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Abe Vigoda

Actor
24 February 1921 to 26 January 2016

An American actor known for a pair of iconic roles on the big and small screen, Vigoda played Sal Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974). His most enduring role, however, was that of Detective Phil Fish on Barney Miller (1974-1982) and its spin-off Fish (1977-1978).

Read Abe Vigoda's Telegraph obituary here