Where Are They Now - Friday, May 29, 2015

Hello fans,

The votes are in and the majority of you would like to catch up with Peter Riegert this week. I am happy to oblige! Let's find out more about Riegert's career and what he's up to now...

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a
visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Alfre Woodard: She appeared in "Cross Creek", "Grand Canyon", "K-PAX", "Crooklyn" and other movies, as well as the TV movie "Miss Evers' Boys"

Marina Sirtis: She played Counselor Deanna Troi on the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

Kiel Martin: Played J.D. LaRue in the TV series "Hill Street Blues"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Peter Riegert
Learn More About Peter Riegert on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: April 11, 1947, The Bronx, New York

CLAIM TO FAME: He is known for The Mask (1994), Animal House (1978)

FAMILY LIFE: No info found.

INFO: Riegert is known for his roles as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), the fast talking gangster Aldo in Oscar (1991) and the tough Lt. Kellaway in The Mask (1994).

He has acted on television, appearing in seasons three and four of the HBO series The Sopranos. He also appeared on the TV series Damages as George Moore.

As a director, he took the helm for the 2000 short film By Courier and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film.

TRIVIA: Once was a school teacher teaching eighth grade.

Was raised in a nonobservant Jewish household.

Graduated from Ardsley High School in 1964 and later from the University at Buffalo.

Made his Broadway debut in the musical Dance with Me.

Narrated The First Basket, a documentary film on professional basketball's influence on Jewish culture.

WHERE IS HE NOW: Riegert has been involved in voice work. In 2008, he narrated the audiobook of Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union, which was nominated for a 2008 Audie Award in literary fiction.

He narrated the audiobook of The Voyage of the Narwhal, a mid-nineteenth century romance with the Arctic, and also read the stories of Raymond Carver.

From 2013-14, he played David Sachs on the TV series Dads. He portrayed Judge Harvey Winter on The Good Wife from 2009-2012.

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CREDITS:

2013-2014 Dads (TV Series)...David Sachs

2014/I The Walk (Short)...Alfred Foxman

2013 At Middleton...Boneyard Sims

2009-2012 The Good Wife (TV Series)...Judge Harvey Winter

2011 We Bought a Zoo...Delbert McGinty

2011 Oka!...Dr. Maguire

2010-2011 One Tree Hill (TV Series)...Dr. August Kellerman

2010 White Irish Drinkers...Whitey

2010 The Chosen One...Bob

2009 Leverage (TV Series)...Peter Blanchard
- The Lost Heir Job (2009)

2009 Love Conquers Paul...Mr. Feigenbaum

2008 The Response (Short)...Colonel Jefferson

2008 Cashmere Mafia (TV Series)...Len Dinerstein
- Dog Eat Dog (2008)

2007 Damages (TV Series)...George Moore / The Executive

2004-2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)...Chauncey Zeirko

2006 Surrender, Dorothy (TV Movie)...Mel

2004 Back When We Were Grownups (TV Movie)...Zeb

2004 King of the Corner...Leo Spivak

2003 Family Guy (TV Series)...Max Weinstein
- When You Wish Upon a Weinstein (2003)

2003 Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update (Video short)...Donald 'Boon' Schoenstein

2001-2002 The Sopranos (TV Series)...Assemblyman Zellman / Assemblyman Ronald Zellman

2001 Bleacher Bums (TV Movie)...Decker

2001 The Beast (TV Series)...Ted Fisher

2001 Bojangles (TV Movie)...Marty

2001 Club Land (TV Movie)...Rabbi

2000 C-Scam

2000 Traffic...Attorney Michael Adler

2000 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog...Larry

2000 In the Weeds...Barry

2000 Sports Night (TV Series)...Jay Rydell
- The Cut Man Cometh (2000)

2000 Passion of Mind...Dr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist

1998 Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story (TV Movie)...Irving Mansfield

