The French Connection actor Tony Lo Bianco dead at 87: Star was also in The Honeymoon Killers and worked with Richard Gere and Demi Moore
French Connection actor Tony Lo Bianco has died at the age of 87.
Lo Bianco has died after a long battle with cancer, his family announced on Wednesday.
“Tony Lo Bianco passed away last night at his horse farm in Maryland after a battle with prostate cancer. His wife, Alyse, was by his side. Tony was 87 years old,” according to a statement from Lo Bianco’s representative.
He had a long and varied career spanning films, hit TV shows and theatre.
Another of his big hit films was the 1970 crime drama The Romantic Killers with costar Shirley Stoler.
French Connection actor Tony Lo Bianco has died at the age of 87. Lo Bianco passed away after a long battle with cancer, his family announced on Wednesday
“Tony Lo Bianco passed away last night at his horse farm in Maryland after a battle with prostate cancer. His wife, Alyse, was by his side. Tony was 87 years old,” according to a statement from Lo Bianco’s representative. Seen in 2016
And Tony was in Bloodbrothers in 1978 with Richard Gere and in The Juror in 1996 with Demi Moore.
He was also known for sci-fi horror God Told Me To, City Heat and Kill The Irishman.
The TV series he worked on were Get Smart, Law & Order and murder, she wrote.
He was born Anthony LoBianco in Brooklyn, New York, and was a boxer before turning to acting in the mid-1960s.
Roy Scheider seen with Lo Bianco in The French Connection in 1971
Tony can be seen here in the middle of the TV series Law & Order