Абрахам Вигода: Өмірі мен мансабының шежіресі

American actor (1921–2016)
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Abraham Charles Vigoda the son of Samuel Vigoda and Lena Moses, Jewish immigrants from Russia. His father was a tailor who had two other sons: Hy and Bill. The latter was a comic book artist who drew for the Archie Comics franchise and others in the 1940s. Upon leaving school, Vigoda worked as a printer before enlisting in the U. S. Army in 1943, serving in World War II. After his military service, he studied acting on the GI Bill at the American Theatre Wing. In the late 1940s, he began working in radio and made his television debut in an installment of the live drama series Studio One.

Vigoda began acting while in his 20s, working with the American Theatre Wing. His career as a professional actor began in 1947. He gained acting notability in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his work in Broadway productions, including Marat/Sade (1967), portraying Mad Animal; The Man in the Glass Booth (1968), portraying Landau; Inquest (1970); and Tough to Get Help (1972), portraying Abraham Lincoln. According to Francis Ford Coppola's commentary on the DVD's widescreen edition, Vigoda landed the role of Tessio in an "open call", in which actors who did not have agents could come in for an audition. He gained further fame as Phil Fish on Barney Miller, a character known for his world weary demeanor and persistent hemorrhoids. Vigoda landed the role after an unusual audition, in which he unwittingly displayed that he was a perfect fit for the role:

blockquote|While living in Los Angeles, I'd jog three to five miles a day. One morning jogging, my agent calls about a new series called Barney Miller, saying, "Go there at once. "Well, I was tired and exhausted  I must have run five miles that morning. I said. "I have to go home and take a shower. ""No, no, no. Go right now to Studio City, you're very right for it, they know you from The Godfather, they want to see you. ""With my shorts?""Go. "Danny Arnold and Ted Flicker, the producers, look at me, I look at them, they look at me again. "You look tired. ""Of course I'm tired, I jogged five miles this morning, I'm exhausted. ""Yeah, yeah, tell me, you look like you have hemorrhoids. ""What are you, a doctor or a producer?" In "The Love Boat" S2 E15 "Home Sweet Home" he played ship hand Charles Fletcher, who is pursued by the widowed Mrs. Waterhouse (played by Nancy Walker). It aired 1/19/1979.

Prior to his actual death in January 2016, Vigoda was a repeated victim of mistaken death announcements. These led to jokes, often with Vigoda as participant. In 1982 People magazine mistakenly referred to Vigoda as dead. At the time, Vigoda, aged 60, was performing in a stage play in Calgary. He took the mistake with good humor, posing for a photograph published in Variety in which he was sitting up in a coffin, holding the erroneous issue of People. Jeff Jarvis, a People employee at the time, said that the magazine's editors were known for "messing up" stories and one of them repeatedly inserted the phrase "the late" in reference to Vigoda, even after a researcher correctly removed it. The erroneous version was what went to print. He had been the subject of many running gags pertaining to the mistaken reports of his death. In 1997 Vigoda appeared in Good Burger as the character Otis, the titular restaurant's french fry man. Several jokes were made about his high age, including his character Otis saying, "I should've died years ago." That same year, he was shopping at Bloomingdale's in Manhattan when the salesman remarked, "You look like Abe Vigoda. But you can't be Abe Vigoda because he's dead." A Late Night with David Letterman skit showed Letterman trying to summon Vigoda's ghost, but Vigoda walked in and declared, "I'm not dead yet, you pinhead!" At a New York Friars Club roast of Rob Reiner which Vigoda attended, Billy Crystal joked, "I have nothing to say about Abe. I was always taught to speak well of the dead." In May 2001 a website was created with only one purpose: to report whether Vigoda was alive or dead. In addition, in 2005, a "tongue in cheek" Firefox extension was released with the sole purpose of telling the browser user Vigoda's status. Continuing with the gag, he appeared frequently to make fun of his status on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, including a guest appearance on the show's final episode. At the 1998 New York Friars Club roast of Drew Carey, with Vigoda in the audience, Jeff Ross joked, "My one regret is that Abe Vigoda isn't alive to see this." He followed that with "Drew, you go to Vegas; what's the over–under on Abe Vigoda?" On January 23, 2009, Vigoda appeared live on The Today Show. He said he was doing well, joked about previous reports of his death and announced he had just completed a voice over for an H&R Block commercial to air during the Super Bowl. Vigoda and Betty White, both 88 years old at the time, appeared in "Game", a Snickers commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010. The synopsis made fun of the advanced age of the actors. The Super Bowl Ad Meter poll respondents rated the ad the highest of any shown during the game. On October 31, 2013 at age 92, Vigoda yet again defied rumors of his demise by appearing on stage with the American rock band Phish in Atlantic City, New Jersey during a performance of the band's song "Wombat" from their 2014 album, Fuego, which mentions Vigoda by name.