1998 Hi-Life...Minor

1998 The Baby Dance (TV Movie)...Richard Luckman

1998 Seinfeld (TV Series)...Kimbrough
- The Finale (1998)

1998 Jerry and Tom...Stanley

1997 Face Down (TV Movie)...Lt. Coop Cooper

1997 North Shore Fish (TV Movie)...Porker

1996 Infinity...Mel Feynman

1996 Law & Order (TV Series)...Jerold Dixon
- Deceit (1996)

1996 Pie in the Sky...Dad Dunlap

1995 An Element of Truth (TV Movie)...Sidney Wiltz

1995 Mystery Dance (TV Series)...Alan Baker
- Episode #1.1 (1995)

1995 The Infiltrator (TV Movie)...Rabbi Cooper

1995 Coldblooded...Steve

1994 Bleeding Hearts...Doctor

1994 The Mask...Lt. Mitch Kellaway

1993 Gypsy (TV Movie)...Herbie

1993 Barbarians at the Gate (TV Movie)...Peter Cohen

1992 Middle Ages (TV Series)...Walter Cooper
- Forever Young (1992) ... Walter Cooper
- The Pig in the Python (1992) ... Walter Cooper

1992 Passed Away...Peter Syracusa

1992 Utz...Marius Fisher

1991 The Runestone...Capt. Gregory Fanducci

1991 Oscar...Aldo

1991 The Object of Beauty...Larry

1990 Beyond the Ocean

1990 A Shock to the System...Robert Benham

1989 Trying Times (TV Series)...Bill
- The Hit List (1989)

1989 American Masters (TV Series documentary)...W. Eugene Smith
- W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult (1989)

1989 That's Adequate...Adult Baby Elroy

1988 Crossing Delancey...Sam Posner

1987 The Stranger...Dr. Harris Kite

1987 A Man in Love...Michael Pozner

1986 News at Eleven (TV Movie)...Eric Ross

1985 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)...Gus Rosenthal (segment "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty")
- The Beacon/One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty (1985)

1984 Ellis Island (TV Mini-Series)...Jacob Rubinstein (Jake Rubin)

1984 American Playhouse (TV Series)...Richard M. Nixon
- Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion (1984)

1984 City Girl...Tim

1983 Le grand carnaval...Walter Giammanca

1983 Local Hero...Mac

1982 Table Settings (TV Movie)

1982 National Lampoon's Movie Madness...Jason Cooper ("Growing Yourself")

1979 Chilly Scenes of Winter...Sam

1979 Americathon...Eric McMerkin

1978 Animal House...Donald Schoenstein

1977 M*A*S*H (TV Series)...Cpl. Igor Straminsky
- Change Day (1977)
- War of Nerves (1977)

1976 Isabella and the Magic Brush (Short) (voice, as Peter Riegart)

To see Then & Now pictures of Peter Riegert, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Alfre Woodard - ALIVE
Born: 11/08/1952

Marina Sirtis - ALIVE
Born: 03/29/1955

Kiel Martin - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 07/26/1944 Died: 12/28/1990

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
5/27
Erik Carlsson, 86, Swedish rally driver.
Irvine B. Hill, 87, American politician, Mayor of Norfolk, Virginia.
Andy King, 58, English footballer (Everton), heart attack.
Marselis Parsons, 70, American news anchor and journalist (WCAX).
Dennis Sheehan, 68, English music tour manager (U2), heart attack.

5/26
Vicente Aranda, 88, Spanish film director (Amantes).
Paula Cooper, 45, American convicted murderer, suicide by gunshot.
Rocky Frisco, 77, American pianist (JJ Cale Band).
Franklin P. Hall, 76, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1976-2009).
Bob Hornery, 83, Australian stage and television actor (Neighbours, Doctor Who).
Les Johnson, 90, Australian politician, MP for Hughes (1955-1966, 1969-1983).
Dayton Waller, 90, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Shreveport (1968-1972).

5/25
George Braden, 65, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (1979-1983), gastric cancer.
Robert Lebel, 90, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Valleyfield (1976-2000).
Mary Ellen Mark, 75, American photographer, myelodysplastic syndrome.
John M. Murphy, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th (1963-1973) and 17th (1973-1981) districts.
Bill O'Herlihy, 76, Irish sports broadcaster (RTE Sport).

