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Encyclopedia > Victor Argo

Victor Argo (November 5, 1934-April 7, 2004) born as Victor Jimenez, in New York City was an actor who usually played the part of the tough bad guy in the movies. Both his parents were born in the town of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city in North America. ... Quebradillas is a municipality of the island of Puerto Rico, located in the north-western shore. ...


Argo participated in some Off-Broadway shows at the beginning of his artistic career. While doing an Off-Broadway in the 1960's, Victor made the acquaintance of Yoko Ono, with whom he participated in the so-called "Happiness" movement. He also made the acquaintance of fledging actor Harvey Keitel, who remained his close friend for nearly forty years. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Yoko Ono. ... Harvey Keitel in Clockers Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. ...


In the 1970's Argo made his major film debut with a small part in Unholy Rollers and his television debut in a made-for-T.V. film Smile Jenny, You're Dead. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...


He became a durable movie tough guy and a favorite of such directors as Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen. Martin Scorsese at Cannes in 2002 Martin Scorsese (pronounced as Scor-SEH-see) (born November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York, USA) is a multi-Oscar nominated Italian American film director, of Sicilian descent. ... Woody Allen. ...


His film credits include Taxi Driver, King of New York, The Rose, New York Stories, The Last Temptation of Christ, Bad Lieutenant, True Romance and Coyote Ugly. In 2001, he played Jennifer Lopez's father in Angel Eyes. On T.V. he made guest appearances in Law and Order and Miami Vice, among others. Argo participated in a total of 75 films and had a total of 21 T.V. guest appearances. Taxi Driver is a 1976 American motion picture drama directed by Martin Scorsese. ... King of New York is an ultraviolent 1990 motion picture depicting Frank White, a recently-released drug lord who, in a modern-day retelling of the Robin Hood legend, returns to New York City to retake control of the illegal drug trade and use the profits to fight poverty. ... See: The Rose (band) The Rose (film) The Rose (theatre) The Rose (song) The Rose (novella) by Charles L. Harness The Rose (comics) This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... New York Stories DVD cover New York Stories is a movie which was released in the USA in March 1989. ... The Last Temptation of Christ is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in December 1960. ... Bad Lieutenant (1992) is the title of a film crime drama directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Harvey Keitel as the titular bad lieutenant. The screenplay was written by actress-model Zoë Tamerlis under the name Zoë Lund. ... True Romance is a movie directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun) and written by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary. ... Coyote Ugly (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The jeans that Lopez wore when this picture was taken sold for $1, 214, 832 at an auction in 2002. ... Angel Eyes can refer to a number of things: Angel Eyes, a book by Loren D. Estleman. ... Law & Order is the longest-running primetime drama currently on American television (2004). ... Miami Vice was a popular, innovative television series (five seasons on NBC from 1984-1989) starring Don Johnson (James Sonny Crockett) and Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo Rico Tubbs) as two Miami police detectives working undercover. ...


Shortly before his death, Victor realized a lifelong dream of acting on Broadway when he was cast as Santiago, the owner of a cigar factory, in the Pulitzer Prize winning drama Anna in the Tropics. This article is about the street in New York City. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...


Victor Argo died in New York City on April 7, 2004 from complications of lung cancer. New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city in North America. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking. ...


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Victor Argo | The San Diego Union-Tribune (415 words)
Victor Argo, a New York character actor who played dozens of heavies, hoodlums and hardened detectives in movies by directors such as Martin Scorsese, Abel Ferrara and Jim Jarmusch, died Tuesday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan.
Argo continued to explore his malevolent milieu with meatier roles as an aging gangster in "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (1999), directed by Jarmusch, and as Jennifer Lopez's father in the thriller "Angel Eyes" (2001).
Argo was born in the Bronx as Victor Jimenez and worked as a jewelry seller, a printer and a cabdriver as he struggled to land acting jobs.
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