He was not on the list.
PARAMUS, New Jersey (AP) _ Tony Lip, a veteran actor known for playing mob roles on ``The Sopranos'' television show and in many major feature films, has died. He was 82.
Lip, a Paramus resident whose real name was Frank
Anthony Vallelonga, died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck. The cause of death
was not disclosed, but family members told The Record of Woodland Park that Lip
had been in failing health in recent years
While best known for playing mob kingpin Carmine
Lupertazzi in ``The Sopranos'' on HBO, Lip has also had roles in movies
including ``The Godfather,'' ``Goodfellas'' and ``Donnie Brasco.'
Lip also worked at the famed Copacabana club in Manhattan during the 1960s, where met numerous celebrities of the era, including the kind of gangsters he would later portray.
His life in the early 1960s, when he was the driver and bodyguard for the black classical pianist Don Shirley, was dramatized in the 2018 film, Green Book, in which he was portrayed by Viggo Mortensen.
Filmography
The Godfather (1972) – Wedding guest (uncredited)
Crazy Joe (1974) – Mafia hood (uncredited)
The Super Cops (1974) – Detroit hitman (uncredited)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Cop at JFK (uncredited)
Raging Bull (1980) – Nightclubber (uncredited)
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) – Frankie
Year of the Dragon (1985) – Lenny Carranza
Heart (1987) – Max
Last Rites (1988) – Cabbie
Lock Up (1989) – Guard
Goodfellas (1990) – Frankie the Wop
29th Street (1991) – Nicky Bad Lungs
Innocent Blood (1992) – Frank
Law & Order (1992–1996) – Doc / Bobby Murrows
Who's the Man? (1993) – Vito Pasquale
A Brilliant Disguise (1994) – Pete
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye
Is King (1995) – Paulie
Donnie Brasco (1997) – Philly Lucky
A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998) – Bartender
The Sopranos (2001–2007) – Carmine Lupertazzi
The Signs of the Cross (2005) – Mario
All In (2006) – Darkman
Stiletto (2008) – Gus
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