5/24
Marcus Belgrave, 78, American jazz trumpeter, heart failure.
Krishna Ghoda, 61, Indian politician, MLA for Palghar (since 2014), heart attack.
Cristian Gomez (es), 27, Argentine footballer (Club Atletico Parana), heart attack.
Tanith Lee, 67, British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer (Blake's 7).
Daniel Meltzer, 63, American lawyer, legal adviser to Barack Obama, cancer.
Mike O'Brien, 51, Canadian comedian and actor (Corner Gas, New in Town), synovial sarcoma.
Guido Plante, 78, Canadian-born Honduran Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (2004-2005) and Bishop of Choluteca (2005-2012).
Pedro Roque, 47, Cuban greco-roman wrestler, world champion (1987).
Michael W. Ryan, 66, American convicted murderer.
Bharat Raj Upreti, 63, Nepali Supreme Court judge, suicide by hanging.

5/23
Hugh Ambrose, 48, American author (The Pacific), cancer.
Leo Berman, 79, American businessman and politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1999-2013), lymphoma.
Hugh Boyle, 79, Irish golfer.
Zedi Feruzi, Burundian politician, shot.
Anne Meara, 85, American comedian (Stiller and Meara) and actress (Archie Bunker's Place, The Boys from Brazil).
Aleksey Mozgovoy, 40, Ukrainian pro-Russian separatist.
John Forbes Nash, Jr., 86, American mathematician, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1994), subject of A Beautiful Mind, traffic collision.
Alicia Nash, 82, Latin-American socialite and mental health-care advocate, traffic collision.
Carl Nesjar, 94, Norwegian painter and sculptor.
Andres Ortiz, 28, Puerto Rican basketball player (Mayaguez Indians), traffic collision.
Liv Marit Wedvik (no), 45, Norwegian country singer, drowning.

5/22
Nick Harris, 49, American literary agent and manager (We Bought a Zoo, The Golden Compass), cancer.
Marques Haynes, 89, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
John Mosley, 93, American football player (Colorado A&M Aggies) and WWII air force officer (Tuskegee Airmen).
Radomir Naumov, 68, Serbian politician, Minister of Energy and Mining (2004-2007), Minister of Religion (2007-2008).
Aminah Robinson, 75, American artist.
Jean-Luc Sassus, 52, French football player, heart attack.
Byron Sherwin, American rabbi and theology scholar.
Jeffrey Spector, 54, British businessman.
Terry Sue-Patt, 50, British actor (Grange Hill).

5/21
Jassem Al-Kharafi, 75, Kuwaiti magnate and politician,
Speaker of the National Assembly (1999-2011), heart attack.
Zaya Avdysh, 69, Ukrainian football player and manager.
Cesar Boutteville, 97, Vietnamese-born French chess player.
Joaquim Durao, 84, Portuguese chess player.
Fred Gladding, 78, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros).
Ernie Hannigan, 72, Scottish footballer (Preston North End, Coventry City).
Louis Johnson, 60, American bassist (The Brothers Johnson, Michael Jackson).
Darius Minwalla, 39, American drummer (The Posies).
Mac Poole, 69, British drummer, throat cancer.
Juan Molinar Horcasitas, 59, Mexican politician, ALS.
Annarita Sidoti, 44, Italian race walker, world champion (1997), breast cancer.
Twinkle, 66, British singer-songwriter ("Terry"), cancer.
Alan Woodward, 68, English footballer (Sheffield United).

5/20
Edward Adeane, 75, British courtier, Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales (1979-1985).
Billy Baggett, 85, American football player (Dallas Texans).
Bob Belden, 58, American musician, heart attack.
Sir Brian Cubbon, 87, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Home Office (1979-1988), heart attack.
Eileen Gray, 95, British bicycle racer.
Ziuta Hartman (pl), 92, Polish resistance fighter; last surviving Jewish Military Organization fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
Ebba Hentze, 84, Faroese writer.
Paul Liao, 67, Taiwanese entrepreneur, lung cancer.
Manfred Muller, 88, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (1972-1982) and Bishop of Regensburg (1982-2002).
Jan Prochyra (pl), 66, Polish actor.
Femi Robinson, 74, Nigerian actor (The Village Headmaster).
Sudha Shivpuri, 77, Indian actress (Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi), multiple organ failure.
State of Bengal, 50, Bangladeshi-born British DJ and music producer.