Tony Tarantino

Raymond Anthony Tarantino ( ; July 4, 1940 – December 8, 2023) was an American actor and film producer. He was best known as the father of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.

Life and career Tarantino was born in New York City on July 4, 1940, the son of Italian-American parents Elizabeth Jean ( Salvaggio) and Dominic James Tarantino.

Tarantino met Connie McHugh during her trip to Los Angeles; the two were married before they had their only child together, Quentin Tarantino (born 1963), who later became a filmmaker. Tarantino left the family before his son was born. Quentin said in a 2010 interview, "I never knew my father. That's the thing. I never knew him. He wanted to be an actor. Now he's an actor only because he has my last name. But he was never part of my life. I didn't know him. I've never met him." In October 2015, the two were at odds when Quentin received backlash from police unions after speaking at an anti-police brutality rally in New York and said, "I have to call the murderers the murderers." The elder Tarantino responded that he had relatives in the police and that what his son had said was "dead wrong". and Underbelly Blues.

Tarantino died in Los Angeles on December 8, 2023, at the age of 83.

Filmography As producer

As director

As actor