• Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family is a 1985 non-fiction book by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi that chronicles the life of Henry Hill, a Mafia associate...
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    program in 1987. Hill's life story was documented in the true crime book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi, which was subsequently adapted...
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  • Wiseguy is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987, to December 8, 1990, for a total of 75 episodes over four...
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  • Wise guy (redirect from Wiseguys)
    up wise guy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wise guy or Wiseguy may refer to: Wiseguy (TV series), a US television series The Wise Guy, a 1926 silent...
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  • The Wiseguys were a British electronic duo active in the mid to late 1990s. They produced the song "Start the Commotion", which was featured in a Mitsubishi...
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    prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, he starred in the CBS television crime drama Wiseguy. Wahl, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, is elusive about his personal...
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  • The Hot Springs Wiseguys are an indoor American football team set to begin play in 2025 as an expansion team of The Arena League. Based in Hot Springs...
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  • murdered. DeSimone's career in the Lucchese family is explored in the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, and inspired the character of Tommy DeVito, portrayed...
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    an American author and screenwriter. He wrote the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy and co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas, its 1990 film adaptation, for...
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  • The Way of the Wiseguy, by Joseph D. Pistone (Running Press, ISBN 0-7624-1839-7), is a non-fiction description of Mafia personalities and culture, published...
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  • "Penny-Wiseguys" is the fifth episode of the twenty-fourth season of the American animated television series, The Simpsons and the 513th episode overall...
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    Life in the Mafia. Pan Books, 1989. ISBN 9780330305747. Pileggi, Nicholas. Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family. Simon & Schuster, 1985. ISBN 9780671447342....
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    with the role of FBI Special Agent Frank McPike in the television series Wiseguy (1987–1990). For his role, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award...
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  • a lesser sentence, which is exactly what Hill did in 1980. In the book Wiseguy, Henry Hill said that after William "Billy Batts" Bentvena was released...
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    Moe Howard (redirect from Oh, wiseguy, eh?)
    Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Moe Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the...
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  • by Martin Scorsese, with a script based on Nicholas Pileggi's 1985 book Wiseguy. Bracco did not meet with Karen Hill prior to filming. Bracco was nominated...
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  • Connecticut. After his release in 1970, according to the mafia memoir Wiseguy, Henry Hill describes the "welcome home" party for Bentvena at Robert's...
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    (Italian: uno di noi), friend of ours (Italian: amico nostro), good fella, and wiseguy, although the last two terms can also apply to non-initiated Mafia associates...
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    sitcom Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and appeared in the television series Wiseguy, the soap operas Another World and The Young and the Restless and the feature...
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    can say a word about it. Who wouldn't want to be a wiseguy?" Ruggiero was the epitome of a wiseguy and had the respect of other mobsters. He had a reputation...
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  • The Antidote is the second and final studio album by the Wiseguys, released through Wall of Sound on 5 October 1998. It peaked at number 133 on the Billboard...
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    Pileggi, Nicholas. Wiseguy: The 25th Anniversary Edition. Simon & Schuster. p. 8. Pileggi, Nicholas (27 September 2011). Wiseguy: The 25th Anniversary...
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  • is also known for his role as Sonny Steelgrave in the television series Wiseguy. Sharkey was born in Brooklyn to Cecelia Formisano and Ray Sharkey, Sr...
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  • he portrayed Michael Santana's cop brother-in-law "Richard Burns" in Wiseguy season 4 episode "Point of No Return". In 1994, he portrayed "Benson" in...
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  • Ganios appeared in five episodes of the Emmy Award-winning 1980s TV series Wiseguy as muscular mob lawyer Mike "Mooch" Cacciatore, and he made a guest appearance...
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  • J. Cannell, Lupo created such shows as The A-Team, Renegade, Riptide, Wiseguy and Hunter. He also served as the executive producer for Walker, Texas...
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  • Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and Paul...
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    insults. He is listed in the credits as "Vinny Pastore" playing "Copa Wiseguy." Pastore got a bigger role in the comedy/crime film The Jerky Boys: The...
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  • (2019). He is also known for his breakthrough role as Frank McPike in Wiseguy (1987–1990). He has received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding...
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    (2013), and Legend (2015). He is also known for his recurring roles in Wiseguy (1989), Kojak (2005), Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2014) and Godfather of Harlem...
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