# Dennis Farina has died. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215 "2013-07-22T17:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/21 "2013-07-22T20:23:01Z")
Damn. He was so good as both a cop and a criminal. Don’t know if he was ever asked to play anything other than cops or criminals, but he had a great career doing that, and you don’t really _have_ to play King Lear. I think my favorite of his scenes was in the under-appreciated film _[Out of Sight](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120780/quotes)_. His character’s daughter is dating an FBI agent played by an uncredited Michael Keaton. He’s wearing a t-shirt that says “FBI”. Farina says: \*Hey Ray, do you ever wear one that says “undercover”? \* ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/22 "2013-07-22T20:25:48Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Rene Russo’s been missing for years. Thor would disagree with you.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/23 "2013-07-22T20:26:33Z")
Am I really the 1st Doper to commend his _L&O_ work? He was great on that. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/24 "2013-07-22T20:46:13Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Am I really the 1st Doper to commend his _L&O_ work? He was great on that. Nope. I did a few posts up. As have others. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/25 "2013-07-22T20:49:00Z")
☹ Loved him in Midnight Run! “You and the other dummy better get more personally involved in your work, or I’m gonna stab you in the heart with a pencil.” RIP ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/26 "2013-07-22T21:11:13Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I really enjoyed his all-too-short turn on Law & Order. > > He will be missed. > [@etv78](#): > > Am I really the 1st Doper to commend his _L&O_ work? He was great on that. > [@leftfield6](#): > > Nope. I did a few posts up. As have others. I loved him in Law & Order. Reruns with him have been noticeably missing recently. Maybe they’ll show a few. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/27 "2013-07-22T21:53:05Z")
He’s gone home to get his fuckin shinebox in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/28 "2013-07-22T22:09:35Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > He’s gone home to get his fuckin shinebox in the sky. Frank Vincent, who went on to play Phil Leotardo in _The Sopranos_, played the ill-fated Billy Batts in _Goodfellas_. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/29 "2013-07-22T22:12:22Z")
> [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](#): > > He’s gone home to get his fuckin shinebox in the sky. That would be [Frank Vincent.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898634/?ref_=sr_1) ETA: Eh. Should have previewed. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/30 "2013-07-22T23:41:46Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > ☹ > > Loved him in Midnight Run! > > “You and the other dummy better get more personally involved in your work, or I’m gonna stab you in the heart with a pencil.” > > RIP “Sidney - relax. Make yourself a sandwich, have a cream soda…do some fuckin thing.” ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/31 "2013-07-22T23:46:17Z")
I saw him eating breakfast at [Butterfields](http://butterfieldsrestaurant.com/index.asp) a few years ago. Everyone sort of did a double-take when they saw him, but pretty much left him alone. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/32 "2013-07-23T00:20:50Z")
One of my all time favorites. I’m shocked. Not trivialize his death, but he looked fab on the XFINITY commercials. I thought he had many more years and many more great parts to play. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/33 "2013-07-23T00:38:31Z")
RIP “Get Shorty” is one of my favorite movies ever. “Fuck you Fuckball” still makes me laugh just thinking about it. Just Googled to find the clip and I didn’t even remember Harvey Keitel also says that line in the fake movie at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/34 "2013-07-23T18:55:32Z")
“Is this moron number one? Put moron number two on the phone.” The man had a genius for delivery. R.I.P., tough guy. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/35 "2013-07-23T19:03:32Z")
It didn’t occur to me until post 8 that I’d been thinking it was Dennis Franz that died. Bummer either way. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/36 "2013-07-23T20:12:20Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > A tough few weeks for the supporting cast of “Get Shorty” (which I loved him in). Somebody should check in on Danny deVito and Gene Hackman. 😕 Am I missing something? Someone else recently pass? ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/37 "2013-07-23T20:42:15Z")
I am loving the Midnight Run quotes. One of my favorite movies. "Don’t say a word to me, Sidney, don’t say a fucking word to me. I’ll get up and I’ll bury this telephone in your head. " I think I’ll watch that again tonight. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/38 "2013-07-23T20:43:20Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > 😕 Am I missing something? Someone else recently pass? James Gandolfini. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/39 "2013-07-23T21:07:53Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > James Gandolfini. :smack: Of course. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215/40 "2013-07-23T23:03:00Z")
Damn! Now I’ll never be able to cast him in the movie I want to make! :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-farina-has-died/664215.md?page=3)