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| Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo | 3>
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "46 Long", "Meadowlands", "Pax Soprana", "Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Rat Pack"
Ercole DiMeo, a.k.a. "Old Man" and "Eckley", is the founder and the longtime Boss of the DiMeo crime family. By the events of the series, he is boss in name only, and never demonstrated any influence over the family: he is serving a life sentence in a high security United States Prison in Springfield, Missouri. In season two, when Philip "Philly Spoons" Parisi picks up Gigi Cestone at the airport, we got some information about the prison where he is serving his life sentence. It is implied from the conversations that DiMeo is suffering from old age and requires round-the-clock nursing care in the prison hospital wing. When the death of Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile is reported on television in season one, the newsreporter states that; he was the Acting boss for the 74-year-old Ercoli "Eckley" DiMeo, which then makes him over 80 years old at the end of the series, assuming he is still alive at that point.
DiMeo ran the family from sometime in the late 1950s or early 1960s until he received a sentence of life imprisonment in 1995, at which point Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile became acting boss of the family. Though Jackie already had full control in 1999 (the first season of The Sopranos), at one point he said "I may be acting boss while the old man's a guest of the government" out of deference to DiMeo.
DiMeo was apparently a major force in his prime. He served as a mentor to Tony Soprano and, according to other characters, had Tony and Jackie pegged early on as eventual candidates for boss. DiMeo also took a liking to Tony's father "Johnny Boy" Soprano and it is likely that Johnny would have been acting boss had he not died of emphysema in 1986. However, it is clear that DiMeo had great muscle behind him when he led the family, as prominent capos "Johnny Boy" Soprano, Corrado "Junior" Soprano, and Michele "Feech" La Manna were below him.
DiMeo is based on the real boss of the North Jersey-based DeCavalcante crime family, Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi, an aging mobster serving a long prison term who made only the occasional intervention via the various acting bosses. The DiMeo/Soprano crime family is based on the DeCavalcante crime family.
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Appears in: "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
Beppy Sasso is an original member of the DiMeo crime family, it is possible he was underboss to Jackie Aprile Sr. [Jackie Aprile Sr]]. He was indicted along with Junior Soprano, Lawrence Barese.
Most likely he is based off Joseph Miranda who is current Underboss of the Decavalcante crime family.
[edit] | Tags: Alfie | 3>
Played by: Michael Goduti
Appears in: "Eloise"
Alfie is part of the group Little Paulie takes to vandalize Carmine's restaurant over the HUD dispute.
[edit] | Tags: Perry Annunziata | 3>
Played by: Louis Gross
Appears in: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...", "Live Free or Die", "The Ride", "Cold Stones"
Perry Annunziata, also known as "Muscles Marinara" is from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He served as a bodyguard and driver for Tony Soprano during his recovery from a gunshot in 2006. Tony calls him Penne Arrabiata (as in the pasta dish penne all'arrabbiata), on account of his getting angry (Italian: arrabbiato) at a rude driver while driving Tony. He is first runner-up in Mr. Teenage Bloomfield and cousin of Gina Annunziata. Tony picked a fight with Perry at Satriale's to regain the respect of the family following his injury - selecting Perry specifically because of his muscular build and hot-headed nature. Perry knew the ramifications of beating up a mob boss and even still tried to fight back. Tony beats him to the ground and gives him a broken nose. Tony later paid Perry off as an apology for the altercation, although Perry stated that he was in the wrong. Perry takes advice from both his father and from capo Carlo Gervasi. Perry renewed his duties by accompanying Tony to the Feast of Saint Elzear and to Christopher Moltisanti's belated bachelor party. Annunziata was driving Tony when he discovered the corpse of Fat Dom Gamiello at Satriale's, but he remained in the car.
[edit] | Tags: Patrizio "Uncle Pat" Blundetto | 3>
Played by: Frank Albanese
Appears in: "Cold Cuts", "Long Term Parking", "Remember When", "Made in America"
Former soldier in the Soprano crew, worked alongside Johnny Boy Soprano. Unlike many of his contemporaries he was able to retire from "the business". He suffered from hiccups for an entire year (approximately) and contemplated suicide. Pat is the uncle of Tony Blundetto and Chris Moltisanti, and father of Louise Blundetto. Tony Soprano calls him Uncle Pat but they are not blood relatives. Pat's brother Al Blundetto married Quintina the sister of Tony's mother. Pat owns a farm at 146, Route 9a, Kinderhook, Upstate New York that his nephews used to visit in the summers of their youth. Several bodies were buried on the farm - Tony, Tony B., and Chris dug them up and moved them in 2004, as he was planning to sell the farm, and move to Florida, which he later does. In the series finale, Pat is seen visiting a decrepit Junior Soprano in a New Jersey mental facility. He there encounters Janice, whom he suspects is attempting to con Junior into giving her the last of his money. Pat later visits Tony at the Bada Bing to report his niece's suspicious behavior, before going back to Florida.
