Actor Richard Bright, 68
Posted: Monday, February 20th, 2006 4:47 pmRichard Bright, a veteran character actor who appeared in all three “Godfather” films and “The Sopranos,” died on Saturday in New York. He was 68 and lived in Manhattan.
He was hit by a bus as it rounded the corner of Columbus Avenue and 86th Street at about 6:30 p.m., and was pronounced dead at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center shortly thereafter, the police said.
A versatile actor with a characteristic rasp in his voice, Mr. Bright had a busy career in movies and theater that stretched back to the late 1950’s, when he made his film debut in a small part in Robert Wise’s “Odds Against Tomorrow.” During the 1970’s, he appeared in “The Panic in Needle Park” with Al Pacino, Sam Peckinpah’s “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid,” “Marathon Man” with Dustin Hoffman, “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and “The Getaway.” …
Mr. Bright is survived by his wife, the actress Rutanya Alda; a son, Jeremy Bright, of Manhattan; and a brother, Charles, of Rowland, Pa. … Read full obituary
