Richard Conte
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Richard Conte (born Nicholas Peter Conte; March 24, 1910 – April 15, 1975) was an American actor.
He appeared in more than 100 films from the 1940s through 1970s, including I'll Cry Tomorrow, Ocean's 11, and The Godfather.
Early life
Richard Conte was born Nicholas Peter Conte on March 24, 1910, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Italian-Americans Julia (Fina), a seamstress, and Pasquale Conte, a barber. He graduated from William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City.
Conte worked as a truck driver, messenger, shoe salesman, and singing waiter before starting his acting career. He was discovered by actors Elia Kazan and John Garfield during his job at a Connecticut resort, which led to Conte finding stage work.
He eventually earned a scholarship to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he became a standout actor.
Conte was a Republican who campaigned for Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election. He practiced Roman Catholicism.
Career
At 20th Century Fox, Nicholas Conte made his film debut in Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939). He played Tony, a blobo who was also shooting his first film appearance) and Anita (Jean Rogers). The three of them travel west hopping trains. Professor B (Raymond Walburn) later joined them.
He made his Broadway debut in the Group Theatre's "My Heart's in the Highlands (1939). He appeared in Clifford Odets' Night Music (1940), as well as the group. He worked with Golden Boy, a road company.
He was in Heavenly Express (1941), and Walk Into My Parlor (1941). He was in a hit in Jason (1942) and was in The Family (1943).
Conte served in the United States Army during World War II but was dismissed due to eye trouble.
Conte signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox in May 1943, renaming him Richard Conte. Guadal Diary (1943), where he was billed fourth in his first Fox film, was Guadalcanal Diary (1943).
He continued it with another war drama, The Purple Heart (1944), directed by Lewis Milestone; he was billed second, behind Dana Andrews.
Conte appeared in Captain Eddie (1945), a biopic about Eddie Rickenbacker, and played an Italian POW in A Bell (1945).
Conte appeared in another war film for Milestone, A Walk in the Sun (1945), where he was partnered with Andrews once more.
Conte, a film noir, was promoted to top billing by Fox (1945). Although it was a "B" film for the studio, it was still profitable enough to make Conte a film noir.
He was good in Anywhere in the Night (1946), directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, who later assisted James Cagney in a spy film, 13 Rue Madeleine (1946), directed by Henry Hathaway.
Conte was borrowed by Enterprise Productions for The Other Love (1947) with Barbara Stanwyck and David Niven. Call Northside 777 (1948), as the prisoner whose innocence is established by James Stewart, was a key to Fox's good show.
Conte was teamed with Victor Mature in Cry of the City (1948). In Big Jack (1949), Beery's last film, MGM borrowed Wallace Beery to support Wallace Beery, then did another for Mankiewicz in Fox's (1949) with Edward G. Robinson, a lawyer who protects his father (Robinson) against government suspicions of financial misconduct and goes to prison for jury tampering.
Conte appeared in Thieves' Highway (1949), directed by Jules Dassin, and co-starred Gene Tierney in Otto Preminger's classic film noir Whirlpool (1950).
Conte signed a film for whom he appeared in several crime films: The Sleeping City (1950), directed by William Castle (1951); and The Raging Tide (1951).
He returned to Universal for the Raiders (1952) after shooting a boxing film for United Artists, The Fighter (1952).
Conte was directed by Fritz Lang to co-star Anne Baxter and Ann Sothern in The Blue Gardenia (1953). Alan Laddd was a supporter of the Desert Legion (1953), according to Universal Conte. Sam Katzman at Columbia made Slaves of Babylon (1953). Conte appeared on television shows including Medallion Theatre, Ford Television Theatre, and General Electric Theater.
Conte began working with Bill Broidy in 1953 to produce six films in a three-year span, for which he would be paid 25% of the proceeds. Highway Dragnet (1954), based on Roger Corman's tale, traveled to England to make Mask of Dust (1954) for Hammer Films director Terence Fisher, was the first of a crime drama. He was supposed to command the Wolf Pack for Broidy, but it wasn't made.
Cornel Wilde's own business made the Big Combo (1955) for Broidy; Jack Palance (1955) for the company; New York Confidential (1955) for Broidy; and The Big Tip Off (1955) for Broidy.
Conte returned to England for Little Red Monkey (1955) and Warners for a Korean War film Target Zero (1955).
Conte led to a second lead in I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), an MGM biopic about Lillian Roth starring Susan Hayward. Conte and director Daniel Mann announced that they would make Play by Play together, but that it was not planned.
Conte produced a sequence of films for Columbia. He co-starred with Judy Holliday in Full of Life (1956) and was the lead in The Brothers Rico (1957); helped Anthony Perkins and Silvano in This Angry Age (1957); was one of many characters in This Angry Age (1959); was one of many names in They Came to Cordura (1959).
He appeared on television shows including The 20th Century-Fox Hour and The Twilight Zone ("Perchance to Dream") and appeared in a television adaptation of The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio (1960). He appeared on TV for the first time in The Four Just Men (1959–60).
Conte was a fan of Frank Sinatra in Ocean's 11 (1961), but then shifted to television: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bus Stop, Naked City, Checkmate, Frontier Circus, The DuPont Show of the Week, The Untouchables, Alcoa Premiere, Going My Way, The Reporter, Kraft Suspense Theatre, and Trial.
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963), Circus World (1964) and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) (playing Barabbas) and the lead in Robert L. Lippert's (1964) are the most notable stories ever told (1964). He had the lead in Stay Tuned for Terror (1965), a shot in Argentina, after Synanon (1965).
Conte, a fan of Frank Sinatra in Assault on a Queen (1966), was one of many famous characters in Hotel (1967). Conte received a supporting role in the Jean Arthur Show, a short-lived CBS sitcom.
In two Frank Sinatra crime films, Lieutenant Dave Santini (1967) and Lady in Cement (1968). Sentenza di morte (1968), a Western in Europe, died in between.
Operation Cross Eagles, his first film as a director, was released in 1968, in which he also appeared.
Conte's later appearances include The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, The Challengers (1970), and The Name of the Game (1970).
As Don Barzini, Conte had one of his most memorable appearances in The Godfather (1972). Don Vito Corleone, a role that Marlon Brando later occupied, was at one time considered for the title role.
Conte appeared in a number of "mob" roles: Murder Inferno (1973), Pearl & the Pole (1973), My Brother Anastasia (1973), The Violent People (1973), Lavelle (1973), and Violent Rome (1975). Evil Eye (1975), A Diary of a Murderess (1975), and Naked Exorcism (1975) were among his horror films.