[edit] | Tags: Corky Caporale | 3>
Played by: Edoardo Ballerini
Appears in: "Live Free or Die", "Luxury Lounge", "The Ride", "The Blue Comet"
An associate of Christopher Moltisanti and a heroin addict. Christopher enlisted him to accommodate the Italian hitmen provided to Tony for the hit on Rusty Millio. Corky was chosen primarily because he speaks Italian and would therefore be able to communicate effectively with the hitmen. Christopher paid him for the job with heroin. Corky performed well, delivering weapons and instructions at a remote spot without revealing much about himself, and the hit went smoothly. Chris delivered the second half of Corky's payment at the Feast of St. Elzear and included more heroin as a substitute for some of the money. Corky injected the drug in Chris' car, which initially prompted Chris to encourage him to get into rehab. But Chris was eventually tempted into joining him.
After Chris' death, the Soprano Family used Corky again through Patsy Parisi. The target this time was Phil Leotardo, but Corky was not as successful. The hit was botched badly and Yarnya, Phil's housemaid and mistress, and her elderly father, who looks remarkably like Phil, are killed instead. When Corky heard from the hitmen that the man spoke Ukrainian to his daughter, he mumbled "whatever"; he had no idea of the gravity of the mistake. However, he did ask Patsy Parisi if Phil spoke Ukrainian. (The brutal double homicide is later reported in the newspapers and on television, and Murmur shows the story to Silvio and Paulie.)
[edit] | Tags: Frankie Cortese | 3>
Played by: Tony Siragusa
Appears in: "Irregular Around the Margins", "Marco Polo", "Unidentified Black Males", "Long Term Parking"
He served as a driver and bodyguard for Tony as a soldier of the Soprano crime family in 2004. In the episode "Irregular Around the Margins," Frankie was one of the parties that restrained Christopher when he came after Tony with a gun at the Bing (Frankie threatened to break him like a wishbone during this incident). Frankie also accompanied Tony, Silvio and Christopher to a tense sit-down with Johnny Sack, Phil Leotardo and Jimmy Petrille shortly after Tony Blundetto killed Billy Leotardo.
[edit] | Tags: Cary DiBartolo | 3>
Played by: James Vincent Romano
Referenced in: "Mayham", "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh"
Soldier of Paulie Gualtieri crew who accompanied him on a robbery of Colombian drug dealers in 2006. Shot a Colombian who was trying to stab Paulie. Later seen visiting Tony as he recovered from his gutshot. Cary helped Paulie and Chris intimidate the EMT Tony believed took cash from him as he was brought into the hospital.
[edit] | Tags: Gaetano Giarizzo | 3>
Played by: Stelio Savante
Appears in: "Full Leather Jacket"
An Italian associate of Furio Giunta. Accompanied Furio to Sean and Matt's apartment to collect money for Tony Soprano. They also intimidated the two into giving them $1000. Furio and Gaetano joked about the two, speaking Italian so Sean and Matt did not understand. It is unknown how long Giarizzo stayed in the country or his role in the family as he has not appeared since.
[edit] | Tags: Corky Ianucci | 3>
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "Whoever Did This", "In Camelot"
Corky is a Soprano associate who mainly acts as an arsonist who is skilled at making the cause of his work appear accidental. He assisted Silvio in starting the fire which burned down Artie's restaurant in 1999. Tony later suspected that Ralph Cifaretto had hired Corky to light numerous fires, including the fire at the stables which killed Pie-O-My, a horse owned by Ralph that Tony took great interest in.
[edit] | Tags: Peter "Bissell" LaRosa | 3>
Played by: Jeffrey M Marchetti
Appears in: "Eloise", "Whitecaps", "Two Tonys", "In Camelot", "Unidentified Black Males", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Moe N' Joe"
Bissell, also known as Petey, was part of the group Little Paulie took to vandalize Carmine Lupertazzi's restaurant in the HUD dispute. Petey made his bones (along with Benny Fazio) by killing Stanley Johnson and Credenzo Curtis, on orders from Christopher Moltisanti. Petey/Bissell is often seen at Satriale's. He was sweeping up at Satriale's when Tony returned after recovering from his injury and later showed Phil Leotardo into the room. He continued his role as a doorman, admitting Anthony Infante to his meeting with Tony at the Bada Bing. It's quite possibly he was made or will become a soldier sometime.
