but liked 'Law & Order' -- he sort of took over the 'Lenny Briscoe' role -- another guy I liked.

 

He also was great in the movies mentioned in this thread, 'Get Shorty' etc,

 

The guy spent 20 years as a member of the Chicago Police force so he brought some reality to his Law & Order role.

 

I don't follow Hollywood/ movie stuff much -- but am sad to hear of Dennis Farina's passing at a fairly young age (69).

[DowningRules]

I loved Farina in his three episode arc of Miami Vice.  He played a mobster called 'Lombard' and didn't have to work too hard in that role.  He was perfect.  Gruff, brutal, but with a whiff of charm in his eyes.  He's memorable for one of my favorite scenes of all time in Vice.

 

Tubbs goes undercover and teases that he's in the mob.  He finally gets an invite to Farina's 'office' which is actually a yacht.  Tubbs comes aboard, and he and Farina say a few lines to each other in Italian.  Then, Farina grabs Tubbs' face and says:

 

FARINA:  Ya know, I been thinking, you look a little dark to be Italian.

 

TUBBS:  That's because I'm from southern Italy.  It's called...Africa.

 

They both laugh.  Great lil' scene thanks to Farina.

 

Interesting trivial side note:  Farina's first episode of Miami Vice is an episode called "Lombard."  Farina's underling in the episode was played by Joe Dallesandro, who was one of Warhol's photo subjects.  It was Dallesandro's image that graced the cover of The Smiths first album.  Who knew he would go on to star in an episode of Vice with Farina.