Dennis Farina

Dennis Farina (1944 - 2013)

Chicago police officer turned actor

Was on duty during both the 1968 Chicago riots and the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Film DeathsEdit

• Thief (1981) [Carl]: Shot to death by James Caan during a shootout.

• Men of Respect (1991) [Bankie Como]: Killed by John Turturro or John's thugs. (It's been some time since I've seen this movie, so my memory is vague.)
• Romeo Is Bleeding[1](1993) [Nick Gazzara]: Machine gunned to death off-screen by Lena Olin .  His body is briefly shown when his death is mentioned to Gary Oldman.

• Striking Distance (1993) [Captain Nick Detillo]: Shot in the chest by his son (Robert Pastorelli), after Dennis shoots Robert first (not knowing Robert was wearing a bulletproof vest).

• Get Shorty (1995) [Ray 'Bones' Barboni]: Presumably shot to death in a shoot-out in an airport; as soon as Dennis opens the airport locker, it cuts to a film-within-the-film re-creation of the incident, with Harvey Keitel playing Dennis' part.

• The Mod Squad (1999) [Greer]: Shot in the chest by Sam McMurray (off-screen); his body is shown when Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi, and Omar Epps discover him in an alleyway.

• Reindeer Games (2000) [Jack Bangs]: Shot to death during a shoot-out in the casino.

• You Kill Me (2007) [Edward O'Leary]: Shot in the chest by Ben Kingsley.

TV DeathsEdit

• Miami Vice: World of Trouble (1989) [Albert Lombard]: Shot to death by Ned Eisenberg after pretending to go for a concealed gun, knowing that he would be shot and that Eisenberg would in turn be shot by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas; he dies while talking to them.