Personal Info
Birth date
1943-02-08 (82 Years)
Day of death
2023-12-23
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Barre, Vermont, USA
Also known as
-Richard Romanus
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Romanus (February 28, 1943 - December 23, 2023) was an American actor of Lebanese descent. Among other roles, he appeared in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, and provided voices for Ralph Bakshi's animated films Wizards and Hey Good Lookin'. He played Lorraine Bracco's ex-husband, later husband again, in three episodes of The Sopranos from 1999–2002. Romanus was born in Barre, Vermont, the son of Eileen (née Maloof) and Dr. Raymond Romanos. His younger brother, Robert, is also an actor. They both appeared in some episodes of MacGyver in the 1980's. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Romanus, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Sopranos
8.653
Overview:
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.Chicago Hope
7.243
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.Hill Street Blues
7.6
Overview:
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.Charlie's Angels
6.7
Overview:
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.Diagnosis: Murder
7.071
Overview:
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.MacGyver
7.72
Overview:
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.The Rockford Files
7.5
Overview:
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.Hawaii Five-O
7.117
Overview:
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".Jake and the Fatman
6.041
Overview:
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.The A-Team
7.466
Overview:
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."Tales from the Darkside
7.188
Overview:
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.Hart to Hart
6.831
Overview:
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.Northern Exposure
7.9
Overview:
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.Mission: Impossible
7.6
Overview:
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.Hunter
7.2
Overview:
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.Starsky & Hutch
7.247
Overview:
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.Matt Houston
6.2
Overview:
Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.Kojak
6.996
Overview:
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.Rhoda
6.25
Overview:
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.Shadow Chasers
6.5
Overview:
Shadow Chasers is a 1985 American mystery television series created by Brian Grazer and Kenneth Johnson. Thirteen episodes were produced, nine of which were shown on the ABC television network, the remaining four on the Armed Forces Network. It debuted on November 14, 1985, and was produced by Warner Bros. Television. Shadow Chasers features strait-laced British anthropologist Jonathan MacKensie, who is blackmailed by his department head, Dr. Julianna Moorhouse of the fictional Georgetown Institute Paranormal Research Unit, into investigating a supposed "haunting" involving a teenage boy in return for a research grant. He paired up with flamboyant tabloid reporter Edgar "Benny" Benedek in an attempt to short-cut the time involved, and over Moorhouse's objections.Charlie Grace
NYR
Overview:
Charlie Grace is a Los Angeles private eye with a daughter named Jenny, works along with other cops, including his partner, Crawford, to solve different multiple mystery cases.Cagney & Lacey
6.9
Overview:
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.Fame
6.8
Overview:
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.Hardcastle and McCormick
6.4
Overview:
Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.Foul Play
5
Overview:
Based on the 1978 film of the same name, the series is about a bumbling detective in San Francisco and his girlfriend.Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
6.8
Overview:
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The series was created and executive produced by Stephen J. Cannell.Heavy Metal
6.508
Overview:
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.Mean Streets
7.08
Overview:
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.Strike Force
7.3
Overview:
Strike Force is an American action-adventure/police procedural television series that aired on ABC during the 1981–1982 television season, and was produced by Aaron Spelling Productions. The program stars Robert Stack as Capt. Frank Murphy, the leader of a special unit of specialized detectives and police officers whose job is to stop violent criminals at any cost. Mixing elements of Stack's classic TV series The Untouchables from 20 years earlier with doses of Mission: Impossible and Dirty Harry, the series immediately provoked controversy over its violence – at one point the series was labeled the most violent in American TV history – though the series attempted to interject liberal amounts of humor into its regular characters and balanced the violence by focusing on the detectives' personal lives.Acting
TBAOuttakes as Morty
2003Young Black Stallion as Ben Ishak
2001Nailed as Uncle Robert
1999The Sopranos (3 Episodes) as Richard La Penna
1999Providence (1 Episode) as Dr. Paul Gavins
1998Giving Up the Ghost as Unknown
1998Urban Relics as Charlie Shivers
1995Charlie Grace (1 Episode) as Rudy Novak
1995The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise as Penguinetti
1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1993Diagnosis: Murder (1 Episode) as Dr. Ed Quiller
1993Point of No Return as Fahd Bahktiar
1992To Protect and Serve as Captain Malouf
1991The Entertainers as Chick
1991Oscar as Vendettii
1990Northern Exposure (1 Episode) as Lowell Grippo
1988The Couch Trip as Harvey Michaels
1988Hollywood Heartbreak as Niles Gregory
1987Jake and the Fatman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Ghost of a Chance as Julio Mendez
1986Murphy's Law as Frank Vincenzo
1985Shadow Chasers (1 Episode) as Bailey
1985MacGyver (1, 1 Episode) as Joey Bennett, James Crowe
1984Protocol as Emir
1984Tales from the Darkside (1 Episode) as Frank Bigalow
1984Hunter (1 Episode) as Nathan 'Nate' Demarest
1984Second Sight: A Love Story as Dr. Ross Harkin
1984More Than Murder as Bordante
1983Hardcastle and McCormick (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983Strangers Kiss as Frank Silva
1983The A-Team (1, 1 Episode) as Jackie Martell, Tommy Tedesco
1982Hey Good Lookin' as Vinnie (voice)
1982Matt Houston (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Pandemonium as Jarrett
1982Cagney & Lacey (2 Episodes) as Hassan bin Moqtadi / Det. Sal Caprio
1982Fame (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981Strike Force (20 Episodes) as Lieutenant Charlie Gunzer
1981Heavy Metal as Harry Canyon (voice)
1981Foul Play (10 Episodes) as Captain Vito Lombardi
1981Hill Street Blues (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1980Sitting Ducks as Moose Joe Mastaki
1980Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Hart to Hart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Gold of the Amazon Women as Luis Escobar
1977Wizards as Weehawk (voice)
1977Night Terror as The Killer
1976Charlie's Angels (1 Episode) as Roy David
1975Starsky & Hutch (1 Episode) as Sonny Watson
1975Russian Roulette as Raymond "Rags" Ragulia
1974The Rockford Files (1 Episode) as Sean Innes
1974Rhoda (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974The Dion Brothers as Carlo
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Det. Sam Calucci
1973Mean Streets as Michael Longo
1970Night Chase as Young Fisherman
1968Hawaii Five-O (1 Episode) as Johnny Noah
1968The Ghastly Ones as Don
1966Mission: Impossible (1 Episode) as Guard
Sound
1980Sitting Ducks ... Original Music Composer