[edit] | Tags: Thomas Maccarato | 3>
Played by: Uncredited Actor
Appears in: "The Knight in White Satin Armor"
Thomas "Tommy Mac" Maccarato is an associate of Moltisanti who has inside info on a truck containing Pokémon cards. It is unknown whenever the hijacking took place. Thomas Maccarato didn't appear in any other episode of the series.
[edit] | Tags: Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti | 3>
Played by: Unseen character
Referenced in: "A Hit is a Hit", "From Where to Eternity", "For All Debts Public and Private", "Whitecaps", "Stage 5", "Walk Like a Man"
Former soldier in the Soprano crew. Died in the mid-1970s, Married to Joanne Moltisanti née Blundetto, father of Christopher and cousin to Carmella. Dickie was in the U.S. Navy and later served time in prison, making it unlikely that he spent much time with his family when he was alive. Dickie was killed during Christopher's infancy, right outside the house while bringing TV trays home. In 2002, Tony Soprano told Christopher that Dickie's killer was Detective Lt. Barry Haydu, who had just retired from the force. Tony delivered Haydu to Christopher Moltisanti as a part of his process of bonding Chris to him and slowly easing him up the family hierarchy. However, when confronted by Christopher, Haydu denied ever having heard of Dickie Moltisanti and claimed that someone was "obviously" setting him up; however, he inadvertently admitted knowing Dickie Moltisanti by stating "Look, whoever told you I had anything to do with his death is lying!", before Christopher ever mentioned Dickie's death, whom Haydu supposedly didn't even know. Haydu's last words are "I'm sorry!" indicating that he was indeed responsible.
Tony remembers Dickie as a "stand up guy" and describes a lot of his positive qualities to Christopher. Dickie once took on a whole crew from New England and brought the war home to their turf. Tony also remembers that Dickie was killed because of a beef with Jilly Ruffalo, a man he was in prison with. Jilly murdered Dickie's cell mate and Dickie gouged out his eye in revenge.
According to Christopher, Dickie also struggled with problems of alcoholism and drug addiction.
[edit] | Tags: Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi | 3>
Played by: Dan Grimaldi
Appears in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Funhouse", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
Phillip is a soldier and Patsy Parisi's identical twin brother, who was born eleven minutes after him in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He is also Tony Soprano's cousin on his mother's side. The two brothers were extremely close and Phillip would follow his brother into a life of organized crime in the DiMeo crime family He is the uncle to Patrick Parisi and coy with revealing mob information. He is executed by Gigi Cestone in early March 2000, when Philly picked-up and drove Gigi home from the Newark Liberty International Airport. Tony Soprano ordered the hit to silence rumors (which in reality was factual gossip of Tony's troubled personal life at the time) that "Spoons" had been spreading that Tony had tried to suffocate Livia Soprano. Appeared in Tony's dream while he was suffering from food poisoning as Meadow graduated high school later in June 2000. Tony was shown to be sorry and regretted about having him killed.
A flashback of Gigi killing Philly is shown in "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood".
[edit] | Tags: Fabian "Febby" Petrulio | 3>
Played by: Tony Ray Rossi
Appears in: "College"
Former soldier in the DiMeo family; he was possibly in the Soprano crew as Johnny Soprano knew him although Tony Soprano said he didn't know him well and Febby thought his name was "Teddy" not Tony. He was possibly in the Aprile crew as Tony said Jackie Aprile, Sr. knew him really well, and they served time together in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. He entered the Witness Protection Program after he informed on a lot of people from the DiMeo family to the FBI which led to convictions, allegedly that of Jackie Aprile, Sr. But he was eventually kicked out of the program. He later becomes a bonded and certified travel agent who is the proprietor of his own agency outside of Waterville, Maine. He promoted cruise line trips and train excursions. Tony recognized him living under the false name "Frederick 'Fred' Peters" while visiting Colby College in Waterville, Maine with Meadow. Tony waits for Febby to leave his place of business, a travel agency, and when he does, Tony strangles him to death with a piece of wiring, leaving his body in front of his business, to signify that the Mafia had found him, and it was not just a random killing.
Febby was an amateur wood sculptor, a skill he learned in a prison wood-shop, but had a problem carving lifelike lips. Christopher says he thought Febby's bust of Frank Sinatra was actually that of Shaquille O'Neal, and Tony realizes he's found Febby when he sees a bust of Ronald Reagan in his office with very large lips. At the time of his murder, Febby had a daughter who was around the age of Meadow Soprano, and a younger daughter. At the time of his death he was remarried, and had served as a volunteer fireman, and dealt some drugs locally. He had the chance to shoot Tony the previous day while accompanying his daughter to an orientation day at Colby College but cancels the plan because of the presence of two elderly bystanders outside their motel room. While Tony is garroting him, he lies and tries to use Meadow's presence as an excuse for not shooting him, but Tony doesn't care and kills him anyway.
