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    Full NameRichard James Bright
    Height5.7
    Hair ColorBrown
    Eye ColorBlue
    Weight185 lbs
    Siblings3 brothers Ernest,William and Charles
    Ethnic Backgroundgrandparents from England and Scotland
    ChildrenDiane and Jeremy
    Places I LivedNew York, California and Pennsylvania
    Last Address123 W. 85th St. Manhattan
    Women I LovedLisa Granese, Sue Wallace, Rutanya Alda,
    Favorite Restaurant3 Star Coffee Shop Manhattan
    Favorite BeerBudweiser
    Favorite SmokesMarlboro
    Favorite Part In A MovieAl Neri in the Godfather part II and III
    Ever Did Nude Scenes?Yes
    Ever Been Arrested?Yes in 1965 in San Francisco after playing The Beard
    Place I Grew UpArgyle Street in Rochester NY
    Worst JobTruck Loader at night for UPS in Brooklyn in 1962

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  • Movies

    "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" ... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title) - Name (2005) TV Episode .... Robert Sawyer "The Jury" - The Boxer (2004) TV Episode .... Nick Dunphy "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" ... aka Law & Order: CI (USA: promotional abbreviation) - Malignant (2002) TV Episode .... Frank Lowell "Law & Order" ... aka Law & Order Prime (USA: informal title) - True Crime (2002) TV Episode .... Dru Hunt - Working Mom (1997) TV Episode .... Victim's Former Police Captain - Black Tie (1993) TV Episode .... Mr. Quinn - Cradle to Grave (1992) TV Episode .... Albert Boxer "The Sopranos" - The Weight (2002) TV Episode .... Frank Crisci "100 Centre Street" - Lost Causes (2001) TV Episode .... Eric the Lawyer - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (2001) TV Episode Trigger Happy (2001) .... Quigley "Oz" - Works of Mercy (2000) TV Episode .... Detective Robert Stransky Broke Even (2000) .... Lazarus The Photographer (2000) .... Drunk at Bar Dead Dog (2000) .... Cunningham "Third Watch" - Modern Designs for Better Living (1999) TV Episode .... Alchy Joe - Anywhere but Here (1999) TV Episode .... Drunk Joe the King (1999) .... Roy ... aka Joe Henry (USA) Getting to Know You (1999) .... Elderly Man ... aka Getting to Know All About You (USA) Witness to the Mob (1998) (TV) .... Joe (Old Man) Paruta O.K. Garage (1998) .... Louis ... aka All Revved Up (USA: video title) Anima (1998) .... Tommy The Hotel Manor Inn (1997) Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) .... 64 Precinct Lieutenant Calm at Sunset (1996) (TV) ... aka Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn (USA) Sweet Nothing (1996) .... Jack Beautiful Girls (1996) .... Dick Conway Jaded (1996) .... Zack Brown Ripper (1996) (VG) .... Dr. Karl Stasiak Blue Funk (1995) .... Father Pictures of Baby Jane Doe (1995) .... Rudy ... aka Jane Doe The Ref (1994) .... Murray, Gus' Driver ... aka Hostile Hostages Who's the Man? (1993) .... Demetrius Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992) (TV) .... The Bomber ... aka Power Play: The Jackie Presser Story (UK: video title) The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V) .... Al Neri ... aka The Godfather Saga (USA) ... aka The Godfather Trilogy Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1992) .... Belcher ... aka Me and the Mob Ballad of Tina Juarez (1992) .... Eddie "Jake and the Fatman" - I Could Write a Book (1991) TV Episode The Godfather: Part III (1990) .... Al Neri ... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part III (USA: complete title) The Ambulance (1990) .... Detective McClosky Ghoul School (1990) (V) (as Eddie Gambino) .... Principal Kaplan "The Equalizer" - Splinters (1988) TV Episode - No Place Like Home (1988) TV Episode Red Heat (1988) .... Det. Sgt. Gallagher Time Out (1988) .... The Sherif "Houston Knights" - Moving Violation (1987) TV Episode - Yesterday's Gone (1987) TV Episode .... Uncle Mikey - Mirrors (pilot) (1987) TV Episode Houston Knights (1987) (TV) The Verne Miller Story (1987) .... Adam Richetti ... aka Gangland (USA: video title) ... aka Verne Miller (USA: short title) Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986) .... Recruiting Sergeant ... aka Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs There Must Be a Pony (1986) (TV) .... The Detective "Hill Street Blues" - I Want My Hill Street Blues (1986) TV Episode .... Stubby Penalty Phase (1986) (TV) .... Judge Von Karman Brass (1985) (TV) .... Philip Stack ... aka Police Brass Inferno in diretta (1985) .... Bob Allo ... aka Amazon: Savage Adventure ... aka Cut and Run (International: English title) ... aka Straight to Hell (International: English title: literal title) Crimewave (1985) .... Officer Brennan ... aka Broken Hearts and Noses ... aka The XYZ Murders Girls Nite Out (1984) .... Detective Greenspan ... aka The Scaremaker Once Upon a Time in America (1984) .... Chicken Joe ... aka C'era una volta in America (Italy) Two of a Kind (1983) .... Stuart Vigilante (1983) .... Burke ... aka Street Gang Sizzle (1981) (TV) .... Corky The Idolmaker (1980) .... Uncle Tony "Skag" - The Working Girl: Part 1 (1980) TV Episode Hair (1979) .... Fenton "From Here to Eternity" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Sgt. Doehm On the Yard (1978) .... Nunn Cops and Robin (1978) (TV) .... Richards "Future Cop" - Cops and Robin (1978) TV Episode .... Lt. Dan Morgan Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) .... George Handle with Care (1977) .... Smilin' Jack ... aka Citizen's Band ... aka The Great American Citizens Band "Delvecchio" - Cancelled Contract (1977) TV Episode "Somerset" (1970) TV Series .... Bernie Bailey (1976) Marathon Man (1976) .... Karl Rancho Deluxe (1975) .... Burt The Godfather: Part II (1974) .... Al Neri ... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Part II (USA: complete title) The Gun (1974) (TV) .... Gil Strauss Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) (uncredited) .... Bar Patron ... aka Traiganme la cabeza de Alfredo Garcia (Mexico) Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) .... Holly The Connection (1973) (TV) .... BeeJay The Getaway (1972) .... Thief at railway station The Godfather (1972) .... Al Neri ... aka Mario Puzo's The Godfather (USA: complete title) A Death of Innocence (1971) (TV) .... Jimmy Rekko The Panic in Needle Park (1971) .... Hank Lions Love (1969) "The Defenders" - The Pill Man (1964) TV Episode .... Phil Macy Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) .... Coco Never Love A Stranger (1958) .....gang lookout "Studio One" ... aka Studio One Summer Theatre (summer title) ... aka Studio One in Hollywood (new title) ... aka Summer Theatre (summer title) ... aka Westinghouse Studio One ... aka Westinghouse Summer Theatre (summer title) - Rudy (1957) TV Episode .... Ditch

