David Proval

David Proval
Proval in 2008
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970–present

David Proval is an American actor and former boxer, known for his roles as Tony DeVienazo in the Martin Scorsese film Mean Streets (1973), Snooze in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Siegfried in Four Rooms (1995) and as Richie Aprile on the HBO television series The Sopranos (1999–2007).

Biography

Proval was born in Brooklyn, New York into a Jewish family,^[1] the son of Clara Katz, an actress from Bucharest, Romania.^[2] The films he has appeared in include Mean Streets, The Shawshank Redemption, The Phantom, Mob Queen, Four Rooms, UHF, Innocent Blood, The Siege, The Monster Squad, Bookies, and Balls of Fury, had cameos in The Brady Bunch Movie, and Smokin' Aces, and has had recurring roles in television shows such as Picket Fences, Boomtown and Everybody Loves Raymond. He appeared on Kojak, The Equalizer, Miami Vice, and Friday the 13th: The Series. He appeared in the 14th episode of The West Wing, "Take This Sabbath Day", as Toby Ziegler's rabbi.

In 1977, his voice was heard in the cult animated film Wizards, as the robot assassin Necron 99. In 2004, he played adult twin brothers James and Edward Talley in the Hallmark Channel original movie Murder Without Conviction.

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Mean Streets	Tony
	Cinderella Liberty	Sailor 1
1975	Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins	The Incessant Talker
1976	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Ben
1977	Wizards	Peace	Voice
1978	Nunzio	Nunzio
1981	Night City Angels	Marty
1982	Hey Good Lookin'	Crazy Shapiro
1983	The Star Chamber	Officer Nelson
1987	The Monster Squad	Pilot
1988	Vice Versa	Turk/Lillian Brookmeyer
	Shakedown	Larry
1989	UHF	Head Thug
1991	The Walter Ego	Phil Reardon	Short film
1992	Innocent Blood	Lennie
1993	Romeo is Bleeding	Scully
	Strike a Pose	McTeague
1994	Being Human	George
	The Shawshank Redemption	Snooze
1995	The Brady Bunch Movie	Electrician
	Four Rooms	Sigfried	Segment: The Wrong Man
	To the Limit	Joey Bambino
	The Courtyard	Dog Man
1996	The Phantom	Charlie Zephro
	Skyscraper	Security Guard	Uncredited, Direct-to-video
1997	The Relic	Guard Johnson
	Dumb Luck in Vegas	Frank
1998	Mob Queen	George Gianfranco	Second lead-role
	The Siege	Danny Sussman
2000	Newsbreak	Jacob Johnson
2001	Zigs (aka Double Down)	Mike's Dad	Direct-to-video
	The Hollywood Sign	Charlie
2002	13 Moons	Mo Potter
	White Boy	Jim Lovero
2003	Bookies	Larry
2004	Just Desserts	Uncle Fabrizio
2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Mr. Grant	Uncredited
	The Circle	Dad
	Angels with Angles	Howie Gold
2006	Hollywood Dreams	Caesar DiNatale
	Smokin' Aces	Victor Padiche
2007	The Unknown Trilogy	Lucky Smith	Segment: Frankie the Squirrel
	Balls of Fury	Mob Boss
2008	Stiletto	Mohammed
	Phantom Punch	Savino
2009	Irene in Time	Norm Florentino
	The Deported	Chabuyo
2010	Pete Smalls Is Dead	Nimmo
	Queen of the Lot	Caesar
2011	Adventures of Serial Buddies	Big Chicken
2012	Just 45 Minutes from Broadway	Larry Cooper
	Silent But Deadly	Giovanni
	Jerry and Tom	Sal	Short film
2013	Last Curtain Call	Henry
2014	The M Word	Sam Sachs	Uncredited
2015	Sharkskin	Uncle Charlie
	Ovation	Caesar
2016	The Brooklyn Banker	Manny
2017	High and Outside	Don
	Wayward Pilgrim	Uncle Charlie
	Dakota	Bob Herbert
	Rusty	Uncle Charlie
	Lost Angelas	Vince Rose
2018	Papa	David Dresner
	Cabaret Maxime	Mr. Gus
2019	Rusty	Uncle Charlie
	Lost Angelas	Vince Rose
	Five Families	Benny	Short film
2021	Flinch	Lee Vaughn

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	Kojak	Calvelli	Episode: "Siege of Terror"
1975	Foster and Laurie	Ianucci	Made-for-TV film
1976	Police Story	Cecil Gaines	Episode: "Bought and Paid For"
	Monster Squad	Plunder	Episode: "No Face"
1977	Nowhere to Hide	Rick	Made-for-TV film
1983	Knight Rider	Robber with Gold Watch	Uncredited, Episode: "Silent Knight"
1984	Cagney & Lacey	Felix Parinchinko	Episode: "Taxicab Murders"
1985	The Equalizer	Goldman	Pilot episode
	Miami Vice	I.A. Detective Louie Gallo	Episode: "The Dutch Oven"
	Fame	Hunk Pepitone / Doran	2 episodes: "White Light" & "Dreams"
1986	Courage	Angelo Cervi	Made-for-TV film
1988–1989	Friday's Curse	Eric / Victor Haas	2 episodes: "13 O'Clock" & "Badge of Honor"
1989	Perfect Witness	Luca	Made-for-TV film
1990	L.A. Law	William Mayer	Uncredited, Episode: "On Your Honor"
	The Marshall Chronicles	Mr. Gelormino	Episode: "My Cheatin' Heart"
1991	Quantum Leap	Dr. Masters	Episode: "Shock Theater - October 3, 1954"
	Palace Guard	Belarosa	Episode: The Three-Minute Egg
1992–1995	Picket Fences	Frank the Potato Man	3 episodes
1995	The Marshal	Marvin Kendall	Episode: "The Heartbreak Kid"
1996	The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play	Joseph Happy Cartello	Made-for-TV film
	L.A. Firefighters	n/a	Episode: "So What Else Happened"
	Rolling Thunder	n/a	Made-for-TV film
1997	The Pretender	Carl Will	Episode: "Prison Story"
1998	Felicity	Mr. Kinney	Episode: "Hot Objects"
	Brimstone	Harry	Episode: "Repentance"
2000–2001	Everybody Loves Raymond	Marco Fogagnola / Signore	6 episodes
2000	The West Wing	Rabbi Glassman	Episode: "Take This Sabbath Day"
2000–2004	The Sopranos	Richie Aprile	10 episodes
2001	The Fighting Fitzgeralds	Joe Sambarelli	Episode: "The Loud Man"
	James Dean	Daniel Mann	Made-for-TV film
	Judging Amy	Henry Pagano	Episode: "The Last Word"
2002	The Division	Edgar Lessing	Episode: "Long Day's Journey"
2002–2003	Boomtown	Paul Turcotte	3 episodes
2003	A.U.S.A.	Carmine Schiavelli	Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part"
2011	Workers' Comp	Joe	Made-for-TV film
2004	Murder Without Conviction	James Talley	Made-for-TV film
2016	Vinyl	Vince Finestra	2 episodes: "He in Racist Fire" & "The Racket"
	Aquarius	Danilo Hodiak	Episode: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

References

1. Mike Levy (September 13, 2001). "Mobster Makes Good". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
2. Hugh Hart (September 15, 2001). "He's Not Such a Bad Guy". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2010.

External links

• David Proval at IMDb
• HBO Profile - David Proval Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine