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Native New Yorker and Italianate Bruno Kirby tended towards assertive, pushy, streetwise characters and was armed with a highly distinctive scratchy tenor voice that complemented his slim eyes and droopy puss and accentuated his deadpan comedic instincts on film and TV. The well-regarded character actor was born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu on April 28, 1949, in New York City, the son of Lucille (Garibaldi) and actor Bruce Kirby. He was raised in NY's Hell's Kitchen section.
In the late 1960s he moved with his family to California. His career began to rev up in the early 1970s with a part in the TV pilot episode of M*A*S*H (1972) and roles in the films The Young Graduates (1971), The Harrad Experiment (1973), Cinderella Liberty (1973) and Superdad (1973). Most notable of all, however, was his featured part as Young Clemenza alongside Robert De Niro's young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974). Bruno also played Richard S. Castellano's son in the short-lived ethnic sitcom The Super (1972). Coincidentally, Castellano played older Clemenza in the original The
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Bruno Kirby
ACTOR
1949 - 2006
Bruno Kirby
Bruno Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu Jr.; April 28, 1949 – August 14, 2006) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally..., Good Morning, Vietnam, The Godfather Part II, The Freshman, Sleepers and Donnie Brasco. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruno Kirby has received more than 4,261,603 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Bruno Kirby is the 2,444th most popular actor (up from 2,684th in 2019), the 3,855th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,282nd in 2019) and the 1,116th most popular American Actor.
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4.3M
Page Views (PV)
59.27
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
39
Languages Editions (L)
2.52
Effective Languages (L*)
4.87
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Among ACTORS
Among actors, Bruno Kirby ranks 2,444 out of 13,578. Before him are Adam Cheng, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Fiennes, John Amos, Mark Willia
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Bruno Kirby
Bruno Kirby (real name Bruno Quidaciolu) was an Italian-American film and television actor.
Biography[]
Bruno's father Bruce was also an actor. His role as the young Peter Clemenza raised his profile in Hollywood. In 1972, he had played Richard Castellano's son in The Super. Coincidentally, Castellano had appeared in The Godfather as the older Peter Clemenza.
Kirby became successful as Garry Shandling's agent in It's the Garry Shandling Show and as Billy Crystal's best friend in When Harry Met Sally. He made his Broadway debut in Lost in Yonkers which acheived critical acclaim, before going on to make Stuart Little and several more television appearances. In 1990, he and Marlon Brando appeared in the comedy The Freshman, where The Godfather movie itself was often referenced. And, in 1996, he appeared in Donnie Brasco, along with fellow Godfather actor, Al Pacino.
Bruno Kirby died from leukaemia in 2006.
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