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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
Sam Coppola Biography (1935-)
Born July 31, 1935, in Jersey City, NJ. Addresses: Agent: HWA Talent,1964 Westwood Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- July 31, 1935
- Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (Uncredited) Customer, No Way to Treat a Lady, Paramount, 1968
- Mel, Interplay (also known as Part-Time Virgins), Times Film Corporation, 1970
- (As Sam J. Coppola) Julie, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (also known as The Gang That Couldn't Shoot), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
- Private detective, The Anderson Tapes, Columbia, 1971
- (As Sam J. Coppola) Chick, Crazy Joe, Columbia, 1973
- (Uncredited) Police officer, Serpico, Paramount, 1973
- Detective Johnson, Death Journey, 1976
- (As Sam J. Coppola) Fusco, Saturday Night Fever, Paramount, 1977
- Sam, Fingers, 1978
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King of the Gypsies, 1978
- (As Sam J. Coppola) Schoyer, Without a Trace, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
- (As Sam J. Coppola) Fuselli, Fatal Attraction, Paramount, 1987
- Principal, Zits (also known as Likewise and Spy Trap), 1988
- Detective Brophy, She's Back, LIVE Home Video, 1989
- Jannelli, Street Hunter, 21st Century Film Corporation, 1990
- PBA representative, Blue Steel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
- Taxi driver, Jacob's Ladder (also known as Dante's Inferno), TriStar, 1990
- Detective Michaelson, A Kiss before Dying, Universal, 1991
- Dr. Henderson, The Bruce Diet, 1992
- Bartender Lindey, Money for Nothing, Buena Vista, 1993
- Sid Kramer, Joey Breaker (also known as Agent Breaker), Skouras Pictures, 1993
- Mr. Kott, Palookaville, Samuel Goldwyn, 1995
- Mr. Bishop, The Deli, Golden Monkey Pictures, 1997
- Uncle Joe, A Wake in Providence, Indican Pictures, 1999
- Dr. Felch, Sally, Creative Light Entertainment, 2000
- Carlo Ricci, Friends and Family, Regent Releasing, 2001
- Bobby Gold, Empire, Universal, 2002
- Gus, Nola, Samuel Goldwyn, 2003
- Rosencranz, The Warrior Class, Archer Entertainment/The Talking Pictures Company, 2004
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Television Appearances
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Miniseries
- Detective Dave DeSoto, Internal Affairs, 1988
- Judge Leo Glasser, Witness to the Mob, NBC, 1998
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Movies
- First police officer, Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside, NBC, 1973
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Honor Thy Father, CBS, 1973
- Aldo, Hardhat and Legs, CBS, 1980
- Harry, The $5.20 an Hour Dream, CBS, 1980
- Otto, King Crab, ABC, 1980
- John, A Question of Honor, CBS, 1982
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Cat & Mousse, 1987
- Dave, Murder in Black & White, CBS, 1990
- Albie Carbone, Dead and Alive--The Race for Gus Farace (also knownas In the Line of Duty: Mob Justice and Mob Justice), ABC, 1991
- Carmine Gelenti, Citizen Cohn, HBO, 1992
- Mel Nardino, The Counterfeit Contessa, Fox, 1994
- Jan Kaplovitz, Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions, CBS, 1996
- Bob Kirkpatrick, Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World TradeCenter Bombing, HBO, 1997
- Paul Castellano, The Big Heist, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
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Episodic
- (As Sam J. Coppola) Bartender, "Renunciation," Law & Order, NBC, 1991
- George Carberry, Crossroads, ABC, 1992
- Cabrini, "The Deal," (also known as Due South: The Series,
Direction: Sud, and Tandem de choc), CBS and CTV, 1994
- Carl Malzone, The Practice, ABC, 1997
- Sal Alfaro, Michael Hayes, CBS, 1997
- Dr. Reis, "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisante," The Sopranos, HBO,1999
- "20/20 Hindsight," Wonderland, ABC, 2000
- Uncle Sammy, "Paranoia," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2001
- Neal Dornan, "The Pilgrim," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (alsoknown as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2002
- Arthur Reingold, "Lamentation on the Reservation," The Jury, Fox,2004
- U.S. federal judge Vance, "City Hall," Law & Order, NBC, 2004
- Appeared in "The Eyes Have It," an unaired episode of Queens Supreme, CBS.
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Pilots
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Bodyguards, ABC, 1995
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Stage Appearances
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Things That Almost Happen, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City,1971
- Member of the court, officer of the Caine at the Fairmont Hotel, and understudy for Lundeen and Southard, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1983
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Under the Bed, Makor, New York City, 2005
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