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Richard Bright

Born: 28th Jun 1937 Brooklyn, New York, USA - Died 18th Feb 2006
Dept: Acting
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Richard J. Bright (June 28, 1937 – February 18, 2006) was an American actor best known for his role as Al Neri in the The Godfather films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Bright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 80
Film: 59 (74%)
Television: 21 (26%)
Remaining genres not in graph: History, Western, Adventure, Fantasy, Soap, War & Politics, Science Fiction

Filmography

The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
2020
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (2020) is Francis Ford Coppola’s re-edited, 157-minute version of The Godfather Part III, serving ... view
Character:
Al Neri
2016
'The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901-1959' is a chronological edit of the first two Godfather films, as broadcast by HBO in 2016 and later made avai ... view
Character:
Al Neri
Day On Fire Drama
2006
The lives of a Palestinian journalist and a Jewish model become inextricably, and shockingly, intertwined after they meet by accident in New York. ... view
Character:
Homeless Man
The Jury Drama
Jun 2004 (first aired)
Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Dead Dog Comedy, Drama
2001
Tom and Perri are the happy ideal New York couple until Tom's beloved Golden Retriever is killed by a hit-and-run driver. Tom blames Perri for the acc ... view
Character:
Cunningham
Sep 2001 (first aired)
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological ... view
Character:
Frank Lowell (1 ep.)
Trigger Happy Comedy, Drama
2001
A hand gun is passed between 22 loosely connected New Yorkers. ... view
Character:
Quigley
Jan 2001 (first aired)
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
The Photographer Comedy, Drama
2000
A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night befo ... view
Character:
Drunk in Bar
2000
Dot, Lem and Curry, three hapless working-class chums living in the Bronx, have a penchant for gambling. While riding a rare winning streak, they deci ... view
Character:
Lazarus
Third Watch Drama, Crime
Sep 1999 (first aired)
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55 ... view
Character:
Drunk (2 ep.)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sep 1999 (first aired)
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate ... view
Character:
Robert Sawyer (1 ep.)
Pictures of Baby Jane Doe Romance, Drama
1999
When down-on-his-luck photographer Horace meets Jane, a young streetwalker with a sordid lifestyle, they quickly fall in love and embark on a chaotic ... view
Character:
Rudy
Joe the King Crime, Drama
1999
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing se ... view
Character:
Roy
The Sopranos Crime, Drama
Jan 1999 (first aired)
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements ... view
Character:
Frank Crisci (1 ep.)
Jaded Drama
1998
When an innocent young girl finds herself befriended by two sexy, uninhibited girls at a small-town bar, she discovers that they have more planned tha ... view
Character:
Zack Brown
All Revved Up Action, Comedy, Crime
Original title: OK Garage
1998
A lovely school teacher finds herself the victim of a scam artist - a garage owner who delights in ripping off his customers. Soon, she has two eager ... view
Character:
Louis
Anima Drama
1998
A reporter doing a story on taxidermy discovers an odd older couple that he becomes convinced are ex-Nazi's. The chief item leading to this belief is ... view
Character:
Tommy
Oz Crime, Drama
Jul 1997 (first aired)
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, ... view
Character:
Detective Robert Stransky (1 ep.)
Night Falls on Manhattan Drama, Crime, Thriller
1997
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner. ... view
Character:
64 Precinct Lieutenant
Calm at Sunset Drama, TV Movie
1996
Drama about a young man who defies his parents by dropping out of college to pursue his dream of owning a fishing boat, following in the footsteps of ... view
Character:
Pittsley
Beautiful Girls Comedy, Drama, Romance
1996
During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connec ... view
Character:
Dick Conway
1995
Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend ... view
Character:
Jack the Cop
Who Do I Gotta Kill? Comedy, Crime
1994
A struggling writer takes a job for his mobster uncle in order to obtain first-hand material for a book on conspiracy plots and the JFK assassination. ... view
Character:
Belcher
The Ref Comedy, Crime, Drama
1994
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve. ... view
Character:
Murray
Who's the Man? Drama, Action, Comedy
1993
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as fa ... view
Character:
Demetrius
The Godfather Part III Crime, Drama, Thriller
1990
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sin ... view
Character:
Al Neri
Law & Order Crime, Drama
Sep 1990 (first aired)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someo ... view
Character:
Albert Boxer (1 ep.)
Mr. Quinn (1 ep.)
Victim's Former Police Captain (1 ep.)
Dru Hunt (1 ep.)
The Ambulance Action, Thriller, Comedy
1990
One minute Josh Baker is meeting the woman of his dreams. The next, he's watching her whisked away by a mysterious ambulance that never arrives at the ... view
Character:
McClosky
Ghoul School Horror
1990
Two sniveling high school dropouts plot to rob the school janitor and accidentally release toxic chemicals into the school's water supply. The swimmin ... view
Character:
Principal Kaplan (as Eddie Gambino)
An Empire of Reason Documentary, Drama, History
1988
Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use f ... view
Character:
Donahue Audience Member
The Verne Miller Story Drama, Action
1988
Upon his release from prison, Verne Miller works his way into Al Capone's organization. He becomes a top assassin and earns Capone's trust. However, M ... view
Character:
Adam Richetti
Red Heat Action, Crime
1988
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w ... view
Character:
Sgt. Gallagher
Time Out Drama
1988
Drama about a young Dane who has traveled to America to find the father he can hardly remember. In New Mexico he gets to know the daughter of a politi ... view
Character:
Sherif
Jake and the Fatman Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
Sep 1987 (first aired)
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Houston Knights Drama, Crime
Mar 1987 (first aired)
Houston Knights is an American crime drama set in Houston, Texas. The show ran on CBS from 1987 to 1988 and had 31 episodes. The core of the show was ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (3 ep.)
