Personal Info
Birth date
1937-06-28 (88 Years)
Day of death
2006-02-18
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as
Eddie Gambino
Richard Wright
Richard Bright
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard J. Bright (June 28, 1937 – February 18, 2006) was an American actor best known for his role as Al Neri in the The Godfather films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Bright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.937
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Law & Order
7.402
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.The Sopranos
8.7
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.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.6
Overview:
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.The Godfather
8.7
Overview:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.Falcon Crest
5.538
Overview:
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.Hill Street Blues
7.6
Overview:
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.Third Watch
7.927
Overview:
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.Oz
8
Overview:
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.Studio One
5
Overview:
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.The Godfather Part II
8.6
Overview:
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.The Equalizer
7.145
Overview:
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.Fame
6.797
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.Jake and the Fatman
6.12
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 Godfather Part III
7.4
Overview:
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.Once Upon a Time in America
8.41
Overview:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.The Defenders
5.9
Overview:
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.Somerset
5
Overview:
Somerset is an American television soap opera which ran on NBC from March 30, 1970 until December 31, 1976. The show was a spinoff of another NBC serial, Another World.100 Centre Street
7.7
Overview:
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.Red Heat
6.2
Overview:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.The Jury
7
Overview:
Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their own opinions about the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Following each verdict, a final flashback will let viewers see the crime as it actually happened and reveal whether or not the jury made the right decision.Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
8.573
Overview:
An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen in the first two films added.Houston Knights
4.3
Overview:
Houston Knights is an American crime drama set in Houston, Texas. The show ran on CBS from 1987 to 1988 and had 31 episodes. The core of the show was the partnership between two very different cops from two different cultures. Chicago cop Joey LaFiamma, played by Michael Paré, is transferred to Houston after he kills a mobster from a powerful Mafia family and a contract is put out on him. Once there, he is partnered with Levon Lundy, played by Michael Beck, the grandson of a Texas Ranger. Although as different as night and day, and after a rocky beginning they form a successful partnership and become friends. This is aided to a certain extent by an event where a hitman from Chicago who holds the contract to shoot La Fiamma arrives in Houston and is ultimately killed by Lundy. During the series, it is revealed that both La Fiamma and Lundy have their own personal demons; La Fiamma's Chicago police partner had been killed when he went ahead while La Fiamma had waited for backup to arrive. Lundy's wife had been killed by an explosion that was intended to kill him.Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
7.222
Overview:
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.Coronet Blue
5.5
Overview:
Coronet Blue is an American TV series that ran on CBS from May 29, 1967, to September 4, 1967. It starred Frank Converse as Michael Alden, an amnesiac in search of his identity, with Brian Bedford his co-star. The show's 13 episodes were filmed in 1965 and were originally intended to be shown during the 1965-66 television season, but CBS put the show on hiatus when they reversed an earlier decision to cancel the drama Slattery's People. The network had plans to show Coronet Blue the following year, with CBS head of programming Michael Dann saying that, "there still is enormous enthusiasm" for it, but it would take another full year until the network aired it as a summer replacement. It proved moderately popular and developed a cult following. According to Converse, CBS wanted to renew it but by then Converse had signed to do another series for ABC, N.Y.P.D., which premiered the day after the last airing of Coronet Blue. Due to a number of pre-emptions, only 11 of the 13 episodes were shown during the initial run. The theme song was performed by R&B singer Lenny Welch.Marathon Man
7.175
Overview:
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.Hair
7.3
Overview:
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.The Getaway
7.1
Overview:
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.Delvecchio
NYR
Overview:
Delvecchio is an American television series that aired on CBS during the 1976-77 season. It starred Judd Hirsch as the title character, Dominick Delvecchio, an Italian-American detective who worked for the LAPD and also studied to become a lawyer. A writer of eight episodes of the series, Stephen Bochco, would later import cast members Charles Haid and Michael Conrad, along with guest-stars James B. Sikking and George Wyner, to his masterpiece Hill Street Blues. One episode of the Delvecchio series was made available on the 2006 DVD release, "Brilliant But Cancelled TV Dramas," along with an episode each of Gideon Oliver, Johnny Staccato, and Touching Evil.The Panic in Needle Park
6.784
Overview:
A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.Acting
2006Day On Fire as Homeless Man
2004The Jury (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Dead Dog as Cunningham
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 Episode) as Frank Lowell
2001Trigger Happy as Quigley
2001100 Centre Street (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2000The Photographer as Drunk in Bar
2000Broke Even as Lazarus
1999Third Watch (2 Episodes) as Drunk
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 Episode) as Robert Sawyer
1999Pictures of Baby Jane Doe as Rudy
1999Joe the King as Roy
1999The Sopranos (1 Episode) as Frank Crisci
1998All Revved Up as Louis
1998Anima as Tommy
1997Oz (1 Episode) as Detective Robert Stransky
1997Night Falls on Manhattan as 64 Precinct Lieutenant
1996Calm at Sunset as Pittsley
1996Beautiful Girls as Dick Conway
1994Who Do I Gotta Kill? as Belcher
1994The Ref as Murray
1993Who's the Man? as Demetrius
1990The Godfather Part III as Al Neri
1990Law & Order (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Albert Boxer, Mr. Quinn, Victim's Former Police Captain, Dru Hunt
1990The Ambulance as McClosky
1990Ghoul School as Principal Kaplan (as Eddie Gambino)
1988An Empire of Reason as Donahue Audience Member
1988The Verne Miller Story as Adam Richetti
1988Red Heat as Sgt. Gallagher
1988Time Out as Sherif
1987Jake and the Fatman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987Houston Knights (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1986Brighton Beach Memoirs as Recruiting Sergeant
1986The Penalty Phase as Judge Von Karman
1986There Must Be a Pony as The Detective
1985High School Narc as Dave
1985The Equalizer (1, 1 Episode) as Vegas, Gropman
1985Cut and Run as Bob Allo
1985Crimewave as Officer Brennan
1985Brass as Philip Stack
1984Once Upon a Time in America as Chicken Joe
1983Two of a Kind as Stuart
1982Girls Nite Out as Detective Greenspan
1982Vigilante as Burke
1982Fame (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981Falcon Crest (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981Sizzle as Corky
1981The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic as Al Neri
1981Hill Street Blues (1 Episode) as Stubby
1980The Idolmaker as Uncle Tony
1980Skag (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1979Hair as Fenton
1979From Here to Eternity (3 Episodes) as Sgt. Doehm
1978On the Yard as Nunn
1978Cops and Robin as Lt. Dan Morgan
1977Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (4 Episodes) as Al Neri
1977Looking for Mr. Goodbar as George
1977Citizens Band as Smilin' Jack
1976Marathon Man as Karl
1976Delvecchio (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Rancho Deluxe as Burt
1974The Godfather Part II as Al Neri
1974The Gun as Gil Strauss
1974Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1974The Sugarland Express as Marvin Dybala (uncredited)
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Holly
1973The Connection as BeeJay
1972The Getaway as The Thief
1972The Godfather as Neri
1971A Death of Innocence as Johnny Rekko
1971The Panic in Needle Park as Hank
1970Somerset (283 Episodes) as Bernie Bailey
1969Lions Love as Billy the Kid in The Beard
1969Freedom to Love as Billy the Kid
1967Coronet Blue (1 Episode) as Harry
1961The Defenders (1 Episode) as Phil Macy
1959Odds Against Tomorrow as Coco
1948Studio One (1 Episode) as Ditch