Richard Romanus, the tough-guy character actor best known for his turn as Michael Longo, the Little Italy loan shark who gets into it with Robert De Niro’s Johnny Civello in Martin Scorsese’s Mean ...

Even as you giggle continuously through Sy Rosen’s delightful chronicle of his journey into “old age” you are also continually aware of how skillfully he has mounted his gentle stories. Rosen’s play ...

After portraying the loan shark Michael Longo, he voiced a cab driver in ‘Heavy Metal,’ starred on ‘Strike Force’ and was Jennifer Melfi’s husband on ‘The Sopranos.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor ...

Richard Romanus, who built his character acting career with a tough guy persona in film and television, has died at 80 at a hospital in Volos, Greece. No cause was given by his son, Robert. Romanus ...

Richard Romanus, who played a tough-guy Little Italy loan shark in the 1973 film “Mean Streets,” died Dec. 23. He was 80. Romanus died in a private hospital in Volos, Greece, his son, Robert Romanus, ...