Where Are They Now - July 25, 2014

Hello fans,

I hope that everyone is having a great Friday so far! Let's kick off the weekend by catching up with this week's celeb - Richard Romanus. You might remember him from Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. Where is he now? Time to find out!

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":

Vic Tayback: actor; "Alice" (Mel Sharples, 1976-85).

Susan Howard: actress; "Dallas" (Donna Krebbs, 1979-87).

Scotty Beckett: actor; "Scotty" in The Little Rascals (1934-36).

(Answer at the bottom)
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Richard Romanus
Learn More About Richard Romanus on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: February 8, 1943, Barre, Vermont

CLAIM TO FAME: Known for his role in Mean Streets and provided voices for Ralph Bakshi's animated films Wizards and Hey Good Lookin'.

FAMILY LIFE: He was married to Tina Bohlman from 1967-1980 and they have a son named Robert. He has been married to Anthea Sylbert since 1985.

INFO: Romanus appeared in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, and also appeared as Richard La Penna in four episodes of The Sopranos from 1999-2002. He provided voices for Ralph Bakshi's animated films Wizards and Hey Good Lookin'.

In 1999 he co-wrote the Christmas film If You Believe along with his wife Anthea Sylbert, which was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award by the Writers Guild of America.

TRIVIA: Graduated from Xavier University in 1964 with a bachelor's in philosophy.

Studied acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York.

His younger brother Robert is also an actor.

Is of Lebanese descent.

WHERE IS HE NOW: In 2004 Romanus moved to the Greek island of Skiathos with his wife Anthea and since then he has focused his creative talent on writing prose.

In 2011 he published his memoirs, Act III (Aiora Press, Athens, and Armida Publications, Nicosia), and first novel, Chrysalis (Armida Publications). In 2012 Act III was short-listed for the International Rubery Book Award.

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CREDITS:

2003 The Young Black Stallion...Ben Ishak

1999-2002 The Sopranos (TV Series)...Richard La Penna

2001 Nailed...Uncle Robert

2001 Providence (TV Series)...Dr. Paul Gavins
Parenthood (2001)

1999 Carlo's Wake...D'Angelo, Carmine

1999 If You Believe (TV Movie)...Walter

1998 Giving Up the Ghost (TV Movie)

1998 Urban Relics...Charlie Shivers

1996 NYPD Blue (TV Series)...Carmine Del Marco
A Tushful of Dollars (1996)

1996 Diagnosis Murder (TV Series)...Dr. Ed Quiller
Misdiagnosis Murder (1996)

1995 Charlie Grace (TV Series)...Rudy Novak
One Simple Little Favor (1995)

1995 The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (TV Movie)...Penguinetti

1995 Northern Exposure (TV Series)...Lowell Grippo
Little Italy (1995)

1994 Chicago Hope (TV Series)...Anthony Travelli
With the Greatest of Ease (1994)

1994 Cops and Robbersons...Fred Lutz

1993 Johnny Bago (TV Series)...Vincint / Vinnie
Johnny's Manly Act (1993) ... Vincint
Johnny Bago Free at Last (1993) ... Vinnie

1993 Point of No Return...Fahd Bahktiar

1992 To Protect and Serve...Captain Malouf

1992 Reasonable Doubts (TV Series)...Donovan Black
Silence (1992)

1991 The Entertainers...Chick

1991 Jake and the Fatman (TV Series)...Harry Rendel
Street of Dreams (1991)

1991 Oscar...Vendetti

1990 Final Stage...the Producer

1990 Hollywood Heartbreak...Niles Gregory

1989 Married to the Mob (TV Movie)...Tony Russo

1989 Mission: Impossible (TV Series)...Arthur Six
The Fixer (1989)

1989 Midnight Caller (TV Series)...Maurice Maxwell
Trash Radio (1989)

1988 The Couch Trip...Harvey Michaels

1983-1987 Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)...Det. Sal Caprio / Hassan bin Moqtadi
Secrets (1987) ... Det. Sal Caprio
Let Them Eat Pretzels (1983) ... Hassan bin Moqtadi

1987 Ghost of a Chance (TV Movie)...Julio Mendez

1983-1986 The A-Team (TV Series)...Tommy Tedesco / Jackie Martell
Alive at Five (1986) ... Tommy Tedesco
The Rabbit Who Ate Las Vegas (1983) ... Jackie Martell

1985-1986 MacGyver (TV Series)...James Crowe / Joey Bennett
Twice Stung (1986) ... James Crowe
The Prodigal (1985) ... Joey Bennett

1986 Murphy's Law...Frank Vincenzo

1986 Hill Street Blues (TV Series)...Captain Bob Ajanian
Slum Enchanted Evening (1986)
Look Homeward, Ninja (1986)

1985 Shadow Chasers (TV Series)...Bailey / Eli Buck
Spirit of St. Louis (1985)

1985 Stir Crazy (TV Series)...Victor Anacard
The Ping Pong Caper (1985)

1985 Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)...Frank Bigalow
Bigalow's Last Smoke (1985)

