Deceased

How Did Ray Sharkey Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 40

Also known asRaymond Sharkey Jr.GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn14/11/1952Born inBrooklyn, New York, U.S.Died11/06/1993Died inBrooklynCausedeath from AIDS-related complicationsWikidataQ1371467 ↗Buried atSaint Charles CemeteryTMDb#101752 ↗

Raymond Sharkey Jr. was an American stage, film and television actor. His most notable film role was Vincent Vacarri in the 1980 film The Idolmaker, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his role as Sonny Steelgrave in the television series Wiseguy.

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Filmography28 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1992	Dead On: Relentless IIMovie	Kyle Valsone	40
1992	Round Trip to HeavenMovie	Stoneface	40
1992	In the Line of Duty: Street WarMovie	Det. Victor Tomasino	40
1991	Caged FearMovie	Warden Hayes	39
1990	Good Cops, Bad CopsMovie	—	38
1989	The Revenge of Al CaponeMovie	Scarface	37
1989	Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly HillsMovie	Frank	37
1989	The Neon EmpireMovie	Junior Molov	37
1989	The Neon EmpireSeries	Junior Molov	37
1988	Act of PiracyMovie	Jack Wilcox	36
1987	Jake and the FatmanSeries	—	35
1987	WiseguySeries	—	35
1986	Crime StorySeries	US Atty. Harry Breitel	34
1986	Wise GuysMovie	Marco	34
1985	The Ray Bradbury TheaterSeries	—	33
1985	The EqualizerSeries	Geoffery Dryden	33
1985	HellholeMovie	Silk	33
1984	Miami ViceSeries	Bobby Profile	32
1984	Du-beat-e-oMovie	duBEAT-e-o	32
1983	The HitchhikerSeries	Eric Coleman	31
1982	Faerie Tale TheatreSeries	Grand Vizier	30
1978	Paradise AlleyMovie	Legs	26
1975	Saturday Night LiveSeries	Self - Host	23
1975	Barney MillerSeries	Hold-Up Man	23
1975	The JeffersonsSeries	Robert Phelps	23
1973	KojakSeries	Gallagher (uncredited)	21
1972	The Streets of San FranciscoSeries	—	20
1971	All in the FamilySeries	Man At Clinic (uncredited)	19