  • Television

    the Sopranos, Law and Order

  • Books

    only read movie scripts

  • Heroes

    My friend Al Pacino and Sam Peckinpah, my daughter Diane and my son Jeremy

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About me:

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Try the BEST MySpace Editor at MySpace Toolbox! *If there are any questions about Richard Bright that cannot be answered by reading this profile page please contact me. I will be more than happy to give you answers or help you look for them* Richard James Bright was born in Brooklyn, New York to shipwright Ernest Bright and wife Matilda. Bright was the youngest of four brothers, all of whom were named after British kings, e.g. Richard Bright after Richard the Lionhearted. He began his career doing live television in Manhattan, at the age of 18, and worked on several movies early in his career with his friend, Sam Peckinpah. In 1965, Bright starred in poet Michael McClure's two-person show, The Beard, performing in London, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, where, upon closing one night, he and his female co-star Billie Dixon were arrested for uttering obscenities and simulating sexual acts. The ACLU represented Bright, citing First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. In the end, the charges against Bright were dismissed. In 1972, he appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of The Godfather as Al Neri, one of Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)'s caporegimes. At the end of the first film, his character, dressed as a police officer, murdered rival mob boss Barzini and his henchmen during the film's famous baptism scene. Bright also turned up as Neri in both of that film's two sequels in which he murdered both John Cazale's Fredo Corleone at the end of The Godfather II, and also the Vatican banker, Archbishop Gilday, at the Vatican at the end of Godfather III. ("Neri, take a train to Rome. Light a candle for the archbishop," the newly minted Don Vincent Corleone instructs the veteran henchman.) Bright's association with the Godfather films caused him to be frequently typecast as criminals and gangsters throughout his lengthy career. He had small parts in The Getaway (1972) (as a con man who tries to ply his trade on Ali MacGraw) even his personal car was used as the getaway car at the end of the movie, and The Panic In Needle Park (1971) playing Al Pacino's brother Hank. Bright played another hired killer, Chicken Joe, in Sergio Leone's gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America (1984). Other roles include Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Rancho Deluxe (1975), Marathon Man (1976), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), the film adaptation of Hair (1979), and Beautiful Girls (1995). Later on he ceased being active in films, and was erroneously reported by the Video Hound Movie Guide as having died in 1998. He continued working on stage and in television, appearing on such shows as Law & Order, Oz, Third Watch, and The Sopranos. Bright was fond of Shakespeare and was noted for his representation of King Richard III. Bright was struck and killed by a tour bus on the Upper West Side in Manhattan on February 18, 2006. He was hit by the rear wheel of the bus and killed instantly, according to detectives and witnesses. The driver was unaware of the accident until he was notified upon reaching the Port Authority in midtown Manhattan; no charges were filed. Richard Bright was married several times: Elisa Granese 1957-1960 (1 child) Sue D Wallace ?-? Rutanya Alda 1977- to his death (1 child) Bright is survived by his wife Rutanya Alda, son Jeremy Bright, daughter Diane, and brother Charles.

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Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: New York City
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 5' 9" / Slim / Slender
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Smoke / Drink: Yes / Yes
  • Occupation: actor

Companies

  • United Parcel Service

    • Brooklyn, New York US
    • temporary help - truck loader
    1962 - ?

  • Independent Artist Agency

    • New York City, New York US
    • independent actor
    ?-?

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