Author Topic: Rest In Peace Dennis Farina, 1944-2013 (Read 4128 times)

bebop396 · « **on:** July 22, 2013, 01:06:06 PM »

He was one of a kind, here is a tribute

_aj_ · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2013, 01:07:20 PM »

240 is Back · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2013, 01:11:21 PM »

RIP.... he was great in snatch

Straw Man · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2013, 01:22:21 PM »

He was hilarious in both Midnight Run and Get Shorty

BB · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:12:38 PM »

He also had a good run with Michael Mann in Thief, Manhunter, Luck, Miami Vice, and Crime Story.

Always surprised he didn't show up in Scorsese's work.

dr.chimps · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:17:49 PM »

Quote from: BB on July 22, 2013, 02:12:38 PM

He also had a good run with Michael Mann in Thief, Manhunter, Luck, Miami Vice, and Crime Story.

Always surprised he didn't show up in Scorsese's work.

Exactly what I came to post. Sad news.

wild willie · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:19:26 PM »

Very fine actor!

May God rest his soul.

Nails · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:24:51 PM »

Great Funny Actor i will always remember him best in

Get Shorty
Snatch

TrueGrit · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:26:13 PM »

Jimmy Serrano was a legend..

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:41:27 PM »

Sold actor didn't get into the game until later in his life , was in Saving Private Ryan too

Rest in Peace

Skylge · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2013, 02:51:47 PM »

Terrific actor, very sad news that he passed away

arce1988 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:27:25 PM »

rip

code of silence

Mr. Zimbabwe · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2013, 03:32:05 PM »

Damn! Excellent actor. He will be missed!! RIP.

bradistani · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2013, 04:09:30 PM »

sad news. crime story used to be a favourite of mine. he was excellent in it!

O.Z. · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2013, 04:14:36 PM »

Quote from: bradistani on July 22, 2013, 04:09:30 PM

sad news. crime story used to be a favourite of mine. he was excellent in it!

great show
RIP

orion · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2013, 04:17:24 PM »

He seemed a natural at playing gangsters. Any truth to the story he was a cop? Or was that just Hollywood spin?

Army of One · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2013, 04:20:23 PM »

Always came on set with his glutes well trained and never forgot the value of the anabolic window.

Ronnie Rep · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2013, 05:00:37 PM »

RIP good actor!

Disgusted · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2013, 05:03:58 PM »

Damn.

RIP

Rhino · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2013, 05:33:45 PM »

Mid night run was epic.

AbrahamG · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2013, 05:44:20 PM »

Funny dude, but uglier than buckets of dog shit. RIP.

Rhino · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2013, 06:21:19 PM »

Quote from: AbrahamG on July 22, 2013, 05:44:20 PM

Funny dude, but uglier than buckets of dog shit. RIP.

exactly, made him good for evil roles :_)

Desolate · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2013, 07:26:56 PM »

Yeah, I was pissed when I heard this morning.

R.I.P., Dennis.

Krankenstein · « **Reply #23 on:** July 22, 2013, 09:04:41 PM »

Quote from: orion on July 22, 2013, 04:17:24 PM

He seemed a natural at playing gangsters. Any truth to the story he was a cop? Or was that just Hollywood spin?

Cop for 20yrs.

My patient's late husband was very good friends with him. Her husband actually was integral in bringing down some of the 'connected' guys in Chicago. I will find out, but there is a famous one that actually he (late husband) got into a fist fight with. He also wrote a book.

BB · « **Reply #24 on:** July 22, 2013, 10:24:40 PM »

Quote from: orion on July 22, 2013, 04:17:24 PM

He seemed a natural at playing gangsters. Any truth to the story he was a cop? Or was that just Hollywood spin?

Yes, as mentioned, he was a Chicago cop. On the movie Thief, Michael Mann hired a bunch of policemen to act as advisors, and later gave most short roles in the film. You can see quite a few in the scene where Caan's character doesn't pay the protection money and is tuned up at the station house. Farina has a slightly meatier role as a bodyguard in the film. That's where he got his start.

See him here 4:58 - 6:00 -

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That film was a cleaned up version of the life of a famous mid western robber named Frank Hohimer that most of the guys Mann picked had dealings with.