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Richard Romanus

Richard Romanus

13 movies on Netflix

Biography

Richard Romanus was an American actor whose screen career included a role in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973) and voice work for two Ralph Bakshi animated features, Wizards (1977) and Hey Good Lookin' (1982). On television he played Richard La Penna in four episodes of The Sopranos shown between 1999 and 2002. He also wrote for the screen, co-scripting the Christmas film If You Believe in 1999; that script brought him a Writers Guild of America nomination for best original screenplay in long form television. In 2012 his book Act III reached the shortlist for the International Rubery Book Award. Richard Romanus, who was born in Barre in 1943, died in 2023.

80years old at death

  • Born Barre
  • Died Volos
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
  • Also credited as Richard Joseph Romanos

Movie Career

Films
13
Career span
35 years1968 to 2003

Genres

First and latest

Richard Romanus movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Mean Streets1973 Crime, Dramaas Michael

    IMDb rating 7.1130K votes

  2. Wizards1977 Adventure, Animation, Fantasyas Weehawkvoice

    IMDb rating 6.315K votes

  3. Point of No Return1993as Fahd Bahktiar

    IMDb rating 6.132K votes

  4. Protocol1984as Emir

    IMDb rating 5.55.7K votes

  5. Heavy Metal1981as Harry Canyon (segment "Harry Canyon")voice

    IMDb rating 6.642K votes

  6. Murphy's Law1986as Frank Vincenzo

    IMDb rating 5.97.5K votes

  7. The Couch Trip1988as Harvey Michaels

    IMDb rating 5.86.3K votes

  8. Hey Good Lookin'1982as Vinnievoice

    IMDb rating 6.11.6K votes

Most often with

Ralph Bakshi directed two of these films, Michael Ritchie two. David Proval appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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David Proval, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with David ProvalHarvey Keitel, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Harvey KeitelAngelo Grisanti, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Angelo GrisantiJesse Welles, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jesse WellesTina Romanus, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Tina RomanusRalph BakshiDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Ralph BakshiMichael RitchieDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Michael Ritchie

Films together

Box office

What Richard Romanus's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$133 million

8 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure, in dollars of the day.

Of the 13 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.

  • 8Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

Point of No Return1993as Fahd Bahktiar$30.0 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Point of No Return1993as Fahd Bahktiar
    $30M22.5% of the total
  2. 2
    Protocol1984as Emir
    $26M19.7% of the total
  3. 3
    Oscar1991as Vendetti
    $24M17.7% of the total
  4. 4
    Heavy Metal1981as Harry Canyon (segment "Harry Canyon") (voice)
    $20M15.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Cops & Robbersons1994as Fred Lutz
    $11M8.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Murphy's Law1986as Frank Vincenzo
    $9.9M7.5% of the total
  7. 7
    Wizards1977as Weehawk (voice)
    $9.0M6.8% of the total
  8. 8
    Mean Streets1973as Michael
    $3.0M2.3% of the total

Online

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