Actor , who is known for his roles in 바카라The Sopranos바카라 and 바카라Mean Streets바카라, has died.
He was 80. He died December 23 in a hospital in Volos, , his son, Robert Romanus, reports People magazine.
No cause of death was given. Romanus was known for his tough-guy roles including Michael Longo in 1973바카라s 바카라Mean Streets바카라. In the -directed crime drama, Romanus played a loan shark who gets into a memorable confrontation with Johnny Civello (Robert De Niro).
Scorsese, 81, recalled the iconic bar scene in Andy Dougan's Untouchable: Robert De Niro, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Something had happened between Bobby and Richard because the animosity between them in that scene is real, and I played on it. They had gotten on each other바카라s nerves to the point where I think they really wanted to kill each other,바카라 the writer-director recalled in the 2011 biography.
바카라I kept shooting take after take of Bobby yelling all these insults while the crew was getting very upset,바카라 he added. According to Romanus, De Niro, 80, was upset with him because he saw him laugh. 바카라By laughing I was saving face,바카라 he said. 바카라He thought I should be fuming, but he had no control over my reactions. Sometimes the reaction you get from your acting partner is not the one you want.바카라
바카라Then you simply have to react to that. But in this scene I laughed organically. I thought Bobby was very funny when he was doing that stuff. And he looked ridiculous,바카라 he added.
As per People, Romanus also appeared in three episodes of another iconic crime drama, The Sopranos, as the estranged husband of Dr. Jennifer Melfi, Tony Soprano바카라s psychiatrist, from 1999 to 2002.
He also starred in several made-for-TV movies including 바카라Night Drive바카라, 바카라Gold of the Amazon Women바카라, 바카라More Than Murder바카라 and 바카라Ghost of a Chance바카라. His final role was Ben Ishak in 2003바카라s 바카라The Young Black Stallion바카라, a prequel to the 1979 Disney classic 바카라The Black Stallion바카라.