Frank Pesce
Acting • Born 1946-12-08 – Died 2022-02-06
Biography
Frank Pesce (December 8, 1946 – February 6, 2022) was an American film and television actor. Born in New York City, Pesce was the son of two working-class Italian parents. Pesce started his film career as an extra in The Godfather Part II, and got his first credited role in 1976, in an episode of the television series Police Story. He guest-starred a large number of well-known TV-series, including Knight Rider, Kojak and Matlock, and was a busy character actor in films, notably appearing in Rocky, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop and Flashdance. He wrote the script of the film 29th Street, based on his own autobiographical experiences. He made his last appearance in 2015, in Creed.
Filmography
76 credits
South Beach
Movie • 1993
Midnight Run
Movie • 1988
Carmine
Hollywood Harry
Movie • 1986
Peter the Producer
Reach Me
Movie • 2014
Frank's Henchman
Vigilante
Movie • 1983
Blueboy
Citizen Jane
Movie • 2009
Virgil Jackman
Tilt
Movie • 1979
Rock Manager (Carrots)
Killer Fish
Movie • 1979
Warren
29th Street
Movie • 1991
Vito Pesce
Trapped in Paradise
Movie • 1994
Caesar Spinoz
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
Movie • 1992
Tribble
Maniac Cop
Movie • 1988
Watchman
The Joe Spinell Story
Movie • 2001
Self
Ice
Movie • 1994
Mobster
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
Movie • 2005
Rocco Galletta
Hit List
Movie • 1989
Quigley
Paradise Alley
Movie • 1978
Skinny the Hand
Bar Girls
Movie • 1990
Joe
Defiance
Movie • 1980
Herbie
Night Vision
Movie • 1997
Mike Mahoney
Eureka
Movie • 1983
Stefano
Blindsided
Movie • 1993
Detective
Maniac
Movie • 1980
T.V. Reporter (voice)
Emergency Room
Movie • 1983
Dusted Man
Uncle Sam
Movie • 1996
Barker
The Expendables 3
Movie • 2014
Fight Watcher
The Big Score
Movie • 1983
J.C.
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
Movie • 2013
Self
Young Doctors in Love
Movie • 1982
The Gangsters - Rocco
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Movie • 1980
Cameron's Closet
Movie • 1988
Ed Wallace
Rocky
Movie • 1976
Spectator (uncredited)
American Gigolo
Movie • 1980
Suspect #4
Black and White
Movie • 1999
Joey
Tower Heist
Movie • 2011
Riker's Prison Guard
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
Movie • 1993
Rehab Patient
Relentless
Movie • 1989
Marra
Maniac Cop 2
Movie • 1990
Strip Club M.C.
Sorcerer
Movie • 1977
Married Man (uncredited)
The Cover Girl and the Cop
Movie • 1989
Assistant Director
Creed
Movie • 2015
Mickey's Gym Doorman
On the Edge
Movie • 2002
Bo
Seduce Me: Pamela Principle 2
Movie • 1994
Ralph
The Pamela Principle
Movie • 1992
Eddie Breeding
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Movie • 2018
Self
Flashdance
Movie • 1983
Mawby's Regular
Original Gangstas
Movie • 1996
Detective Waits
Mirror Images II
Movie • 1993
Clerk
Steel and Lace
Movie • 1991
Patroni
In the Shadow of a Killer
Movie • 1992
Torelli
Donnie Brasco
Movie • 1997
Wiseguy
Lock Up
Movie • 1989
Johnson
Grudge Match
Movie • 2013
Journalist #4
The Messenger
Movie • 1986
Man 1
Double Take
Movie • 2001
Vito
Final Approach
Movie • 2008
FAA Official Russo
The Whole Ten Yards
Movie • 2004
Policeman #1
The Cottonwood
Movie • 1996
Beverly Hills Cop
Movie • 1984
Cigarette Buyer
Beverly Hills Cop II
Movie • 1987
Carlotta
Top Gun
Movie • 1986
Bartender
Another Midnight Run
Movie • 1994
Vito
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Director
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Ray
Kojak
TV • 1973
Jerry Gerson
Matlock
TV • 1986
Bailiff
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 1997
Guy
Kojak
TV • 1973
Spencer
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Benny
The Single Guy
TV • 1995
Cabbie
The Greatest American Hero
TV • 1981
Bartender
Blue Thunder
TV • 1984
Guard / Gunner
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
Crewman
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Waiter
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Waiter
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Barkeep