Richard Conte

Actor

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Also Known As

Nicholas Peter Conte, Nicholas Conte

Birth Place

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Born

March 24, 1910

Died

April 15, 1975

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Likeable, reliable leading man who from the mid-1940s to the mid-50s starred in numerous quality films before his career went into decline. Later memorable as the scheming Don Barzini in "The Godfather" (1972)....

Filmography

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Operation Cross Eagles (1969)

Shoot First, Die Later (1974)

Big Guns (1973)

Anastasia mio fratello ovvero il presunto capo dell'aninima assassini (1973)

Alberto Anastasia

The Boss (1973)

Piazza Pulita (1973)

Photos & Videos

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Pepe (1960) -- (Movie Clip) How Humiliatin'!

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Adorable Drunk

Family & Companions

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Ruth Storey

Wife

Actor, psychotherapist. Died at age 84 in August 1994.

Biography

Likeable, reliable leading man who from the mid-1940s to the mid-50s starred in numerous quality films before his career went into decline. Later memorable as the scheming Don Barzini in "The Godfather" (1972).

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Operation Cross Eagles (1969)

Cast (Feature Film)

Shoot First, Die Later (1974)

Big Guns (1973)

Anastasia mio fratello ovvero il presunto capo dell'aninima assassini (1973)

Alberto Anastasia

The Boss (1973)

Piazza Pulita (1973)

Milano trema: La Polizia vuole giustizia (1973)

Anna quel particolare piacere (1973)

The Godfather (1972)

[Don Emilio] Barzini

Explosion (1970)

Dr. Philip Neal

Operation Cross Eagles (1969)

Lieutenant Bradford

Lady in Cement (1968)

Lieutenant Santini

Tony Rome (1967)

Lieutenant Santini

Assault on a Queen (1966)

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Circus World (1964)

The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)

Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Anthony Bergdorf

They Came to Cordura (1959)

Cpl. Milo Trubee

This Angry Age (1958)

Michael Forestier

The Brothers Rico (1957)

Full of Life (1957)

New York Confidential (1955)

The Big Tip Off (1955)

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

Target Zero (1955)

Lt. Tom Flagler

The Big Combo (1955)

Little Red Monkey (1955)

Race for Life (1954)

Highway Dragnet (1954)

The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Slaves of Babylon (1953)

Desert Legion (1953)

Crito [also known as Omar Ben Khalif]

The Raiders (1952)

The Raging Tide (1951)

Hollywood Story (1951)

Under the Gun (1951)

The Sleeping City (1950)

Fred Rowan [also known as Fred Gilbert]

Big Jack (1949)

Dr. Alexander Meade

Whirlpool (1949)

Dr. Bill Sutton

Thieves' Highway (1949)

House of Strangers (1949)

Cry of the City (1948)

Call Northside 777 (1948)

13 Rue Madeleine (1947)

Bill O'Connell, also known as Wilhelm Kuncel

The Other Love (1947)

A Walk in the Sun (1946)

Somewhere in the Night (1946)

Captain Eddie (1945)

Pvt. John Bartek

The Spider (1945)

A Bell for Adano (1945)

The Purple Heart (1944)

Lt. Angelo Canelli

Guadalcanal Diary (1943)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)

Tony [Casselli]

Life Events

1943

Screen acting debut in "Guadalcanal Diary"

1968

Sole film as director (also actor), "Operation Cross Eagles"

Photo Collections

Thieves' Highway - Movie Posters

Thieves' Highway - Movie Posters

Hollywood Story - Movie Posters

Hollywood Story - Movie Posters

Hollywood Story - Lobby Card Set

Hollywood Story - Lobby Card Set

Hollywood Story - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Hollywood Story - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

The Big Combo - Movie Posters

Here are a few original release American movie posters for The Big Combo (1955), starring Cornel Wilde.

Videos

Pepe (1960) -- (Movie Clip) How Humiliatin'! Cantinflas (title character), seeking his beloved horse, has reached Las Vegas, where director George Sidney lays down another barrage of cameos, this time including Frank Sinatra, Cesar Romero, Jimmy Durante and just the start of Dean Martin's bit (Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. done earlier), in Pepe, 1960.

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Adorable Drunk Losing her grip again, now in the thrall of her money-grubbing third husband Tony (Richard Conte), singer Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward) has an incident in an LA bar, in I'll Cry Tomorrow, 1955.

