Ray Sharkey

Biography

Raymond Sharkey Jr. (November 14, 1952 – June 11, 1993) was an American stage, film and television actor. His most notable film role was Vincent Vacarri in the 1980 film The Idolmaker, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his role as Sonny Steelgrave in the television series Wiseguy.

Known For

Saturday Night Live

Miami Vice

The Equalizer

Barney Miller

Barney Miller

Jake and the Fatman

Kojak

The Jeffersons

All Movies (37)

• Cop & ½1993 · as Vinnie Fountain
• In the Line of Duty: Street War1992 · as Det. Victor Tomasino
• Zebrahead1992 · as Richard
• Round Trip to Heaven1992 · as Stoneface
• Chrome Soldiers1992 · as Gabe Ricci
• Dead On: Relentless II1992 · as Kyle Valsone
• Caged Fear1991 · as Warden Hayes
• Good Cops, Bad Cops1990
• The Rain Killer1990 · as Capra
• The Take1990 · as Dennis
• 27 Wagons Full of Cotton1990 · as Silva
• The Neon Empire1989 · as Junior Molov
• Wired1989 · as Angel Velasquez
• Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills1989 · as Frank
• The Revenge of Al Capone1989 · as Scarface
• Act of Piracy1988 · as Jack Wilcox
• Wiseguy: Pilot1987 · as Sonny Steelgrave
• P.I. Private Investigations1987 · as Ryan
• No Mercy1986 · as Angles Ryan
• Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp1986 · as Grand Vizier
• Wise Guys1986 · as Marco
• 92 Grosvenor Street1985
• Hellhole1985 · as Silk
• Body Rock1984 · as Terrence
• Du-beat-e-o1984 · as duBEAT-e-o
• Some Kind of Hero1982 · as Sgt. Vinnie DiAngelo
• Regina Roma1982 · as Carry
• The Ordeal of Bill Carney1981 · as Bill Carney
• Love & Money1981 · as Byron Levin
• The Idolmaker1980 · as Vincent 'Vinnie' Vacarri
• Willie & Phil1980 · as Phil D'Amico
• Heart Beat1980 · as Ira (based on Allen Ginsberg)
• Paradise Alley1978 · as Legs
• Who'll Stop the Rain1978 · as Smitty
• Stunts1977 · as Paul Salerno
• Hot Tomorrows1977 · as Louis
• Trackdown1976 · as Flash

All TV Shows (18)

• The Man in the Family1991
• The Neon Empire1989 · as Junior Molov
• Jake and the Fatman1987
• Wiseguy1987
• Crime Story1986 · as US Atty. Harry Breitel
• The Equalizer1985 · as Geoffery Dryden
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as The Father
• Miami Vice1984 · as Bobby Profile
• The Hitchhiker1983 · as Eric Coleman
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Grand Vizier
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Barney Miller1975 · as David Salas
• Barney Miller1975 · as Hold-Up Man
• The Jeffersons1975 · as Robert Phelps
• Kojak1973 · as Gallagher (uncredited)
• The Streets of San Francisco1972
• All in the Family1971 · as Man At Clinic (uncredited)