1985 Fame (TV Series)...Joe Garver
Tomorrow's Children (1985)

1984 Crackups (TV Movie)

1984 Protocol...Emir

1984 Hunter (TV Series)...Nathan 'Nate' Demarest
High Bleacher Man (1984)

1984 Second Sight: A Love Story (TV Movie)...Dr. Ross Harkin

1984 More Than Murder (TV Movie)...Bedrick Bordante

1983 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series)...Frankie Kane
The Boxer (1983)

1983 Strangers Kiss...Frank Silva

1982 Matt Houston (TV Series)...Prince Fahad Ibn Hasim
The Kidnapping (1982)

1982 Hey Good Lookin'...Vinnie (voice)

1981-1982 Strike Force (TV Series)...Lt. Charlie Gunzer

1982 Pandemonium...Jarrett

1981 Fantasy Island (TV Series)...Robert Luria
Perfect Husband, The/Volcano (1981)

1981 Heavy Metal...Harry Canyon (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)

1981 Foul Play (TV Series)...Capt. Jakoby / Capt. Vito Lombardi

1980 Hart to Hart (TV Series)...Marty Benton
This Lady Is Murder (1980)

1980 Sitting Ducks...Moose Joe Mastaki

1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series)...Tedesco / Tommy Tedesco

1979 Gold of the Amazon Women (TV Movie)...Luis Escobar

1978 The Rockford Files (TV Series)...Sean Innes
Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow (1978)

1978 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)...Johnny Noah
Small Potatoes (1978)

1977 Starsky and Hutch (TV Series)...Sonny Watson
Huggy Bear and the Turkey (1977)

1977 Night Drive (TV Movie)...The Killer

1977 Charlie's Angels (TV Series)...Roy David
The Big Tap-Out (1977)

1977 Wizards...Weehawk (voice)

1975 Russian Roulette...Ragulia

1974 Kojak (TV Series)...Det. Sam Calucci
The Betrayal (1974)

1974 Rhoda (TV Series)...Luis Alvarez
9-E Is Available (1974)

1974 The Gravy Train...Carlo

1973 Mean Streets...Michael

1970-1971 Mod Squad (TV Series)...Aurelio / Paco Montoya
The Sentinals (1971) ... Aurelio (as Richard Romanos)
Is There Anyone Left in Santa Paula? (1970) ... Paco Montoya (as Richard Romanos)

1970 Night Chase (TV Movie)...Young Fisherman (as Richard Romanos)

1970 Mission: Impossible (TV Series)...Guard
Gitano (1970)

1968 The Ghastly Ones...Don (as Richard Romanos)

To see Then & Now pictures of Richard Romanus, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Vic Tayback - DEAD (Heart failure)
Born: 1/6/1930 Died: 5/25/1990

Susan Howard - ALIVE
Born: 1/28/1944

Scotty Beckett - DEAD (Drug overdose)
Born: 10/4/1929 Died: 5/10/1968

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
7/21
Dan Borislow, 52, American telecommunications executive, inventor of magicJack, heart attack.
John M. Coyne, 97, American politician, Mayor of Brooklyn, Ohio (1948-1999).
Robert William Donnelly, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (1984-2006).
Verda Erman(tr), 70, Turkish pianist, leukemia.
Herlyn Espinal, 31, Honduran journalist, shot.
Stewart Hillis, 70, Scottish physician and football medical advisor (FIFA, national team).
Rilwanu Lukman, 75, Nigerian oil executive, Minister of Oil and OPEC, Director of the NNPC.
Tommy Mundon, 80, British comedian, Parkinson's disease.
Kevin Skinner, 86, New Zealand rugby union player (national team).

7/20
Álex Angulo, 61, Spanish Basque actor (Pan's Labyrinth, El día de la bestia), traffic collision.
Victor G. Atiyeh, 91, American politician, Governor of Oregon (1979-1987), member of the Oregon House (1959-1964) and Senate (1965-1978), renal failure.
Gino Camilleri, 64, Maltese Olympic sport official and judge.
Kadhal Dhandapani, 71, Indian actor (Kaadhal), cardiac arrest.
Rod Franks, 58, British trumpeter (London Symphony Orchestra), traffic collision.
Kazuo Ichiriki, 88, Japanese sumo executive, Chairman of Yokozuna Deliberation Council (1999-2001).
Farah Jahanzeb, 45, Pakistani chef and television personality, breast cancer.
Sam Koch, 59, American soccer coach (Connecticut Huskies), sinus cancer.
Constantin Lucaci, 91, Romanian contemporary sculptor.
Robert May, 87, American hockey coach (North Dakota Fighting Sioux), NCAA Championship (1959), pulmonary fibrosis.
Bob McNamara, 82, American CFL (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and NFL (Denver Broncos) football player.
Tony Palmer, 50s, British Episcopalian prelate, traffic collision.
Lynda Patterson, 40, Northern Irish-born New Zealand Anglican priest, Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral (since 2013), natural causes.
Richard Pickens, 67, American football player (Tennessee Volunteers), complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and dementia.
Panna Rittikrai, 53, Thai martial arts choreographer, actor and film director, complications from multiple organ failure.
Klaus Schmidt, 61, German archaeologist (Göbekli Tepe), heart attack.
Manfred Sexauer(de), 83, German radio broadcaster and television personality.

