He was at his best!
Posted on 05/11/2008 4:40:50 PM PDT by hole_n_one
LOS ANGELES, May 11 (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, a former policeman who built a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested on Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport for carrying a loaded gun on his way to board a plane, police said.
Farina, 64, told police he brought the .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol with him on a drive from Arizona to Los Angeles and forgot it was in his briefcase when he tried to pass through airport security, police said in a statement.
He was scheduled to take a United Airlines flight to his home in Chicago.
"Farina was very apologetic and cooperative with officers," police said. "However, he had no apparent authority to carry a concealed weapon at the time of his arrest."
The actor was initially booked on one misdemeanor count of carrying a loaded firearm and bail was set at $25,000. The charge was upgraded later to a felony after police confirmed the gun was not registered, and bail was raised to $35,000.
Farina was a Chicago police officer for nearly 20 years before taking up acting in the 1980s. He has starred in movies such as "Get Shorty" and "Sidewalks of New York" and is perhaps best known in the role of New York Detective Joe Fontana on the popular television crime series, "Law & Order."
Loved Bartoli, too. Loved him. Until Ray killed him.
He was at his best!
And don’t forget Manny Weisboard, and Andrew Dice Clay as Max Goldman. Michael Madsen made a few appearances, too, sinister as always.
I like that one in addition to Layer Cake and The Long Good Friday.
Layer Cake
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375912/
The Long Good Friday
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081070/
I feel sorry for the guy. I did the exact same thing myself about 10 days before 9/11. All the airport security folks (pre TSA) were staring at the Xray of my computer bag & pointing. I kept asking what the delay was. I had no clue.
Then it hit me, I’d forgotten my unloaded .45 autoloader was still in the bag from a month earlier.
I was of course immediately arrested but they were much more tolerant back then & I was given a relatively small fine.
This sort of thing actually happens quite a bit.
In my world, the Qur'an-toting muslim named Mahmoud would be allowed to carry his gun on board a plane. Why? Because everybody else would be allowed to carry THEIR guns on board. Thus, the Qur'an-toting muslim named Mahmoud would not know whether he could hijack the plane successfully, because any number of people could open fire on the Qur'an-toting muslim named Mahmoud, should he try something stupid. On the other hand, should some yobs try to pick a fight with the Qur'an-toting muslim named Mahmoud, the Qur'an-toting muslim named Mahmoud could handily defend himself. :-)
Of course, this is the real world, so the Qur'an-toting muslim named Mahmoud would have some splainin' to do while in detention. :-)
A couple of lines from Snatch.
Customs official: Anything to declare?
Avi: Yeah. Don’t go to England.
Dennis played Avi.
Here’s a question for you: What do CSI’s Gary Sinese and CSI’s David Caruso have in common?
fagetaboutit
Madam, but that’s okay.
Glad I’m not the only one here who remembers the 80’s :-)
They’ll still know you own a gun (and maybe even what type, depending on the level of detail they asked for in the application). And that, IMO, is bad enough.
You know, X, I could have gone all day without that picture in my head. I have to go poke out my mental eyes now.
Did I say I hunted Whitetails with a .22?
Nope, I did not.
I use a .270...and have always used a .270...or an arrow.
Since the .22 short rimfire was introduced in right around 1857...Many/most folks "familiar" with hunting will tell you that more .22 caliber rounds have taken whitetail deer than other type rounds.
And that was my point.....
Thanks-
saw him in a miami vice episode, “lombard”, from the second season I believe, playing a mobster who would not rat.
Awaiting answer. :)
He was pretty funny in a comedy where he was a hit man. Can’t remember the name, but it was pretty funny.
You’re right, “Crime Story.” It’s been years. It was the ultimate cop show, at least at that time.
Awaiting answer. :)
They're both overpaid?
Ray Luca killed them both in Crime Story. Red got blasted in the 2 hour movie premier and Gary got it sometime later.
Wow. What a memory you have.
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