Celebrity Death: Frank Vincent

[Raging Bull]

Jesus I was just watching clips from the Sopranos yesterday for some odd reason. Great character actor.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Brb I gotta go home and get my ****in' shinebox.

R.I.P. Frank

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Please, no shinebox joke. He was far more iconic in The Sopranos.

'' 47 years-old...he was a ****ing kid. ''

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Please, no shinebox joke. He was far more iconic in The Sopranos.

But still. A lot of folks know him from Goodfellas.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I know. Just that it's been done to death, revived and done to death again. It's unoriginal at this point.

 

[Raging Bull]

Please, no shinebox joke. He was far more iconic in The Sopranos.

'' 47 years-old...he was a ****ing kid. ''

"I loved Vito. He was like a brother-in-law to me"

 

[One Blurred Eye]

Though really a smaller role I'll probably remember him most for his contribution to the cornfield scene in Casino, which unsettles me to this day. Vincent adding that flair of his signature cruelty atop Scorcese's naturalistic approach and Pesci's defeated anguish just burned that sequence into my brain--even though probably considered fairly tame even by the measures of its day with regards to the violence depicted, it's yet a far more effective portrayal of horror than what most films that pass themselves off as horror have ever accomplished. So to Frank, I raise my glass, you'll always have a place in my nightmares.

 

[Terry Yake]

yeah the shinebox thing was funny the first 100 times

i absolutely hated phil on the sopranos but vincent played the hell out of that role. "you look like a puerto rican w***e."

RIP

 

[takk]

great actor

 

[Jumptheshark]

go get your shoe shine box

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Did great job in various roles usually related to Mob

He was also in Gotti which a lot of people don't remember. It was 90's mob movie on HBO about Gotti and his associates

 

[Wolfpuck]

"20 years in the can"

Rest in peace

 

[CycloneLaunch]

Great death scenes in The Sopranos and Goodfellas

Rip, agree with One Blurred Eye about Casino as well, the sound of bats just hammering at a human body always disturbed me

 

[ProstheticConscience]

"Tough guy, huh?! You and your ****in brother! No more!"

RIP to the consummate generic screen mafia guy.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Great bit in Do The Right Thing as well.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Great death scenes in The Sopranos and Goodfellas

I was thinking the same, especially in The Sopranos

 

[DoyleG]

Great death scenes in The Sopranos and Goodfellas

Rip, agree with One Blurred Eye about Casino as well, the sound of bats just hammering at a human body always disturbed me

Yet that beating was more realistic about how the mob dealt with their own. Even the Billy Batts scene was rather tame than what was to come in Casino.





In the end, Frank and Joe came out even.

RIP

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

RIP Frank...a great actor, who graciously shared his gift with us all for many years.

 

[John Price]

**** NO this makes me sad, he was great on the Sopranos

why

 

[irunthepeg]

Though really a smaller role I'll probably remember him most for his contribution to the cornfield scene in Casino, which unsettles me to this day. Vincent adding that flair of his signature cruelty atop Scorcese's naturalistic approach and Pesci's defeated anguish just burned that sequence into my brain--even though probably considered fairly tame even by the measures of its day with regards to the violence depicted, it's yet a far more effective portrayal of horror than what most films that pass themselves off as horror have ever accomplished. So to Frank, I raise my glass, you'll always have a place in my nightmares.

Great death scenes in The Sopranos and Goodfellas

Rip, agree with One Blurred Eye about Casino as well, the sound of bats just hammering at a human body always disturbed me

So true, that death scene in Casino still gets me unsettled when I watch it. Such a great movie.

 

[Baby Punisher]

NOW GO GET YOUR ****ING SHINE BOX, in Heaven. Rest in peace Frank. I enjoyed your work very much.

 

[iamjs]

"No more shines, Billy."

Odd fact about Frank Vincent and Joe Pesci: they were in a band together in the 70s that mainly played weddings and small events. Their band also later released a Christmas song on 45.

I'd post links but youtube is closely monitored in the office.

Edit: here's a pic of the band with a link to the video a few responses into the tweet



looks like they got a replacement member in this poster. No word if he was whacked by Frankie or Joe.

 

[DeYarmond Edison]

^^ That's super cool! Thanks for posting..

I'm just now hearing about his death. Such a bummer.

Goodfellas, The Sopranos, and Casino all hold a special place in my heart

 

[iamjs]

 

[Baby Punisher]

WOW! Those clips are quite the trip down memory lane.