Frank Campanella

Frank Campanella was an American actor who worked largely in television, amassing more than a hundred film and television credits, usually as tough guys and police officers. Born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights, he studied drama at Manhattan College and graduated in 1940. His first screen role came in 1949, as Mook the Moon-Man in Captain Video and His Video Rangers, and he went on to steady work in series including Ironside, Mannix, The Rockford Files and Mission: Impossible. On film he appeared in The Producers (1968), What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), The Stone Killer (1973), Capone (1975), Heaven Can Wait (1978), The North Avenue Irregulars (1979), Overboard (1987) and Beaches (1988). He also coached Robert De Niro in Sicilian for The Godfather: Part II and acted on Broadway in plays such as Stalag 17 and Guys and Dolls.