"Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893January 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage and screen during Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 40 Broadway plays and more than 100 films during a 50-year career and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as ""Little Caesar"" and ""Key Largo"". During the 1930s and 1940s, he was an outspoken public critic of fascism and Nazism, which were growing in strength in Europe leading up to World War II. His activism included contributing over $250,000 to more than 850 organizations involved"
"friends noted that he aged considerably in a very short time. In 1951 Bromberg sought work in England, but died within the year of a heart attack while working in the London play ""The Biggest Thief in Town"". He was just a few weeks short of his forty-eighth birthday. In 1952, he and seven other Group Theater members were named by Elia Kazan as Communist Party members in testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee. J. Edward Bromberg Joseph Edward Bromberg (born Josef Bromberger, December 25, 1903 – December 6, 1951) was a Romanian-born American character actor in motion picture"
"J. Edward Bromberg Joseph Edward Bromberg (born Josef Bromberger, December 25, 1903 – December 6, 1951) was a Romanian-born American character actor in motion picture and stage productions dating mostly from the 1930s and 1940s. Born to a Jewish family in Temeschburg (Temesvár), Austria-Hungary (now Timişoara, Romania), Bromberg was 11 months old when his parents, Herman and Josephine Roth Bromberg, emigrated to the United States with him as second cabin class on the S/S ""Graf Waldersee"", which sailed from Cuxhaven, Germany, 18 March 1905 and arrived at the Port of New York, 31 March. They settled in New York City."
"represented Bono, Mick Jagger, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Miles Davis, The Rolling Stones, Sean Combs, Johnny Cash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, industrialist Dr. Armand Hammer, investor Carl Icahn, Congressman Charlie Rangel, Bess Meyerson, the Hells Angels, Howard Stern Wack Packer Elegant Elliot Offen , and key figures associated with the American Mafia including Matty ""The Horse"" Ianniello, Joe ""Scarface"" Agone, Vincent ""Jimmy Blue Eyes"", and Frank Tieri. Goldberg was born January 2, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. As a youth, he took a keen interest in sports, including baseball, football and basketball, but a passion for competitive boxing soon eclipsed"
"April 17, 2015 by Sundance Selects. Post-war Communist Romania: In 1959 Bucharest, members of Romania's high society Max Rosenthal (Mark Strong), Alice Bercovich (Vera Farmiga), Dumi Dorneanu (Tim Plester), Răzvan Orodel (Joe Armstrong) and Iorgu Ristea (Christian McKay), known collectively as Ioanid Gang, announce to a crowd that they are shooting a film. A young café worker, Virgil (Harry Lloyd), is among the witnesses. Under the guise of making this film, the Ioanid Gang perform a heist of the National Bank of Romania. The following day, Virgil loiters around a film set and encounters the director, Flaviu (Allan Corduner), who"
"Munich in September 1988 at age 75 from a heart attack. He was buried in Waldfriedhof cemetery, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausener, Bavaria. !colspan=""3"" style=""background:#C1D8FF;""| James Bond Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart ""Gert"" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a West German film and stage actor. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", as Peachum in ""The Threepenny Opera"", as Baron Bomburst in ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", as Hotzenplotz in ""Der Räuber Hotzenplotz"" and ""Colonel Manfred von Holstein"" in ""Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"". Fröbe was"
"the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema. Robinson was born as Emanuel Goldenberg to a Yiddish-speaking Romanian Jewish family in Bucharest, the son of Sarah (née Guttman) and Morris Goldenberg, a builder. After one of his brothers was attacked by an anti-semitic mob, the family decided to immigrate to the United States. Robinson arrived in New York City on February 21, 1904. ""At Ellis Island I was born again"", he wrote. ""Life for me began when I was 10 years old."" He grew up on the Lower East Side, had his Bar Mitzvah at First Roumanian-American Congregation, and"
"gangster film genre with his silent era movie ""Underworld"" (1927). Sternberg's themes typically offer the spectacle of an individual's desperate struggle to maintain their personal integrity as they sacrifice themselves for lust or love. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for ""Morocco"" (1930) and ""Shanghai Express"" (1932). Josef von Sternberg was born Jonas Sternberg to an impoverished Orthodox Jewish family in Vienna, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When Sternberg was three years old, his father Moses Sternberg, a former soldier in the army of Austria-Hungary, moved to the United States to seek work."