Vigoda and his first wife Sonja Gohlke had one daughter named Carol. His second marriage to Beatrice Schy lasted from 1968 until her death in 1992.

On January 26, 2016, one month before his 95th birthday, Vigoda died in his sleep at his daughter Carol Fuchs' home in Woodland Park, New Jersey, of natural causes. He had gone there "to escape the hazards of a blizzard." Vigoda's funeral was held on January 31, 2016. Notable figures including comic Gilbert Gottfried and former New York City mayor David Dinkins attended. He was buried in the Beth David Cemetery at Elmont, Nassau County, New York. On the 2016 Academy Awards show, Vigoda was not included in the show's memorial reel, surprising many and prompting a small PR backlash.

YearTitleRoleNotes1965Three Rooms in ManhattanWaiterUncredited1972The GodfatherSalvatore Tessio1973The Devil's DaughterAlikhine1973The Don Is DeadDon Talusso1974The Story of Pretty Boy FloydDominic Morrell1974Newman's LawJohn Dellanzia1974The Godfather Part IISalvatore Tessio1978The Cheap DetectiveSgt. Rizzuto1979Death Car on the FreewayMr. Frisch1981The Big Stuffed DogCarnival Pitchman1984Cannonball Run IICaesar1985The StuffStuff Commercial Guest StarCameo1986Vasectomy: A Delicate MatterDetective Abe Fossi1987Plain ClothesMr. Wiseman1988Grandmother's HouseGrandpa1989Look Who's TalkingGrandpa1989PrancerOrel Benton1990Keaton's CopLouis Keaton1990Joe Versus the VolcanoWaponis Chief1993Fist of HonorVictor Malucci1993Sugar HillGus Molino1993Me and the KidPawn Broker1993Batman: Mask of the PhantasmSal Valestra (voice)1994NorthAlaskan Grandpa1994Home of AngelsGrandpa1995Jury DutyJudge Powell1995The Misery BrothersDon Frito Layleone1996Love Is All There IsRudy1996UnderworldWill Cassady1997Good BurgerOtis1997Me and the GodsZeus1997A Brooklyn State of MindUncle Guy1998Witness to the MobPaul Castellano1999Just the TicketArty2000Chump ChangeThe Frog2003Crime SpreeAngelo Giancarlo2007Farce of the PenguinsBoca Penguin (voice)2007The Unknown TrilogyUncle MortySegment: "Frankie the Squirrel"

+YearTitleRoleNotes1949Studio OneOld Train PassengerEpisode: "Two Sharp Knives"1969–1970Dark ShadowsEzra Braithwaite, Otis Greene3 episodes1973MannixAnton ValineEpisode: "A Matter of Principle"1973–1974TomaDonzer, Carl Bello2 episodes1974The RookiesMichael LanceEpisode: "Something Less Than a Man"1974Hawaii Five OAbe KemperEpisode: "The Two Faced Corpse"1974KojakKiltyEpisode: "The Best Judge Money Can Buy"1974–1981Barney MillerDet. Phil FishMain role1974, 1978The Rockford FilesPhil Gabriel, Al Dancer2 episodes1975CannonMr. CouzellousEpisode: "Search and Destroy"1976The Bionic WomanBarlowEpisode: "Black Magic"1977–1978FishDet. Phil FishMain role1978VegasMaxEpisode: "Centerfold"1979SweepstakesAnthonyEpisode: "Lynn and Grover and Joey"1979SupertrainRay YellburtonEpisode: "A Very Formal Heist"1979Eight Is EnoughBen RyanEpisode: "The Final Days"1979B. J. and the BearBen RuleEpisode: "Mary Ellen"1980The Littlest HoboHoward MattsonEpisode: "Million Dollar Fur Heist"1984Mike HammerArthurEpisode: "A Bullet for Benny"1986Tales from the DarksideJake CorelliEpisode: "A Choice of Dreams"1988SuperboyMr. WagnerEpisode: "Back to Oblivion"1989B. L. StrykerClayton BaskinEpisode: "The Dancer's Touch"1990MacGyverBill CodyEpisode: "Harry's Will"1991Murder, She WroteGeorgeEpisode: "The Prodigal Father"1996Law & OrderDetective LandisEpisode: "Remand"1996Weird ScienceOld Man LisaEpisode: "Grumpy Old Genie"1996WingsHarryEpisode: "All About Christmas Eve"1997Touched by an AngelReceptionist AngelEpisode: "Clipped Wings"1998Promised LandAlbert SpokaineEpisode: "Jury Duty"1999Mad About YouKalman WertzelEpisode: "Farmer Buchman"1999The Norm ShowSalEpisode: "Norm, Crusading Social Worker"2000Manhattan, AZBen3 episodes2001DeadlineJoseph SpiaggioEpisode: "Don't I Know You? "2001Family GuyHimself (voice)Episode: "The Kiss Seen Round the World"2013High School USA!Otto (voice)Episode: "Sweet 16"