A person identified useless on a New York Metropolis sidewalk this week was recognized Thursday as Frank Vallelonga Jr., an actor who appeared in the Oscar-winning motion picture “Inexperienced E book.”
Vallelonga, 60, is the son of a person-time Copacabana bouncer Frank Vallelonga Sr., identified as Tony Lip, who was portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in the 2018 movie. Frank Vallelonga Jr. played a relative of Mortensen’s character in the motion picture, which won the Oscar for most effective picture.
His unidentified overall body was found out early Monday morning in the Bronx immediately after a 911 caller described seeing it in the vicinity of a manufacturing unit. Law enforcement observed no apparent signs of trauma, and the induce of death has not been identified.
Police determined Vallelonga on Thursday and his manager later on verified he was the actor.
“It’s fully a tragedy and surprising,” reported supervisor Melissa Prophet.
A 35-yr-previous guy was billed with concealment of a human corpse a day right after the system was uncovered. The investigation was continuing.
Vallelonga has far more than a 50 percent-dozen acting credits since 1994, like an appearance on “The Sopranos,” according to the IMDB world-wide-web site.
“Green Book” was based on a 1962 tour of the South by Black pianist Don Shirley and the elder Vallelonga, who was Shirley’s driver and bodyguard.
The elder Vallelonga afterwards in lifetime grew to become identified as an actor and portrayed mob manager Carmine Lupertazzi on “The Sopranos.”
