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Charley Scalies
Courtesy of x / @ziggles_duckCharley Scaliesfamous for his roles on iconic shows The wire and The sopranosDied at the age of 84 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
The actor died at a nursing facility in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania on Thursday, May 1.
Scalies were best known for his role as Dock Worker and Union Member Thomas “Horeface” Pakusa Forward The wireappears in each episode of the second season of critical tied show, released in 2003.
“As with all the other characters I’ve been wonderful to portray, Horeface lives inside me,” said the actor in 2019. “I invite him out to play as needed.”
HBO has released plenty of popular series over the years, but few can compete with the wire in terms of critical acclaim and fan enthusiasm. A crime drama set by Baltimore, broadcast between 2002 and 2008, has been repeatedly named one of the best TV shows ever, and former President Barack Obama has (…)
On The sopranosScalies played a high school sports coach who appeared in a dreamy sequence opposite James Gandolfini. As Scalies once told a local correspondent, “I’m a good actor. I can sweat on a queue.”
Away from the cameras, the Pennsylvania’s lifelong resident was a zealous family man. “Best known in most as a husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend,” read his public memorial writing. “Professionally, Charley Scalies was an American actor and a former business medicer whose life reflected a rich combination of professional achievement, creative passion, and real joy for life. His favorite audience always sat around the dinner table.”
The moving obituary went on: ” Scalise, and Anne Marie Scalies (Shawn Weaver);
As the news broke about the actor’s death, Anne Marie led tributes. “Charley emphasized the importance of a family, noting that love their mother, spending quality time, and teaching respect and hard work are key elements of paternity,” he told Hollywood reporter. “He saw a father’s duty as prominent children towards independence. His stories will be lost by his wife, children, and grandparents, but his memory will live in their hearts.”
During his six -season run, the TV sopranos transformed as we know, winning his title as one of the biggest shows ever. The HBO crime drama began in January 1999 with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) unwilling to walk into the office of his new psychiatrist, Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), after having a panic pulley. (…)
In addition to his two best -known roles, Scalies also appeared in the 1995 film Two pieces, sides To the Pacinoand chapters of Manslaughter: street life and Law and order. He came to act after a career in sales and consultation, but was, by all accounts, a born entertainer, making impressions and saying jokes in his father’s pit hall in his youth.
He even inspired his memories of Philadelphia Pool Hall, It takes ballswho completed in 2015. “I love a good (real) love story as much as I like to laugh,” say from the project.