In the Sopranos Scriptbook by David Chase the scene where Tony kills Febby plays out differently. In the printed version Tony orders him to drop the gun once he has the wire around his neck (in the episode he simply drops it) and their conversation is longer with Petrulio pleading that he has kids to which Tony replies "other guys got kids and they took the time". It is also left unclear until the last second as to whether Tony will kill him or not as his pleadings result in Tony relaxing his grip on the wire. Febby then tries to pull away which results in Tony losing his temper and killing him. Comparing this version to the final one, it is possible to see the edits made to achieve the final version.
[edit] | Tags: George "Georgie" Santorelli | 3>
Played by: Frank Santorelli
Appears in: "46 Long, "Pax Soprana", "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", "Full Leather Jacket", "University", "Second Opinion", "For All Debts Public and Private", "Christopher", "Watching Too Much Television", "The Strong, Silent Type", "Where's Johnny?", "In Camelot", "Cold Cuts", "Walk Like a Man"
George "Georgie" Santorelli is a bartender at the Bada Bing. He was occasionally involved in the crime family's activities, including helping Christopher move the body of Emil Kolar, a Czech-American mobster Christopher had whacked in the pilot episode, and also swept the Bing for bugs following rumors of federal indictments. He was well liked by Silvio Dante who owned the club.
While Georgie is clearly harmless, affable, and compliant, it appears as if he is somewhat slow mentally. Georgie's mental impediments would later make him the catalyst for many of Tony Soprano's sudden, violent outrages in a few different situations, as he had a tendency to exhibit excessive incompetence and spout inappropriate commentary at the worst times, which leads to Tony beating him with only objects: Tony repeatedly hitting him over the head with the phone when he kept repeating "Hello?", the Big Mouth Billy Bass for being reminded of the death of Big Pussy, the ice tray for wasting ice, and the cash register drawer for when he says, "That's why ya gotta live for today" when Tony is discussing the potential of genocide that could be caused by further Al Qaeda attacks. In the season 3 episode "University", Georgie is hit in the eye by a chain while Ralph Cifaretto is emulating a scene from the 2000 film Gladiator. After Tony hits him repeatedly over the head with the cash drawer causing permanent ear damage, Georgie says he is quitting. However, he is convinced by Silvio to stay and Georgie can later be seen working back at the Bing in season 6.
[edit] | Tags: James "Murmur" Zancone | 3>
Played by: Lenny Venito
Appears in: "Members Only", "Mayham", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Live Free or Die", "Luxury Lounge", "The Ride", "Cold Stones", "Kaisha", "The Blue Comet"
A friend and AA sponsor of Christopher Moltisanti, Murmur is reportedly an expert at forging documents. Attended Raymond Curto's funeral, to Tony Soprano's chagrin. He has also shown that he has the ability to do some muscle work as well, as seen by his and Benny Fazio's quick kidnapping of J.T. Dolan. Present at Christopher's pitch meeting for Chris' movie project Cleaver. Also with Christopher at an AA meeting when the crew first learned of Vito Spatafore's homosexuality, although Tony dismissed Murmur from the back-room discussion of the news at the Bada Bing. James earned the moniker "Murmur" for having a heart murmur during child birth.
Murmur made Chris' rounds while Chris was in LA - buying credit card numbers from a pizza parlor and from Hillel at the Teittleman's hotel, then selling the numbers to Mohammed and Ahmed at the Bada Bing. Murmur also went out to LA to meet Chris because Chris was "chipping" (relapsing). While there, Murmur and Chris robbed Lauren Bacall of a gift basket she received at an awards ceremony. Murmur later attended Chris' belated bachelor party at Nuovo Vesuvio and continued to hang out with the crew at Satriale's. Murmur was skeptical of the benefits of Christopher's relationship with fellow addict Julianna Skiff, warning Christopher that it could be enabling (to relapse into substance abuse), and of the possibility of Tony finding out about his recent slip at the Feast of St. Elzear. He was also responsible for informing Tony that Phil Leotardo had a heart attack - Tony had warmed to him a little by this point and rewarded him with a club soda. Ironically, he later (unknowingly) informed Paulie and Silvio, by showing them a newspaper article on the murders of two civilians, that Phil Leotardo is still alive and the job to kill him failed because the hitmen had misidentified their target.
