Frank Pesce
Frank Pesce (December 8, 1946 – February 6, 2022) was an American film and television actor. Born in New York City, Pesce was the son of two working-class Italian parents. Pesce started his film career as an extra in The Godfather Part II, and got his first credited role in 1976, in an episode of the television series Police Story. He guest-starred a large number of well-known TV-series, including Knight Rider, Kojak and Matlock, and was a busy character actor in films, notably appearing in Rocky, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop and Flashdance. He wrote the script of the film 29th Street, based on his own autobiographical experiences. He made his last appearance in 2015, in Creed.
75 acting credits
Acting · 75
Miami Vice
1984
Knight Rider
1982
Matlock
1986
Airwolf
1984
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Who's the Boss?
1984
Kojak
1973
Top Gun
1986
The Single Guy
1995
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Rocky
1976
The Greatest American Hero
1981
Creed
2015
The Expendables 3
2014
Blue Thunder
1984
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Donnie Brasco
1997
Tower Heist
2011
Cassie & Co.
1982
The Tony Danza Show
1997
Lock Up
1989
Sorcerer
1977
Flashdance
1983
Midnight Run
1988
American Gigolo
1980
Grudge Match
2013
Maniac Cop
1988
The Whole Ten Yards
2004
Black and White
1999
Paradise Alley
1978
Maniac
1980
Young Doctors in Love
1982
Reach Me
2014
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
1992
Maniac Cop 2
1990
Double Take
2001
Eureka
1983
Vigilante
1983
Original Gangstas
1996
Trapped in Paradise
1994
Mirror Images II
1993
Relentless
1989
The Pamela Principle
1992
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
1993
Killer Fish
1979
Tilt
1979
Another Midnight Run
1994
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013
Uncle Sam
1996
Final Approach
2008
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Defiance
1980
Ice
1994
On the Edge
2002
Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989
Cameron's Closet
1988
Steel and Lace
1991
Hit List
1989
Night Vision
1997
29th Street
1991
Seduce Me: Pamela Principle 2
1994
In the Shadow of a Killer
1992
The Big Score
1983
Citizen Jane
2009
South Beach
1993
Bar Girls
1990
Blindsided
1993
The Cottonwood
1996
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005
Hollywood Harry
1986
Emergency Room
1983
The Joe Spinell Story
2001
The Messenger
1986