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RIP Mr Vargas/Angry Ghost/Mr Kerber
aka Vincent Schiavelli
I thought surely somebody would have posted this already.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html
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Character actor Vincent Schiavelli dead
'Ghost,' 'Cuckoo's Nest' actor claimed by lung cancer
Monday, December 26, 2005; Posted: 1:13 p.m. EST (18:13 GMT)
ROME, Italy (AP) -- Droopy-eyed character actor Vincent Schiavelli, who appeared in scores of movies, including "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Ghost," died Monday at his home in Sicily. He was 57.
He died of lung cancer, said Salvatore Glorioso, mayor of Polizzi Generosa, the Sicilian village where Schiavelli resided.
Schiavelli, whose gloomy look made him perfect to play creepy or eccentric characters, made appearances in some 150 film and television productions, according to the Internet Movie Database.
Among the movies: "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," "Amadeus," "Batman Returns," and "The People vs. Larry Flynt." He was selected in 1997 by Vanity Fair as one of America's best character actors.
Schiavelli, who was born and raised in New York, studied acting at New York University's School of the Arts.
He also wrote three cookbooks and many food articles for magazines and newspapers, possibly inheriting his love for cooking from his grandfather, who had been a cook for an Italian baron before moving to the United States, according to IMDb.
"He was a great friend, a great chef and a great talker," Glorioso, who has known Schiavelli for almost four years, said in a telephone interview.
"With a smooth, witty conversation, he would make everything look more colorful. I've lost a brother," he said.
Schiavelli also had worked in Italy, including in 2001 when he directed a theater piece in Sicily based on nine fables.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday in Polizzi Generosa, Glorioso said.
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I've loved this guy since fast times at ridgemont high. he was also in one of my most fav movies in the world, better off dead.
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I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!
Last edited by ShaniFaye; 12-27-2005 at 05:35 AM..
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