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John Aprea, an actor who mentioned his biggest profession accomplishment was enjoying younger Salvatore in 1974’s “The Godfather Half II,” died August 15 of unspecified causes. He was 83.
His pal and former co-star Paul Carafotes, creator of the kids’s e-book “The Adventures of Charlie Bubbles!,” introduced Aprea’s demise on Instagram late Saturday, writing, “I simply heard that my outdated pal, pal Actor, father, husband, brother. Handed away 8/15/2024 We had numerous laughs. We met on the set of CBS tv present Knots Touchdown, 1987 Over 40 years in the past. Many will miss this man! Relaxation outdated pal. I’ll see you on the opposite facet PC.”
He included a flashback picture and a newer picture, exhibiting himself with Aprea in Aprea’s hospital mattress.
Born March 4, 1941, in Englewood, New Jersey, Aprea was a first-generation Italian-American who studied enterprise earlier than exploring a long-suppressed need to behave. He studied performing with blacklisted Actors Studio member Joshua Shelley, making his movie debut in Steve McQueen’s 1968 motion movie “Bullitt.”
He was not often out of labor after that, working each on TV and within the motion pictures.
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Of his most well-known work, he mentioned in a 2020 interview, “[‘The Godfather II’] is likely one of the greatest movies ever made. Every time it comes on tv, I inform myself, ‘I’m not going to see it once more,’ however earlier than I do know it, I’ve watched each minute of it. Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo wrote a tremendous screenplay.”
As younger Salvatore Tessio — Abe Vigoda performed the older model — his efficiency set him as much as play mob figures many instances over, however he loved dramatic and comedic roles, and located his longest-running gig as Lucas Castigliano on greater than 400 episodes of the cleaning soap “One other World” (1989-1998).
His different distinguished TV roles had been on “The Gangster Chronicles” (1981), as Lt. Vince Novelli on “Matt Houston” (1982-1984), as Sheriff North on “Falcon Crest” (1987), as Manny Vasquez on “Knots Touchdown” (1988), as Lionel Wakefield on “American Heiress” (2007), and enjoying the dad of John Stamos’ character on each “Full Home” (1988-1991) and “Fuller Home” (2017).
Different movies included “The Seven-Ups” (1973), “Caged Warmth” (1974), “The Stepford Wives” (1975), “Loopy Mama” (1975), “The Idolmaker” (1980), “Useless Man on Campus” (1998), and “The Manchurian Candidate” (2004).
Extra just lately, Aprea had a recurring function on “The Bay” (2020-2023).
Divorced twice, he’s survived by his daughter.
