Frank Pesce Dies: Actor In ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, ‘Top Gun’, ‘Midnight Run’ & Dozens More Was 75
deadline.comFrank Pesce, a colorful character actor whose dozens of credits range from Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun and Midnight Run to Miami Vice, Matlock and Kojak, has died.
He was 75.His girlfriend Tammy Scher told Deadline that Pesce died February 6 in Burbank of dementia complications.Born on December 8, 1946, in New York City, Pesce put the “character” in character actor.
A longtime close friend of Sylvester Stallone, Tony Danza, the late Robert Forster and many other industry players, he was known for his big smile, big stories and bigger personality.“They make movies about guys like me,” he always said.
That quote — more about it below — will be written on his epitaph, Scher said.Pesce began his screen career in the mid-1970s, guesting on such series as Police Story and Kojak and playing bit roles in the early Stallone films Rocky and Paradise Alley.
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