Vigoda's daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told The Associated Press that Vigoda died Tuesday morning in his beddy-bye at Fuchs' home in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The could cause of afterlife was old age. "This man was never sick," Fuchs said.
Vigoda formed in about obscurity as a acknowledging amateur in the New York amphitheater and in television until Francis Ford Coppola casting him in the 1972 Oscar-winning "The Godfather." Vigoda played Sal Tessio, an old acquaintance of Vito Corleone's (Marlon Brando) who hopes to yield over the ancestors afterwards Vito's afterlife by killing his son Michael Corleone (Al Pacino). But Michael anticipates that Sal's advancement for a "peace summit" a part of abomination families is a bureaucracy and the escorts Sal anticipation were demography him to the affair about-face out to be his executioners.
"Tell Mike it was alone business," Sal mutters to consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) as he's led away.
The abundant success of the blur and "The Godfather Part II" fabricated his face and voice, if not his name, apparent to the accepted accessible and led to abundant roles, generally as hoodlums.
But it was his banana about-face in "Barney Miller," which starred Hal Linden and ran from 1975 to 1982, that brought Vigoda's greatest recognition.
He admired to acquaint the adventure of how he won the role of Detective Fish. An exercise enthusiast, Vigoda had just alternate from a five-mile jog if his abettor alleged and told him to address anon to the appointment of Danny Arnold, who was bearing a pilot for a badge base comedy.
Arnold remarked that Vigoda looked tired, and the amateur explained about his jog. "You know, you attending like you ability accept hemorrhoids," Arnold said. "What are you - a doctor or a producer?" Vigoda asked. He was casting on the spot.
"The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows," a advertence book, commented that Vigoda was the hit of "Barney Miller." ''Not alone did he attending incredible, he articulate and acted like every animation ability be his last," it said. "Fish was consistently on the border of retirement, and his affliction day was if the base abode toilet bankrupt down."
Vigoda remained a approved on "Barney Miller" until 1977 if he took the appearance to his own series, "Fish." The storyline dealt with the detective's calm activity and his relations with 5 artery kids that he and his wife took into their home.
The appearance lasted a division and a half. Vigoda connected authoritative casual bedfellow appearances on "Barney Miller," abandonment over announcement and bacon differences.
But he remained a accepted appearance amateur in films, including "Cannonball Run II," ''Look Who's Talking," ''Joe Versus the Volcano" and "North."
His affinity to Boris Karloff led to his casting in the 1986 New York awakening of "Arsenic and Old Lace," arena the role Karloff originated on the date in the 1940s. (The arduous appearance in the atramentous ball is abundantly said by added characters to resemble Boris Karloff, a abundant antic aback if the absolute Karloff was arena him.)
Born in New York City in 1921, Vigoda abounding the Amphitheater School of Dramatic Arts at Carnegie Hall. In the aboriginal 1950s, he appeared as beeline man for the Jimmy Durante and Ed Wynn TV comedies.
For 30 years, he formed in the theater, acting in dozens of plays in such assorted characters as John of Gaunt in "Richard II" (his admired role) and Abraham Lincoln in a brief Broadway ball "Tough to Get Help."
Vigoda attributed his top allotment in acceptable roles to his achievement in auditions. Instead of carrying the annoyed soliloquies that a lot of actors performed, he wrote his own, about a bazaar barker. At a abruptness 80th altogether affair in New Jersey in 2001, he gave a active account of the address to the contentment of the 100 guests.
Reflecting on his delayed success, Vigoda already remarked: "When I was a adolescent man, I was told success had to appear in my youth. I begin this to be a myth. My adventures accept accomplished me that if you acutely accept in what you are doing, success can appear at any age."
"Barney Miller" became his aboriginal abiding acting job.
"I'm the aforementioned Abe Vigoda," he told an interviewer. "I accept the aforementioned friends, but the aberration now is that I can buy the things I never could allow before. I accept never had a abode before, so now I would like a abode with a nice garden and a pool. Hollywood has been actual affectionate to me."
He was affiliated twice, a lot of afresh to Beatrice Schy, who died in 1992. He had his babe with his aboriginal wife, Sonja Gohlke, who has aswell died. Vigoda is survived by his daughter, grandchildren Jamie, Paul and Steven, and a great-grandson.
Reruns of "Barney Miller" and again screenings of the two "Godfather" epics kept Vigoda in the accessible eye, and clashing some celebrities, he enjoyed getting recognized. In 1997 he was arcade in Bloomingdale's in Manhattan if a salesman remarked: "You attending like Abe Vigoda. But you can't be Abe Vigoda because he's dead." Vigoda generally appeared on lists of active celebrities believed to accept anesthetized away.
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