[edit] | Tags: Robert "Bobby" Baccalieri, Sr. | 3>
Played by: Burt Young
Appears in: "Another Toothpick"
Father of Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri. Soldier in Junior Soprano's crew in his younger days, he owned and worked part-time in a barber shop cutting hair, the shop was a front for his illegal businesses, he sold it after he retired from the family. In "Soprano Home Movies", Tony mentioned to Bobby's son how it was unusual that he never whacked anyone, considering his father was "the fuckin Terminator in that respect", suggesting Bobby, Sr. was responsible for numerous homicides before his retirement. Returned to New Jersey from semi-retirement in 2000. Suffered from lung cancer after a lifelong smoking habit. In "Another Toothpick", Tony Soprano gave him the task of killing Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile. The hit was ordered as retribution for the savage unprovoked beating of Bryan Spatafore, brother of Vito Spatafore. Vito was a made man in the Aprile crew at the time. Mustang Sally was Robert's godson but he felt he had always been a problem so he had no reservations about the job and was glad to be of use. Despite his poor health and shortness of breath on exertion, he was able to overwhelm and kill the much younger Mustang Sally and his friend Carlos. Died after choking on blood brought on from his lung and losing control of his car and crashing into a sign post while leaving the scene of his final hit.
[edit] | Tags: Thomas "Tommy" Di Palma | 3>
Played by: Ed Setrakian
Appears in: "Where's Johnny?"
Tommy is an elderly soldier in Junior Soprano's crew who is responsible for looking after him as his dementia worsens. He allows Junior to wander out of the house.
[edit] | Tags: Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile | 3>
Played by: Brian Tarantina
Appears in: "Another Toothpick"
Salvatore Intile, nicknamed "Mustang Sally" for the 1985 Ford Mustang convertible he drives. He's the godson of Robert Baccalieri, Sr. He dated Tina Francesco, who was an exotic dancer at the Bing and a friend of Adriana La Cerva. Although he is a godson, Salvatore calls him "Uncle Bobby." He is verbally and physically abusive and very possessive with his girlfriends and suffers from anger management problems. Ralph Cifaretto says that Salvatore threw a hot dog vendor off a fifth floor mezzanine at Giants Stadium for serving too many onions on his hot dog. He is callous and has a morbid sense of humor, joking about the attack on Bryan Spatafore with Baccalieri, Sr. Tina and Mustang Sally argued in the street and when Tina urged Bryan Spatafore, of Spatafore Bros construction, who was standing by his truck waiting for a companion, to take her home, Mustang Sally hit Bryan in the forehead with a golf club and beat him to the point where he was in a coma. Bryan Spatafore's brother, Vito Spatafore, was a made man in the Aprile crew at the time. Sally was killed by his godfather, Bobby Bacala, Sr. along with his friend Carlos, as retribution for the beating. Although it's not appreciated by his godfather, he associates with Hispanics or as Bobby Bacala Sr. calls them, "greaseballs."
[edit] | Tags: George "Gus" Inzerillo | 3>
Played by: Craig Zucchero
Appears in: "Pilot","Christopher"
Bodyguard of Uncle Junior. Appears outside the old Vesuvio, in "Pilot" and takes part of the wiseguys mob during the Columbus Day riots in "Christopher."
[edit] | Tags: Murf Lupo | 3>
Played by: Val Bisoglio
Appears in: "For All Debts Public and Private", "Christopher", "Pie-O-My"
Elderly soldier and former capo of Junior Soprano's crew, replacing Philly Parisi. After displaying signs of mental and physical enfeeblement that affected his capacity to run the crew's business, Junior had him replaced by Bobby Bacala.
[edit] | Tags: Anthony "Tony Black" Maffei | 3>
Played by: John Cenatiempo
Appears in: "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "The Second Coming", "Made in America"
Anthony is a soldier in Bobby Baccalieri's crew. Alongside his captain, he collected proceeds from John Stefano's (Joey Perillo) illegal asbestos-dumping operation and delivered them to Tony Soprano. Seen in the series finale delivering what appears to be the proceeds from Bobby's last collection while Tony is on the lam from Phil Leotardo. Possibly promoted to caporegime.
[edit] | Tags: Joseph "Eggie" Marino | 3>
Played by: Sonny Zito
Appears in: "Pax Soprana"
Junior Soprano's Crew associate who helps Mikey Palmice in the killing of drug dealer Rusty Irish.
