Richard Romanus (b. February 8, 1943 in Barre, Vermont) is an American actor. Among other roles, he has appeared in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, and provided voices for Ralph Bakshi's animated films Wizards and Hey Good Lookin'. February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Barre is the name of a Town and a City in Vermont: Barre (town), Vermont Barre City, Vermont Also known as Scary Barre. ... Martin Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an iconic American film director. ... Mean Streets (1973) is an early Martin Scorsese film starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. ... Ralph Bakshi (October 29, 1938) is an American director of animated and occasionally live-action films. ... Wizards (originally titled War Wizards[1][2]) is an animated post-apocalyptic science fiction/fantasy film about the battle between two wizards, a good wizard representing the forces of magic and an evil wizard representing the forces of technology. ... For the Hank Williams song, see Hey Good Lookin (song) Hey Good Lookin is a 1982 animated film written, directed, and produced by Ralph Bakshi. ...
RichardRomanus left law school to pursue a career as an actor.
After studying at the Actor's Studio in New York with Lee Strassberg, his first major role came as the character Michael in Martin Scorsese's classic film Mean Streets.
In addition to his acting, Richard started to pursue both music and writing and is credited as the composer on several films and has written, most recently, with his wife Anthea Sylbert.