"It was one of the most notable gangster films of the decade. Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci also starred in the film with Pesci earning an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards in all, including Best Picture and Best Director, making ""Goodfellas"" one of the most critically acclaimed crime films of all time. Following their collaboration in ""Goodfellas"", Scorsese, De Niro and Pesci would team up again in 1995's ""Casino"", based on Frank Rosenthal, an associate of the Chicago Outfit, that ran multiple casinos in Las Vegas during"
"be portrayed in the following films: Abraham Weinberg Abraham ""Bo"" Weinberg (January 7, 1900 – September 9, 1935) was a Jewish New York City mobster who became a hitman and chief lieutenant for the Prohibition-era gang boss Dutch Schultz. As Schultz expanded his bootlegging operations into Manhattan during Prohibition, he recruited Abe Weinberg and his brother George into his gang. Abe Weinberg would become one of Schultz's top gunmen during the Manhattan Bootleg Wars and was a later suspect in the high-profile gangland slayings of Jack ""Legs"" Diamond, Vincent ""Mad Dog"" Coll, and mob boss Salvatore Maranzano. In 1933, Schultz"
"died at the age of 77 after a short illness. Götz George Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ""Tatort"". George was born in Berlin into a well known acting family: his father, Heinrich George, was a film and theater actor, and his mother, Berta Drews, a character actress. George is named after his father's favorite, Imperial Knight Götz von Berlichingen. His father was imprisoned by the Soviets"
"Toma Caragiu Toma Caragiu (; 21 August 1925 – 4 March 1977) was a prolific Romanian theatre, television and film actor. He was born in Ploiesti, Romania in an Aromanian family, from the Greek village of Aetomilitsa, in the region of Epirus on 21 August 1925. Toma Caragiu was one of the best Romanian actors, with a rich activity in both film and theatre. He liked to play comic characters, but he excelled also in drama, one of his reference films being “Actorul si Salbaticii”. He played alongside great actors such as Ştefan Bănică, Octavian Cotescu, Anda Calugareanu etc. Toma"
"American Gangster (film) American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian. The film is fictionally based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by detective Richie Roberts. The film stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in their first lead acting roles together since 1995's ""Virtuosity"". The film also co-stars Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor,"
"Alessandra Celi, is an actress. Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi (; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed for many roles, he is best remembered internationally for his portrayal of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film ""Thunderball"". Celi later spoofed his ""Thunderball"" role in the film ""OK Connery"" (aka ""Operation Double 007"") opposite Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery. Celi became a film actor in post-war Italy. He left"
"Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi (; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed for many roles, he is best remembered internationally for his portrayal of Emilio Largo in the 1965 James Bond film ""Thunderball"". Celi later spoofed his ""Thunderball"" role in the film ""OK Connery"" (aka ""Operation Double 007"") opposite Sean Connery's brother, Neil Connery. Celi became a film actor in post-war Italy. He left the Italian film industry when"
"Tiberiu Teodorescu Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Minerva Teodorescu, Marius Șerbu Directed by: Theodor Halacu Nicon Aired: 12 June 2005 Edited by: Raluca Saita Written by: Ovidiu Niculescu, Sorin Tofan, Minerva Teodorescu, Marius Șerbu Directed by: Bogdan Bărbulescu The title Băieți buni (literally Good Guys) clearly refers to the two police officers. In Romania, people rushed to translate the title to Goodfellas, which, technically, is a correct translation. However, due to the connotation of 'mobsters' brought to this term by the 1990 Martin Scorsese picture, the Goodfellas translation is clearly a mistake. Băieți buni Băieți buni is a 2005"
"Bill Goldberg William Scott Goldberg (born December 27, 1966) is an American professional wrestler, actor, football player, and mixed martial artist color commentator. He is known for his time in WWE and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Goldberg. Goldberg widened his worldwide audience by appearing on various television shows and movies, one of his first major roles was playing the Unisol Soldier 'Romeo' along side Jean-Claude Van Damme in """", in 1999. He has since gone on to appear in various roles from show host to playing himself in ""Family Guy"". Regarded as one of the most"
