David Proval

David Proval (born May 20, 1942) is an American actor best known for his roles as Tony DeVienazo in the Martin Scorsese film Mean Streets, Snooze in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Siegfried in Four Rooms (1995) and as Richie Aprile on the HBO television series The Sopranos (1999–2007).

Biography Proval was born in Brooklyn, New York into a Jewish family, the son of Clara Katz, an actress from Bucharest, Romania.

The films he has appeared in include Mean Streets, The Shawshank Redemption, The Phantom, Mob Queen, Four Rooms, UHF, Innocent Blood, The Siege, The Monster Squad, Bookies, and Balls of Fury, had cameos in The Brady Bunch Movie, and Smokin' Aces, and has had recurring roles in television shows such as Picket Fences, Boomtown and Everybody Loves Raymond. He appeared on Kojak, The Equalizer, Miami Vice, and Friday the 13th: The Series. He appeared in the 14th episode of The West Wing, "Take This Sabbath Day", as Toby Ziegler's rabbi.

In 1977, his voice was heard in the cult animated film Wizards, as the robot assassin Necron 99. In 2004, he played adult twin brothers James and Edward Talley in the Hallmark Channel original movie Murder Without Conviction.

Films Year Title Role Notes 1973 Mean Streets Tony Cinderella Liberty Sailor 1 1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins The Incessant Talker 1976 Harry and Walter Go to New York Ben 1977 Wizards Peace Voice 1978 Nunzio Nunzio 1981 Night City Angels Marty 1982 Hey Good Lookin' Crazy Shapiro 1983 The Star Chamber Officer Nelson 1987 The Monster Squad Pilot 1988 Vice Versa Turk/Lillian Brookmeyer Shakedown Larry 1989 UHF Head Thug 1991 The Walter Ego Phil Reardon Short film 1992 Innocent Blood Lennie 1993 Romeo is Bleeding Scully Strike a Pose McTeague 1994 Being Human George The Shawshank Redemption Snooze 1995 The Brady Bunch Movie Electrician Four Rooms Sigfried Segment: The Wrong Man To the Limit Joey Bambino The Courtyard Dog Man 1996 The Phantom Charlie Zephro Skyscraper Security Guard Uncredited, Direct-to-video 1997 The Relic Guard Johnson Dumb Luck in Vegas Frank 1998 Mob Queen George Gianfranco Second lead-role The Siege Danny Sussman 2000 Newsbreak Jacob Johnson 2001 Zigs (aka Double Down) Mike's Dad Direct-to-video The Hollywood Sign Charlie 2002 13 Moons Mo Potter White Boy Jim Lovero 2003 Bookies Larry 2004 Just Desserts Uncle Fabrizio 2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Mr. Grant Uncredited The Circle Dad Angels with Angles Howie Gold 2006 Hollywood Dreams Caesar DiNatale Smokin' Aces Victor Padiche 2007 The Unknown Trilogy Lucky Smith Segment: Frankie the Squirrel Balls of Fury Mob Boss 2008 Stiletto Mohammed Phantom Punch Savino 2009 Irene in Time Norm Florentino The Deported Chabuyo 2010 Pete Smalls Is Dead Nimmo Queen of the Lot Caesar 2011 Adventures of Serial Buddies Big Chicken 2012 Just 45 Minutes from Broadway Larry Cooper Silent But Deadly Giovanni Jerry and Tom Sal Short film 2013 Last Curtain Call Henry 2014 The M Word Sam Sachs Uncredited 2015 Sharkskin Uncle Charlie Ovation Caesar 2016 The Brooklyn Banker Manny 2017 High and Outside Don Wayward Pilgrim Uncle Charlie Dakota Bob Herbert Rusty Uncle Charlie Lost Angelas Vince Rose 2018 Papa David Dresner Cabaret Maxime Mr. Gus 2019 Rusty Uncle Charlie Lost Angelas Vince Rose Five Families Benny Short film 2021 Flinch Lee Vaughn 2026 The Projectionist Aaron

Television Year Title Role Notes 1973 Kojak Calvelli Episode: "Siege of Terror" 1975 Foster and Laurie Ianucci Made-for-TV film 1976 Police Story Cecil Gaines Episode: "Bought and Paid For" Monster Squad Plunder Episode: "No Face" 1977 Nowhere to Hide Rick Made-for-TV film 1983 Knight Rider Robber with Gold Watch Uncredited, Episode: "Silent Knight" 1984 Cagney & Lacey Felix Parinchinko Episode: "Taxicab Murders" 1985 The Equalizer Goldman Episode: "The Equalizer" Miami Vice I.A. Detective Louie Gallo Episode: "The Dutch Oven" Fame Hunk Pepitone / Doran 2 episodes: "White Light" & "Dreams" 1986 Courage Angelo Cervi Made-for-TV film 1988–1989 Friday's Curse Eric / Victor Haas 2 episodes: "13 O'Clock" & "Badge of Honor" 1989 Perfect Witness Luca Made-for-TV film 1990 L.A. Law William Mayer Uncredited, Episode: "On Your Honor" The Marshall Chronicles Mr. Gelormino Episode: "My Cheatin' Heart" 1991 Quantum Leap Dr. Masters Episode: "Shock Theater - October 3, 1954" Palace Guard Belarosa Episode: The Three-Minute Egg 1992–1995 Picket Fences Frank the Potato Man 3 episodes 1995 The Marshal Marvin Kendall Episode: "The Heartbreak Kid" 1996 The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play Joseph Happy Cartello Made-for-TV film L.A. Firefighters n/a Episode: "So What Else Happened" Rolling Thunder n/a Made-for-TV film 1997 The Pretender Carl Will Episode: "Prison Story" 1998 Felicity Mr. Kinney Episode: "Hot Objects" Brimstone Harry Episode: "Repentance" 2000–2001 Everybody Loves Raymond Marco Fogagnola / Signore 6 episodes 2000 The West Wing Rabbi Glassman Episode: "Take This Sabbath Day" 2000–2004 The Sopranos Richie Aprile 10 episodes 2001 The Fighting Fitzgeralds Joe Sambarelli Episode: "The Loud Man" James Dean Daniel Mann Made-for-TV film Judging Amy Henry Pagano Episode: "The Last Word" 2002 The Division Edgar Lessing Episode: "Long Day's Journey" 2002–2003 Boomtown Paul Turcotte 3 episodes 2003 A.U.S.A. Carmine Schiavelli Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part" 2011 Workers' Comp Joe Made-for-TV film 2004 Murder Without Conviction James Talley Made-for-TV film 2016 Vinyl Vince Finestra 2 episodes: "He in Racist Fire" & "The Racket" Aquarius Danilo Hodiak Episode: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 2022 Grace and Frankie Mr. Purcelli Episode: "The Raccoon"