Nicholas Peter Conte, known professionally as Richard Conte, was an American actor.
43 Facts About Richard Conte
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Richard Conte appeared in more than 100 films from the 1940s through 1970s, including I'll Cry Tomorrow, Ocean's 11, and The Godfather.
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Richard Conte was born Nicholas Peter Conte on March 24,1910, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Italian-Americans Julia, a seamstress, and Pasquale Conte, a barber.
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Richard Conte graduated from William L Dickinson High School in Jersey City.
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Richard Conte was discovered by actors Elia Kazan and John Garfield during his job at a Connecticut resort, which led to Conte finding stage work.
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Richard Conte eventually earned a scholarship to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he became a standout actor.
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Richard Conte was a Republican who campaigned for Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election.
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Richard Conte made his film debut under the name Nicholas Conte in Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence at 20th Century Fox.
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Richard Conte played Tony, a hobo who meets up with Joe and Anita.
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Richard Conte made his Broadway debut in My Heart's in the Highlands for the Group Theatre.
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Richard Conte performed in the road company of Golden Boy.
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Richard Conte was in a hit in Jason then was in The Family.
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Richard Conte followed it with another war drama, The Purple Heart, directed by Lewis Milestone; he was billed second, beneath Dana Andrews.
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Richard Conte had a smaller part in Captain Eddie, a biopic about Eddie Rickenbacker, and played an Italian POW in A Bell for Adano.
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Richard Conte had the star role in another war film for Milestone, A Walk in the Sun, where he was teamed again with Andrews.
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Richard Conte had a good support role in Somewhere in the Night directed by Joseph Mankiewicz then supported James Cagney in a spy film, 13 Rue Madeleine, directed by Henry Hathaway.
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Richard Conte was borrowed by Enterprise Productions for The Other Love with Barbara Stanwyck and David Niven.
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Richard Conte was teamed with Victor Mature in Cry of the City.
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Richard Conte was top billed in Thieves' Highway, directed by Jules Dassin, and co-starred with Gene Tierney in Otto Preminger's classic film noir Whirlpool.
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Richard Conte signed a contract with Universal Pictures, for whom he starred in some crime films: The Sleeping City ; Hollywood Story, directed by William Castle; and The Raging Tide.
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Richard Conte went to Warner Bros to co-star with Anne Baxter and Ann Sothern in The Blue Gardenia directed by Fritz Lang.
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Back at Universal Richard Conte supported Alan Ladd in Desert Legion.
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Richard Conte made Slaves of Babylon for Sam Katzman at Columbia.
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Richard Conte started guest starring on TV shows such as Medallion Theatre, Ford Television Theatre, and General Electric Theater.
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Richard Conte was going to direct The Wolf Pack for Broidy but it was not made.
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Back in the US Richard Conte did The Big Combo for Cornel Wilde's own company, replacing Jack Palance; New York Confidential for producer Edward Small; and The Big Tip Off for Broidy.
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Richard Conte went back to England for Little Red Monkey and over to RKO for Bengazi and Warners for a Korean War movie Target Zero.
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Richard Conte broke out of B movies with the second lead in I'll Cry Tomorrow, an MGM biopic about Lillian Roth starring Susan Hayward.
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Richard Conte was co-starred with Judy Holliday in Full of Life ; played the lead in The Brothers Rico ; supported Anthony Perkins and Silvana Mangano in This Angry Age ; was one of several names in They Came to Cordura.
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Richard Conte continued to guest on TV shows like The 20th Century-Fox Hour and The Twilight Zone and played the lead in a TV adaptation of The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio.
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Richard Conte had his first regular TV role in The Four Just Men.
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Richard Conte supported Frank Sinatra in Ocean's 11 but then focused on TV: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bus Stop, Naked City, Checkmate, Frontier Circus, The DuPont Show of the Week, The Untouchables, Alcoa Premiere, Going My Way, Kraft Mystery Theater, 77 Sunset Strip, The Reporter, Kraft Suspense Theatre and Arrest and Trial.
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Richard Conte supported Frank Sinatra in Assault on a Queen and was one of several stars in Hotel.
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In 1966, Richard Conte landed a supporting role in the short-lived CBS sitcom, The Jean Arthur Show.
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Richard Conte appeared as Lieutenant Dave Santini in two Frank Sinatra crime films, Tony Rome and Lady in Cement.
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Richard Conte had one of his most memorable performances in The Godfather as Don Barzini.
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Richard Conte was at one time considered for the title role, Don Vito Corleone, a role that Marlon Brando eventually filled.
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Richard Conte did horror films, Evil Eye, A Diary of a Murderess and Naked Exorcism.
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Richard Conte was married to actress Ruth Storey, with whom he adopted a son, film editor Mark Richard Conte.
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Richard Conte married his second wife, Shirlee Garner, in 1973; they remained married until Conte's death.
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Richard Conte's grandson is National Football League free safety Chris Conte.
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Richard Conte was taken to UCLA Medical Center where the staff worked for eight hours to keep him alive.
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Richard Conte is buried in the Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.