Frank Pesce (December 8, 1946 – February 6, 2022) was an American film and television actor. Born in New York City, Pesce was the son of two working-class Italian parents. Pesce started his film career as an extra in The Godfather Part II, and got his first credited role in 1976, in an episode of the television series Police Story. He guest-starred a large number of well-known TV-series, including Knight Rider, Kojak and Matlock, and was a busy character actor in films, notably appearing in Rocky, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop and Flashdance. He wrote the script of the film 29th Street, based on his own autobiographical experiences. He made his last appearance in 2015, in Creed.

Filmography

• 2015Creed — Mickey's Gym Doorman
• 2014Reach Me — Frank's Henchman
• 2014The Expendables 3 — Fight Watcher
• 2013Grudge Match — Journalist #4
• 2011Tower Heist — Riker's Prison Guard
• 2009Citizen Jane — Virgil Jackman
• 2009Middle Men — Bar Patron
• 2008Final Approach — FAA Official Russo
• 2005Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part — Rocco Galletta
• 2004The Whole Ten Yards — Policeman #1
• 2002On the Edge — Bo
• 2001Double Take — Vito
• 1999Black and White — Joey
• 1997Donnie Brasco — Wiseguy
• 1997Night Vision — Mike Mahoney
• The Tony Danza Show — Guy
• 1996Original Gangstas — Detective Waits
• 1996The Cottonwood
• 1996Uncle Sam — Barker
• The Single Guy — Cabbie
• 1994Another Midnight Run — Vito
• 1994Ice — Mobster
• 1994Seduce Me: Pamela Principle 2 — Ralph
• 1994Trapped in Paradise — Caesar Spinoz
• 1993Blindsided — Detective
• 1993Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story — Rehab Patient
• 1993Mirror Images II — Clerk
• 1993South Beach
• 1992In the Shadow of a Killer — Torelli
• 1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence — Tribble
• 1992The Pamela Principle — Eddie Breeding
• 199129th Street — Vito Pesce, Story, Associate Producer
• 1991Steel and Lace — Patroni
• 1990Bar Girls — Joe
• 1990Maniac Cop 2 — Strip Club M.C.
• 1989Hit List — Quigley
• 1989Lock Up — Johnson
• 1989Relentless — Marra
• 1989The Cover Girl and the Cop — Assistant Director
• 1988Cameron's Closet — Ed Wallace
• 1988Maniac Cop — Watchman
• 1988Midnight Run — Carmine
• 1987Beverly Hills Cop II — Carlotta
• Jake and the Fatman — Barkeep
• 1986Hollywood Harry — Peter the Producer
• Matlock — Bailiff
• 1986The Messenger — Man 1
• 1986Top Gun — Bartender
• Airwolf — Ray
• 1984Beverly Hills Cop — Cigarette Buyer
• Blue Thunder — Guard / Gunner
• Miami Vice — Benny
• The Master — Officer Thomas
• Who's the Boss? — Waiter
• 1983Emergency Room — Dusted Man
• 1983Eureka — Stefano
• 1983Flashdance — Mawby's Regular
• 1983The Big Score — J.C.
• 1983Vigilante — Blueboy
• Cagney & Lacey — Waiter
• Cassie & Co. — Crewman
• Knight Rider — Director
• 1982Young Doctors in Love — The Gangsters - Rocco
• The Greatest American Hero — Bartender
• 1980American Gigolo — Suspect #4
• 1980Defiance — Herbie
• 1980Maniac — T.V. Reporter (voice)
• 1980Marilyn: The Untold Story
• 1979Killer Fish — Warren
• 1979Tilt — Rock Manager (Carrots)
• 1978Paradise Alley — Skinny the Hand
• 1978The One Man Jury — Freddie
• 1977Sorcerer — Married Man (uncredited)
• 1976Rocky — Spectator (uncredited)
• Kojak — Jerry Gerson, Spencer

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen — Self
• 2013The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti — Self
• 2001The Joe Spinell Story — Self