Vincent Gardenia

Vincent Gardenia (1920 - 1992)
==Film Deaths==
*The Big Racket (Il grande racket) (1976) [Pepe]: Machine gunned by gangsters when he tries to warn Fabio Testi. 
*Death Wish II (1982) [Detective Frank Ochoa]: Shot by Thomas F. Duffy during a shoot-out with the street gang in the park; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Charles Bronson.
*Little Shop of Horrors (1986) [Mr. Mushnik]: Eaten by the giant Audrey II plant (voiced by Levi Stubbs) while Vincent is confronting Rick Moranis in the plant shop. (Played for comic effect.)
==Television Deaths==
*The Edge of Night (1960: Episode unknown) [George Vetter]: Shot to death by Rebecca Sand who made his death look like suicide.
*The Big Valley: Palms of Glory (1965) [John Sample]: Shot in the chest in a shoot-out with the railroad men at Vincent's farmhouse.
*Coronet Blue: Where You From And What You Done? (1967) [Goff, "The Man"]: Beaten with a stick (off-screen) by Laura Devon as he lies unconscious in the motel gazebo; she confesses to her crime on the stage of Joe Silver's club.
*McCloud: Top of the World, Ma! (1971) [Barney Sweetwater]: Shot to death (off-screen) by Antony Carbone in a hotel room; his body is shown afterwards when Bo Svenson discovers him.
*Sarge: Psst! Wanna Buy a Dirty Picture? (1971) [Arnold Bates]: Shot in the back by Warren Stevens.
* L.A. Law: God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman (1990) [Murray Melman]: Dies of a stroke (off-screen) wearing a Santa's hat while sitting in his reclining chair. Larry Drake is back from shopping the groceries, he discovers that Vincent was unable to speak. (as he's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease for years.)
==Gallery==
MV5BMDAxYjBjMDItNzg3Yy00Y2Q3LTk1ZTUtMzNjN2I0ZmU4NWMzXkEyXkFqcGc@. V1 QL75 UX784 .jpg|Vincent Gardenia (bottom, with Charles Bronson) in Death Wish II
Mr. Mushnik.jpg|Vincent Gardenia's death in Little Shop of Horrors
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