Known for Art
Born
November 26, 1930 (age 95)
Filmography
23 films


Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · 2h · US
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.


Billy Bathgate
1991 · 1h 46m · US
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.


State of Grace
1990 · 2h 15m · US
Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.


Lock Up
1989 · 1h 49m · US
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.


Fatal Attraction
1987 · 1h 59m · US
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.


The Money Pit
1986 · 1h 31m · US
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.


A Chorus Line
1985 · 1h 58m · US
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.


The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984 · 2h 1m · US
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150,000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.


A Doctor's Story
1984 · 1h 36m · US
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.


Trading Places
1983 · 1h 56m · US
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.


The King of Comedy
1982 · 1h 49m · US
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.


The Verdict
1982 · 2h 9m · US
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.


Deathtrap
1982 · 1h 56m · US
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.


Prince of the City
1981 · 2h 47m · US
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.


Fame
1980 · 2h 14m · US
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.


Saturday Night Fever
1977 · 1h 58m · UK
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.


Thieves
1977 · 1h 32m · US
Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences, a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.


Three Days of the Condor
1975 · 1h 57m · US
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.


Death Wish
1974 · 1h 33m · US
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.


Crazy Joe
1974 · 1h 42m · IT
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.


The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 · 1h 36m · US
A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.


A Thousand Clowns
1965 · 1h 58m · US
Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.


Harvey Middleman, Fireman
1965 · 1h 16m · US
Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children. After he rescues a beautiful girl (Patricia Harty) from a fire, he fancies himself to be in love with her, leaving his wife and seeking help, in the process, from a nutty Psychiatrist (Hermione Gingold).