7/19
Rubem Alves, 80, Brazilian writer, philosopher and theologian, multiple organ failure due to pneumonia.
Madeline Amgott, 92, American television producer (60 Minutes), lymphoma.
Skye McCole Bartusiak, 21, American actress (The Patriot).
John Fasano, 52, American screenwriter (Another 48 Hrs.), director (Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare) and weapons expert.
Lionel Ferbos, 103, American jazz trumpeter.
Iring Fetscher, 92, German political scientist.
Paul M. Fleiss, 80, American pediatrician.
Jim Fulghum, 70, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, esophageal cancer.
James Garner, 86, American Hall of Fame actor (Maverick, The Rockford Files, Murphy's Romance).
Ray King, 89, British footballer (Port Vale, Newcastle United), complications from a fall.
Petar Nikezic, 64, Serbian footballer (FK Vojvodina).
Yehuda Nir, 84, Polish-born Israeli-American psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor (The Lost Childhood).
Norberto Odebrecht, 93, Brazilian engineer, founder of Odebrecht and the Odebrecht Foundation, cardiac complications.
Ingemar Odlander(sv), 78, Swedish journalist and news reporter (Rapport).
Bar Rahav, 21, Israeli water polo player (national team), explosion.
Václav Sloup(cs), 78, Czech actor.
Gifford Walsh, Dominican cricket player (West Indies) and official, traffic collision.
John Winkin, 94, American baseball coach (Maine Black Bears), complications from a stroke.

7/18
Andreas Biermann, 33, German footballer, suicide.
Manouchehr Darafsheh, 74, Iranian children's author and illustrator, heart attack.
Tony Dean, 65, British rugby league player (Hull F.C.), cancer.
Gankuro Otaya, 60, Japanese entertainer, intracranial hemorrhage.
Jure Pelivan, 85, Bosnian politician, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990-1992).
Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro, 73, Brazilian writer, pulmonary embolism.
Makoto Sakuma, 79, Japanese Self-Defense Forces official, heart attack.
Sir Nick Scheele, 70, British automotive manufacturing executive, President and CEO of Jaguar Cars (1992-1999) and Ford Motor Company (2001-2005).
Dietmar Schönherr, 88, Austrian actor and entertainer.
James Seawright, 52, American football player (South Carolina Gamecocks), cancer.
Bob Torrance, 82, Scottish golf coach (Pádraig Harrington), cancer.
John Wall, 70, American politician, member of the North Dakota House of Representatives.

7/17
Ross Burden, 45, New Zealand celebrity chef (MasterChef, Ready Steady Cook, MasterChef New Zealand), infection from bone marrow transplant.
Stratford Caldecott, 60, British Catholic theologian, writer and J.R.R. Tolkien scholar, pancreatic cancer.
Henry Hartsfield, 80, American NASA astronaut and test pilot (Columbia), commander for Discovery and Challenger missions, complications from back surgery.
Jack Lewis, Baron Lewis of Newnham, 86, British politician and chemist.
Art Lurie, 96, American boxing judge and referee, chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission, cancer.
John Melvin, American engineer, academic and racing safety expert (NASCAR).
Bill Mulliken, 74, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1960).
Jim Myers, 92, American football coach (Iowa State Cyclones, Texas A&M Aggies).
Richard Nichols, 55, American band manager (The Roots), leukemia.
Otto Piene, 86, German color abstract artist, sculptor and academic (MIT), co-founder of Group Zero.
Andries P Putter, 78, South African naval officer, chief of the Navy, kidney failure.
J. Sasikumar, 85, Indian filmmaker and director (Kudumbini, Thommante Makkal).
Elaine Stritch, 89, American actress, Tony Award (Elaine Stritch at Liberty) and Emmy Award winner (Law & Order [1993], Elaine Stritch at Liberty [2004], 30 Rock [2007]).
John Walton, 62, Australian actor (The Young Doctors).
Notable people killed in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17:
Liam Davison, 56, Australian author.
Pim de Kuijer(nl), 32, Dutch lobbyist and politician.
Joep Lange, 59, Dutch physician, President of the International AIDS Society (2002-2004).
Shuba Jay, 38, Malaysian television and theatre actress.
Willem Witteveen, 62, Dutch politician and legal scholar, member of the Senate (1999-2007, since 2013).