"Billy Goldenberg William Leon Goldenberg (born February 10, 1936, Brooklyn) is an American composer and songwriter, best-known for his work on television and film. Among his most noteworthy were his collaborations with Steven Spielberg on his telefilms (in particular, ""Night Gallery"" in 1969, and ""Duel"" in 1971) and his seven-episode contribution toward the ""NBC Mystery Movie"" detective series ""Columbo"". He composed the themes for several popular television programs, including ""Kojak"", ""Alias Smith and Jones"", ""Banacek"", ""Rhoda"" and ""Our House"". He composed the scores to countless films and TV movies including ""Fear No Evil"" (1969), ""Ritual of Evil"" (1970), ""The Grasshopper"""
"pronounced dead at 8:20 AM GMT+2. His body was cremated on 5 January 2013, according to his wishes. Sergiu Nicolaescu Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu (; 13 April 1930 – 3 January 2013) was a Romanian film director, actor and politician. He was best known for his historical films, such as ""Mihai Viteazul"" (1970, released in English both under the equivalent title ""Michael the Brave"" and also as ""The Last Crusade""), ""Dacii"" (1966, ""Les Guerriers""), ""Razboiul Independenței"" (1977, ""War of Independence""), as well as for his series of thrillers that take place in the interwar Kingdom of Romania, such as ""Un comisar"
"Joachim Fuchsberger Joachim ""Blacky"" Fuchsberger (pronounced ; 11 March 1927 – 11 September 2014) was a German actor, voice actor, television host, lyricist and businessman best known to a wide German-speaking audience as one of the recurring actors in various Edgar Wallace movies (always playing one of the good guys, often a Detective Inspector with Scotland Yard). In the English-speaking world, he was sometimes credited as Akim Berg or Berger. Fuchsberger was born in Zuffenhausen, today a district of Stuttgart, and was a member of the obligatory Hitler Youth. During World War II, at the age of 16, he was"
"Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known internationally for his performance as the lead villain in Bond film ""Quantum of Solace"", his performance in Steven Spielberg's ""Munich"", and for his role in ""The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"", for which he drew critical acclaim. He has also won several César Awards and the Lumières Award. Amalric was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, France, the son of journalists Nicole Zand, a literary critic for ""Le Monde"", and Jacques Amalric, who has worked as a foreign affairs editor"
"by Alexandru Solomon. The film ""Closer to the Moon"" (2014) by Nae Caranfil, starring Harry Lloyd, Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong and Joe Armstrong, is fictional and very loosely connected to the real events. Ioanid Gang The Ioanid Gang () was a group in Communist Romania named after two of its members, Alexandru and Paul Ioanid. On 28 July 1959, they were accused of carrying out the most famous bank robbery in a Communist state. An armed group of six Jewish Romanian intellectuals and Romanian Communist Party cadres (Alexandru Ioanid, Paul Ioanid, Igor Sevianu, Monica Sevianu, Saşa Muşat and Haralambie Obedeanu)"
"Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart ""Gert"" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a West German film and stage actor. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", as Peachum in ""The Threepenny Opera"", as Baron Bomburst in ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", as Hotzenplotz in ""Der Räuber Hotzenplotz"" and ""Colonel Manfred von Holstein"" in ""Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"". Fröbe was born in Oberplanitz, today part of Zwickau. He was initially a violinist, but he abandoned it for Kabarett and theatre work. He joined the"
"Dan Bordeianu Dan Bordeianu (; born 23 October 1975) is a Romanian actor and occasional singer, mostly known for his parts in telenovelas. His first part came when he was 11, in the movie ""Promisiuni"", starring Mircea Diaconu and Ion Caramitru. In Romania, he became a familiar face after starring in the 2004-2005 soap-opera ""Numai iubirea"", produced by MediaPro Pictures, playing the troubled, yet good-hearted brother of main star Alexandru Papadopol. The show brought a high-profile romance with co-star Adela Popescu. MediaPro Pictures capitalised on their real-life relationship by producing two one-season soap-operas, ""Lacrimi de iubire"" and ""Iubire ca în"
"Götz George Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ""Tatort"". George was born in Berlin into a well known acting family: his father, Heinrich George, was a film and theater actor, and his mother, Berta Drews, a character actress. George is named after his father's favorite, Imperial Knight Götz von Berlichingen. His father was imprisoned by the Soviets and starved in the Soviet concentration camp Sachsenhausen Speziallager Nr."