[edit] | Tags: Donnie Paduana | 3>
Played by: David Wike
Appears in: "Isabella"
He is a low level associate of Mikey Palmice. He drives a 1985 Pontiac Firebird. Mikey Palmice uses him as an intermediary to seek out contract killers and organize a hit on Tony Soprano. After being given the task Donnie's contract killers fail to fulfill the job, as there are too many witnesses which angers Corrado Soprano. Donnie arrives at a clandestine meeting and after Mikey and Chucky talk to Donnie for a moment, Donnie makes a joke saying "I hear that Tony Soprano's own mother even wants him popped." Junior reacts poorly to this joke and has Mikey call Donnie back and execute him on the spot.
[edit] | Tags: Giuseppe "Beppy" Scerbo | 3>
Played by: Joe Pucillo
Appears in: "Pilot", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "Calling All Cars", "Eloise", "Whitecaps", "Remember When"
Beppy is an elderly soldier in the Junior Soprano crew, full name Giuseppe Scerbo. Agrees with Junior on the need to kill Pussy Malanga and sides with Junior when Tony tries to persuade Junior into changing the planned location of the hit. Stands by Junior throughout his RICO trial and can often be seen in the courtroom. He also visits Junior in the asylum where Junior currently resides. Joe Pucillo, the actor who portrays Beppy, is the uncle of series creator David Chase.
[edit] | Tags: Charles "Chucky" Signore | 3>
Played by: Sal Ruffino
Appears in: "Nobody Knows Anything", "Isabella", "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano"
Chucky is a soldier in Uncle Junior's crew and a friend of Mikey Palmice. Once it was confirmed that Junior and Mikey Palmice organized the failed hit on Tony, the sentiment was that Junior would want to finish what he started. Like Tony Soprano, he is an avid yachtsman and boater who owns a runabout which he keeps moored at a Liberty Landing Marina located in Jersey City, New Jersey on the Hudson River. At this point, Tony decided to retaliate. Being that Mikey was now "too high up," the thought was that Chucky would be the most likely person to pull the trigger the next time around. As such, he was taken by surprise at a marina, while in his small boat, and killed by Tony when he reveals a hidden gun in a fish he was carrying and shoots Chucky several times in the chest. Tony and Silvio Dante take Signore's corpse out on his runabout and dispose of it. He was likely a good friend of Mikey's, and it's revealed JoJo Palmice doesn't really like him, calling him a "sick fuck" after he left their home.
[edit] | Tags: Gigi Cestone | 3>
Played by: John Fiore
Appears in: "Guy Walks into a Psychiatrist's Office...", "Do Not Resuscitate", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Funhouse", "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood", "Proshai, Livushka", "Fortunate Son", "Employee of the Month", "Another Toothpick", "University", "He Is Risen", "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", "The Test Dream"
Cestone's first name is never told, although "Gigi" is a derivation of the names "Gianluigi" and "Luigi." Former soldier in the Junior Soprano crew, defected to Tony Soprano's crew in 2000 following the execution of Philly Parisi (the acting capo of Junior's crew while Junior was incarcerated). The hit was ordered by Tony as revenge for Philly spreading rumors about Tony's mother with regards to Tony and Junior's feud. Gigi was picked up by Philly from the airport, and Philly drove him home. Before exiting the car, Gigi shot Philly twice in the head and, deafened by his own gunshots, made off in another vehicle being driven by Paulie Walnuts. Gigi was quickly made part of the inner circle of Tony's crew unlike fellow new member Patsy Parisi. Gigi faced some awkward moments around Patsy as he expressed his grief over the loss of his twin brother Philly.
Gigi made a final transition in the fall of 2000 when he was granted the role of capo over the Aprile crew, following Richie Aprile's "disappearance" making him the only made guy in the Soprano crime family to serve in three different crews. He wasn't well-received by most of his new crew (Donny K, Vito Spatafore, and Eugene Pontecorvo). Ralph Cifaretto took every opportunity to make his life difficult as he had hoped to receive the promotion himself and, Cestone showed clear dislike of Cifaretto. It was also Gigi's idea to have Bobby Bacala, Sr. perform the hit on Mustang Sally, in the episode, "Another Toothpick"; though Tony backs him up on this, both Junior and Ralph feel this shows questionable judgment on Gigi's part.
In a flashback scene in the episode, "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power", Gigi accompanied Junior to a sit-down with acting boss, Jackie Aprile, Sr., in 1995 following Junior's hijackings of Jackie's trucks.
Gigi died in the episode "He Is Risen", from the undue stress of putting his children through college and trying to control a resentful and recalcitrant Ralphie. He suffered a fatal heart attack while constipated on the toilet in his social club. His crew found his body and called an ambulance but he was dead on arrival. Ralph was subsequently made captain of Gigi's old crew.