House Of Strangers (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Vengeance Is A Rare Wine Susan Hayward, not yet identified as Irene, enters the uptown apartment where we’ve just seen Richard Conte, as newly paroled Max Monetti, arrive, after facing off with his brothers at their family-owned Lower Manhattan bank, and their first encounter, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s House Of Strangers, 1949.

House Of Strangers (1949) -- (Movie Clip) The Bank Will Open When I Get There Artful introduction of top-billed Edward G. Robinson as Gino Monetti (we’ve seen his portrait earlier, at the family-owned Manhattan bank), with Richard Conte as just-paroled son Max, visiting the vacant family home, and playing some Verdi, Joseph L. Mankiewicz directing, Luther Adler the elder son, in House Of Strangers, 1949.

House Of Strangers (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Money Is A Great Cleanser Having jumped back in time at least seven years, to when Manhattan Italian banker Gino Monetti (Edward G. Robinson) lived, we see the first meeting of Susan Hayward as Irene and Richard Conte as his son and in-house lawyer Max, Paul Valentine as the younger brother and security guard, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s House Of Strangers, 1949.

House Of Strangers (1949) -- (Movie Clip) This Bank Stinks With Tradition From producer Sol Siegel and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, opening with legit Little Italy location shots, Richard Conte on what looks like Mulberry St., entering the Monetti Loan & Trust, where we learn he’s Max, released from prison, visiting Joseph (Luther Adler) and brothers Pietro and Tony (Paul Valentine, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.), in House Of Strangers, 1949.

Thieves' Highway (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I'm The Friendly Type Weary trucker Nick, at the San Francisco produce market (director Jules Dassin shooting on location), aiming not to get shafted on his first delivery, doesn’t know what to make of Rica (Valentina Cortese, her first scene), in Thieves’ Highway, 1949, from A.I. Bezzerides’ novel and screenplay.

Thieves' Highway (1949) -- (Movie Clip) The Chinese Have Small Feet During his big fat Greek-American return to California, ship mechanic Nick (Richard Conte), with his mom, dad (Tamara Shayne, Morris Carnovsky) and probably-fianceè Polly (Barbara Lawrence), discovers bad news that had been kept from him, early in Jules Dassin’s Thieves’ Highway, 1949.

Thieves' Highway (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Got Plenty Of Shirts Location shooting at the San Francisco produce market, for which the movie is famous, novice trucker Nick (Richard Conte) jousts with dealer Figlia (Lee J. Cobb), not revealing he’s seeking revenge for injuries to his father, Edwin Max and George Tyne the henchmen, in Thieves’ Highway, 1949.

Ocean's Eleven (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Will Even See Us Jimmy (Peter Lawford) introduces Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) who introduces the plan for the Las Vegas multi-casino heist to the gang of ex-Army buddies (Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Richard Conte as "Tony," et al) in Ocean's Eleven, 1960.

Hotel (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Detest You! Quick look at many in the all-star cast, Richard Conte as house detective Dupere looking into a car accident, Rod Taylor as his manager McDermott, Merle Oberon and Michael Rennie as the duke and duchess hiding we're-not-sure-what, Karl Malden the thief, in Hotel, 1967, from an Arthur Hailey novel.

Call Northside 777 (1948) -- (Movie Clip) My Lawyer Was A Drunk First visit to the (real) Illinois prison in Statesville, reporter McNeal (James Stewart) takes the measure of the possibly innocent Wiecek (Richard Conte), who's already served eleven years, in Call Northside 777, 1948.

Bengazi - (Original Trailer) Three shady characters team up to search for Nazi gold in the African desert in Bengazi (1955).

13 Rue Madeleine - (Original Trailer) Tragedy occurs when a spy chief finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent in 13 Rue Madeleine (1947).

Call Northside 777 - (Re-issue Trailer) A Chicago reporter (James Stewart) re-opens a ten year old murder case in Call Northside 777 (1948).

Big Jack - (Original Trailer) A pair of thieves swindle their way through the gay '90s in Big Jack (1948) starring Wallace Beery in his last movie.

I'll Cry Tomorrow - (Original Trailer) Susan Hayward stars in the true story of singer and actress Lillian Roth and her battle with alcoholism in I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955).

Ocean's Eleven (1960) - (Original Trailer) The original movie and the ultimate "Rat Pack" adventure, Ocean's Eleven (1960) starring Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Family

Mark Conte

Son

Editor.

Companions

Ruth Storey

Wife

Actor, psychotherapist. Died at age 84 in August 1994.

Bibliography

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