Louis Guss
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Louis Guss (January 4, 1918 – September 29, 2008) was an American character actor born in New York City. Over a career spanning five decades, he accumulated credits across stage, television, and film, frequently portraying blue-collar ethnic characters.
Guss made his Broadway debut in 1954 with The Girl on the Via Flaminia and continued appearing on the New York stage through 1972. His Broadway credits include Handful of Fire (1958), One More River (1960), Once There Was a Russian (1961), The Night of the Iguana (1961), Mother Courage and Her Children (1963), Arturo Ui (1963), Diamond Orchid (1965), Flora, The Red Menace (1965), But, Seriously (1969), Gandhi (1970), and Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1972).
On screen, Guss appeared in hundreds of television series and feature films throughout his career. Among his most recognized film roles were Don Zaluchi in The Godfather (1972), Joseph Magliocco in Crazy Joe (1974), Raymond Capomaggi in Moonstruck (1987), Nathan Grodner in The Yards (2000), and Jerry "the Hammer" Fungo in The Crew (2000). His final screen appearance came in Sidney Lumet's Find Me Guilty in 2006.
Guss died in 2008 at the age of 90 from natural causes.
Personal Details
- Born
- January 4, 1918
- Hometown
- New York, New York, USA
- Died
- September 29, 2008
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