[edit] | Tags: Francis "Big Frank" Cippolina | 3>
Played by: Michael Squicciarini
Appears in: "Toodle Fucking-Oo", "Bust Out"
Associate/Soldier in DiMeo crime family. Was at The Bing for Richie Aprile's homecoming after being released from prison. Gave Richie Aprile an envelope of money and told him he was now a grandfather. Got into a short verbal altercation with Paulie Walnuts while doing this.
[edit] | Tags: Robert "Bobby Zanone" Coniglio | 3>
Played by: Vito Antuofermo
Appears in: "House Arrest", "Proshai, Livushka"
Bobby was a member Richie Aprile's crew, who talked to the man who had trash dumped in the driveway by a dump truck. The man complained about prices and service, so they dumped trash in his driveway thinking "he wanted it back".
The character is portrayed by Vito Antuofermo, the former undisputed Middleweight Boxing Champion of the world (1979–1980) and a member of the Boxing Hall of Fame.
[edit] | Tags: "Corky" DiGioia | 3>
Played by: Duke Valenti
Appears in: "Irregular Around the Margins"
Biker and associate of the Soprano family. Met Christopher Moltisanti when he returned from North Carolina with a cigarette load. Along with Dante Greco, explained to Christopher how his fiancee Adriana La Cerva was in a car accident with Tony Soprano the night before at 2 am. Helped Frankie Cortese restrain Christopher when he showed up at the Bing with a gun looking for Tony. Escorted Chris to the field with Cortese where Tony almost shot him.
[edit] | Tags: Peter "Beansie" Gaeta | 3>
Played by: Paul Herman
Appears in: "Toodle Fucking-Oo", "Full Leather Jacket", "Bust Out", "Calling All Cars", "Remember When"
Peter "Beansie" Gaeta was a former associate of Richie Aprile, supervising a drug operation for him. Upon Richie's release from prison, he tracked down Gaeta at his pizza parlor, Beansie's Pizzeria, and demanded payment allegedly still owed to him for his financial support. After Gaeta denied the validity of the debt, Richie first broke a hot pot of coffee over Beansie's head, gave him a serious beating, and later on ran him over with his car, rendering Beansie hospitalized and paraplegic from his injuries (in "Toodle Fucking-Oo"). Tony Soprano later gave a reluctant Beansie a large envelope of cash in compensation, insisting he could donate it to the Spinal Injury Foundation. Now using a wheelchair, Beansie moved down to open a supper club in Miami. He had evidently remained in contact with Tony Soprano: he helped set up a meeting between Tony and fellow Miami resident, Little Carmine Lupertazzi; socialized with Tony and Paulie Gualtieri when the two went on the lam (in "Remember When"); and in 2007 secured AJ Soprano a job in his New Jersey pizzeria.
[edit] | Tags: Dante "Buddha" Greco | 3>
Played by: Anthony J. Ribustello
Appears in: "All Happy Families...", "Irregular Around the Margins", "All Due Respect", "Members Only", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "Live Free or Die", "Stage 5", "Chasing It", "Walk Like a Man", "Kennedy and Heidi", "The Blue Comet", "Made in America"
Soldier in the Aprile crew, first seen taking delivery of cigarettes from Christopher Moltisanti on his return from North Carolina. Often seen in the back at Satriale's Meat Market. Visited Benny Fazio in hospital after his beating by Phil Leotardo. Brought Tony a glass of water and helped take his shoes off when he collapsed while arriving at Allegra Sacrimoni's wedding. Later at the wedding Dante brings drinks for the Soprano family and even dances with Rosalie Aprile. He shares the same nickname as real-life Lucchese crime family mob associate Joe Manri who was involved in the 1978 Lufthansa heist.
Dante accompanied Benny Fazio and Terry Doria to look for Vito Spatafore at his goomah's beach house following the revelation that Vito was possibly a homosexual. Dante's mother suffered from, and eventually died of, Lupus, which caused Dante to consider a career in healthcare. He was seen playing pool in the back room of the Bada Bing when Anthony Infante informed Tony that Johnny Sack had died in a prison hospital of lung cancer. As of the final season, Dante has been acting as Tony's personal driver and bodyguard. He was last seen driving Tony and guarding the safe-house door in the final episode, "Made In America".
[edit] | Tags: Kevin "Dogsy" Interdonato | 3>
Played by: Kevin Interdonato
Appears in: "Calling All Cars", "Eloise", "Whitecaps"
Kevin "Dogsy" Interdonato is an associate/Soldier in the Aprile crew. Dogsy helped Vito Spatafore beat up the Soprano family's appraiser on the HUD scam restoring his loyalties to them.
