Frank Vincent (4)

American actor and musician. Born 15 April 1937 in North Adams, Massachusetts; died 13 September 2017 in Nutley, New Jersey. Vincent started his career in show business as a musician (playing drums, piano and trumpet) doing session work and playing clubs with his own band Frank Vincent and the Aristocats in the New York area. In 1969 the band was joined on guitar by Joe Pesci (2). Not long after the band broke up and the two turned to stand-up comedy, performing as Vincent & Pesci. Both would eventually end up in acting, and are best known for portraying mob characters.