"Sergiu Nicolaescu Sergiu Florin Nicolaescu (; 13 April 1930 – 3 January 2013) was a Romanian film director, actor and politician. He was best known for his historical films, such as ""Mihai Viteazul"" (1970, released in English both under the equivalent title ""Michael the Brave"" and also as ""The Last Crusade""), ""Dacii"" (1966, ""Les Guerriers""), ""Razboiul Independenței"" (1977, ""War of Independence""), as well as for his series of thrillers that take place in the interwar Kingdom of Romania, such as ""Un comisar acuză"" (1973, ""A Police Inspector Calls""). Joanna Pacuła starred in his film ""Ultima noapte de dragoste"" (""The Last"
"set of instructions known as the ""Ten Commandments for Con Men"" has been attributed to Lustig: Victor Lustig Victor Lustig (; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) was a highly skilled con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. He is widely regarded as one of the most notorious con artists of his time, and is infamous for being ""the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice"", and for conducting the ""Rumanian Box"" scam. Victor Lustig was born in Hostinné, Austria-Hungary, originally under"
"popular setting for prewar crime films, from the 1950s until the early 21st century most gangster movies were set in either the prohibition era, postwar America, or the present day. The 2007 film ""American Gangster"" directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe also bares mention in fictionalising the life of Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas and his rivalry with the American Mafia. The 2008 Italian mob film ""Gomorrah"" was met with much critical acclaim upon its premiere in North America. The film was directed by Matteo Garrone, based on the book by Roberto Saviano that depicts"
"Mel Weinberg Melvin Weinberg (December 4, 1924 – May 30, 2018) was an American con artist, charlatan and federal government informant who is known for his involvement in the Abscam sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the time of the scandal, he was a convict hired by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct the operation in exchange for probation. His story was portrayed in the 2013 film ""American Hustle"", with Christian Bale playing Irving Rosenfeld, a character based on him. Weinberg was born in The Bronx, the son of Helen and Harry Weinberg. His mother"
"Andrei Boncea Andrei Boncea (born February 6, 1972 in Suici, Argeș, Romania) is a Romanian film producer, and since 1998 General Director of MediaPro Pictures, one of the leading film and television studios in Eastern Europe. He has been involved in numerous international productions filmed in Romania, such as ""Amen."", directed by Costa Gavras, ""Callas Forever"", directed by Franco Zeffirelli, ""Modigliani"", directed by Mick Davis, starring Andy García, and 2006 Academy Award nominee for Foreign Film ""Merry Christmas"", directed by Christian Carion. He has also produced Romanian films such as ""Furia"", directed by Radu Muntean, and ""California Dreamin'"", directed by"
"of his close friend in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Wilhelm von Homburg Norbert Grupe (August 25, 1940 – March 10, 2004), better known outside Germany by his stage name Wilhelm von Homburg, was a German wrestler, boxer, and actor, best known for his portrayal of Vigo in the film ""Ghostbusters II"". Wilhelm Von Homburg (A.K.A. Norbert Grupe) was born in Berlin, Germany. He started out his career as a wrestler during the fifties in Germany where he earned his fame. He also toured the States. Homburg's stage name was Prinz Wilhelm Von Homburg. In the early sixties, he shifted from wrestling"
"down Lucas's operation, Roberts's investigation also uncovered police corruption connected with the drug trade. Lucas's criminal enterprise and the investigation by Roberts was the subject of the 2007 film ""American Gangster"", starring actor Denzel Washington (as Lucas) and Australian actor Russell Crowe (as Roberts). After Lucas was incarcerated, Roberts entered private practice as an attorney specializing in criminal defense, and was retained by Lucas as defense counsel. In April 2017, Roberts pleaded guilty to tax crimes after an investigation against him by the Internal Revenue Service's criminal division and investigators from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Roberts was born in the"
"James Gandolfini James Joseph Gandolfini Jr. (September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor best known for his role as Tony Soprano, the Italian-American crime boss in HBO's television series ""The Sopranos"". He was widely hailed for his performance, winning three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. His notable film roles include mob henchman Virgil in ""True Romance"" (1993), Lt. Bobby Dougherty in ""Crimson Tide"" (1995), and Mayor of New York in ""The Taking of Pelham 123"" (2009). Other roles are enforcer and stuntman Bear in ""Get Shorty"" (1995) and impulsive"