[edit] | Tags: Donald "Donny K." Kafranza | 3>
Played by: Raymond Franza
Appears in: "Full Leather Jacket", "Proshai, Livushka", "He Is Risen", "No Show", "The Weight"
"Donny K." is a Soldier of the Aprile crew. He was first was seen in 2000 introducing Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte to Richie Aprile. Donny was known to be a high ranking soldier and one of Richie's best men. Often seen at the crew's social club and at private parties at the Bada Bing. Present when Gigi Cestone died at the social club. Donny is a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in Local 623 and held one of the "no work" carpenter jobs on the Esplanade construction site for the Aprile crew.
One night while having a drink at a bar in Little Italy in Manhattan, Johnny Sack spots Donny sitting diagonally across from him on the right side of the bar. Ralph Cifaretto had recently made a disparaging joke regarding Johnny's obese wife Ginny. Johnny and Donny make eye contact as Donny is laughing and amusingly cutting up with the bartender. Since Johnny knows Donny works for Ralph and assumes he is laughing and conversing about the joke Ralph made about Ginny, Johnny begins to grow angry. He then follows Donny outside the bar to his car. Donny is then attacked and beaten unconscious by Johnny. After the intense beating, Johnny proceeds to urinate on Donny. Donny is known to have received some nerve damage from the beating and has not been seen since. Donny was married and had to take care of his mother. Tony was angered at Johnny, since he likes Donny and he is a respected man.
[edit] | Tags: Jason Molinaro | 3>
Played by: William DeMeo
Appears in: "Irregular Around the Margins", "Unidentified Black Males", "All Due Respect", "Mayham", "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request", "The Ride", "Walk Like a Man"
Member of the Aprile crew. He becomes the executor of Joe "Peeps" Peparelli's estate and affairs. It seems that Joe has no surviving family or relatives. Jason arranges to have a headstone made following his death - but failed to have Peparelli's name correctly spelled, the final product being simply "Joseph Peeps." Silvio defended Jason at Joey Peeps funeral for the mistake, explaining to Tony Jason was dyslexic. Tony replies, "What's that got to do with it?" Accompanied Vito when passing on information about the Colombian drug money heist in 2006. Stood guard outside the ICU as Tony recovered from his gutshot. Later took part in a card game at Satriale's that took place as Tony rejoined the crew. Jason helped to break up an altercation between Paulie Gualtieri and Bobby Baccala at the Feast of St. Elzear festival.
[edit] | Tags: Carlo Renzi | 3>
Played by: Louis Crugnali
Appears in: "The Telltale Moozadell", "Amour Fou"
Jackie Aprile Jr. and Dino Zerilli's friend and partner in crime on the robbery of Eugene Pontecorvo's low stakes Saturday night card game. Carlo was recruited because he owned a large shotgun. He was killed during the robbery by Christopher Moltisanti with a shot between the eyes after shooting Furio Giunta in the leg.
[edit] | Tags: Bryan Spatafore | 3>
Played by: Vincent J. Orofino
Appears in: "Full Leather Jacket", "Another Toothpick", "Cold Stones", "Kennedy and Heidi"
Brother of Vito Spatafore, and partner in Spatafore Bros Construction. When Tony insisted to Richie Aprile that he build a wheelchair ramp on Beansie Gaeta's house (since it was Richie who put Beansie in the wheelchair in the first place), Richie sent Vito and Bryan over there to get this done (despite the Gaetas' protests).
Bryan was put into a coma by Mustang Sally, in the episode entitled, "Another Toothpick," when Sally's girlfriend had turned to him for help after she and Sally had fought, he was beaten mercilessly with a golf putter, and expected to remain a "vegetable". In the episode, "The Ride," Tony briefly mentions to Carmela that Bryan made some repairs at Satriale's. Even though this statement was most likely a lie on Tony's part (to cover up the real reason for his ankle injury in that episode), it was the first sign that Bryan awoke from his coma and recovered from his beating. Upon Vito's return to New Jersey, Bryan, apparently armed, watchdogged his brother's meeting with Tony and later attended a family dinner. As he remained silent throughout, it is unclear if Bryan has sustained brain damage from the assault, although his eyesight seems to have suffered.
[edit] | Tags: "Sunshine" | 3>
Played by: Paul Mazursky
Appears in: "The Happy Wanderer", "Amour Fou"
Sunshine was the dealer for Tony Soprano's high stakes, all night, executive card game in 2000. He is extremely talkative in a very monotone voice and dispenses metaphors and famous quotes while acting as a card dealer. Sunshine was also dealing for Eugene Pontecorvo's Saturday night low stakes game in 2001 when Jackie Aprile, Jr. and hi | Tags: Explain The Fiction More Clearly And Provide Non-fictional Perspective,Fictional Characters,Websites related to: Free Pussy Games |