1986
Eugene, a young teenage Jewish boy, recalls his memoirs of his time as an adolescent youth. He lives with his parents, his aunt, two cousins, and his ... view
Character:
Recruiting Sergeant
The Penalty Phase Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
1986
Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conse ... view
Character:
Judge Von Karman
There Must Be a Pony Drama, TV Movie
1986
Marguerite Sydney is a celebrated Hollywood star attempting a comeback after a stay in a mental hospital, as well as trying to re-establish a relation ... view
Character:
The Detective
1985
22-year-old police officer poses as a student to find the identity of a drug supplier at an inner-city high school. ... view
Character:
Dave
The Equalizer Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Sep 1985 (first aired)
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as ... view
Character:
Vegas (1 ep.)
Gropman (1 ep.)
Brass TV Movie, Crime
1985
The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat. ... view
Character:
Philip Stack
Cut and Run Adventure, Horror
Original title: Inferno in diretta
1985
A reporter and her cameraman connect a surviving Jonestown leader and a TV exec's missing son to a drug war where jungle installations are being massa ... view
Character:
Bob Allo
Crimewave Comedy, Crime, Horror
1985
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and ... view
Character:
Officer Brennan
1984
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the gh ... view
Character:
Chicken Joe
Two of a Kind Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
1983
God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank t ... view
Character:
Stuart
Vigilante Crime, Action, Thriller
1983
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murd ... view
Character:
Burke
1982
The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they k ... view
Character:
Detective Greenspan
Fame Drama
Jan 1982 (first aired)
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Falcon Crest Soap, Drama
Dec 1981 (first aired)
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sizzle Crime, Drama, TV Movie
1981
A sultry nightclub singer, a small-town girl in the big city, sets out to avenge her boyfriend's murder after he is killed while running illegal booze ... view
Character:
Corky
Hill Street Blues Drama, Crime
Jan 1981 (first aired)
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station. ... view
Character:
Stubby (1 ep.)
The Idolmaker Drama, Romance, Music
1980
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian. ... view
Character:
Uncle Tony
Skag Drama
Jan 1980 (first aired)
Skag is a short-lived American drama series that aired on NBC and starred Karl Malden. Skag originated as a three-hour television movie that aired on ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Hair Music, Drama, Comedy
1979
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his ... view
Character:
Fenton
From Here to Eternity War & Politics, Drama
Feb 1979 (first aired)
The lives of the men and families of G Company, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army, on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor. ... view
Character:
Sgt. Doehm (3 ep.)
On the Yard Drama
1978
Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's po ... view
Character:
Nunn
Cops and Robin Action, Crime, Science Fiction, TV Movie
1978
A veteran street cop and his partner, a robot programmed to be the perfect policeman, are assigned to protect the five-year-old daughter of the widow ... view
Character:
Lt. Dan Morgan
Nov 1977 (first aired)
A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family ... view
Character:
Al Neri (4 ep.)
1977
A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she b ... view
Character:
George
Citizens Band Comedy, Drama
1977
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio. ... view
Character:
Smilin' Jack
Marathon Man Thriller, Crime, Drama
1976
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division. ... view
Character:
Karl
Delvecchio Crime, Drama
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Dominick Delvecchio is an Italian-American detective who worked for the LAPD and also studied to become a lawyer. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Rancho Deluxe Comedy, Western
1975
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana. ... view
Character:
Burt
The Godfather Part II Drama, Crime
1974
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone at ... view
Character:
Al Neri
The Gun Drama, TV Movie
1974
The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners. ... view
Character:
Gil Strauss
1974
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a d ... view
Character:
Bar Patron (uncredited)
The Sugarland Express Crime, Drama, Comedy
1974
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Je ... view
Character:
Marvin Dybala (uncredited)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Western, Drama, History
1973
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. ... view
Character:
Holly
The Connection Drama, Crime, TV Movie
1973
An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle. ... view
Character:
BeeJay
The Getaway Action, Crime, Thriller
1972
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong. ... view
Character:
The Thief
The Godfather Drama, Crime
1972
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corl ... view
Character:
Neri
A Death of Innocence Drama, TV Movie
1971
A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and doe ... view
Character:
Johnny Rekko
The Panic in Needle Park Drama, Romance, Crime
1971
A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love ... view
Character:
Hank
Lions Love Comedy
1969
Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood. ... view
Character:
Billy the Kid in The Beard
Freedom to Love Documentary, Drama
Original title: Freiheit für die Liebe
1969
A sex education film dedicated to all forms of human sexuality. ... view
Character:
Billy the Kid
Coronet Blue Mystery, Drama
May 1967 (first aired)
Coronet Blue is an American TV series that ran on CBS from May 29, 1967, to September 4, 1967. It starred Frank Converse as Michael Alden, an amnesia ... view
Character:
Harry (1 ep.)
Sep 1961 (first aired)
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in ... view
Character:
Phil Macy (1 ep.)
Odds Against Tomorrow Crime, Drama, Thriller
1959
An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare. ... view
Character:
Coco
Studio One Drama
Nov 1948 (first aired)
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, prese ... view
Character:
Ditch (1 ep.)