Alfred Benito "Al" Mancini (November 13, 1932 – November 12, 2007) was an American stage, television and film actor, born in Steubenville, Ohio

Steubenville, Ohio

Steubenville is a city located along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Ohio on the Ohio-West Virginia border in the United States. It is the political county seat of Jefferson County. It is also a principal city of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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In 1960, he appeared in Ted Flicker

Theodore J. Flicker

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's improvisational group The Premise Off-Broadway, and transferred with the show to the Comedy Theatre in London

London

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's West End. From there, he graduated to writing and performing for the British satire show That Was the Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was

That Was The Week That Was, also known as TW3, is a satirical television comedy programme that was shown on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963. It was devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin and presented by David Frost...

(popularly known as TW3) on BBC television, for producer Ned Sherrin

Ned Sherrin

Edward George "Ned" Sherrin CBE was an English broadcaster, author and stage director. He qualified as a barrister and then worked in independent television before joining the BBC...

 and David Frost

David Frost

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. Staying in London for several years, his foremost film role was as "Tassos Bravos" in Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly , The Big Knife , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte , The Flight of the Phoenix , The Dirty Dozen , and The Longest Yard .-Biography:Robert...

's The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 film directed by Robert Aldrich and released by MGM. It was filmed in England and features an ensemble cast, including Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, and Robert Webber. The film is based on E. M...

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In 1967 he appeared as the Announcer in the Prisoner episode 'The General'.

In 1974, on British television, he played Captain Harry Nugent in the second series of BBC's WWII POW drama "Colditz

Colditz

Colditz is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, near Leipzig, located on the banks of the river Mulde. The town has a population of 5,188 ....

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He returned to the United States

United States

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 in the mid 1970s, appearing in several TV series and films including Falling Down

Falling Down

Falling Down is a 1993 crime-drama film directed by Joel Schumacher. The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role of William Foster , a divorcee and unemployed former defense engineer...

, Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American gangster film by the Coen brothers and starring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito and John Turturro...

, Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons is a 1990 comedy film, written by Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, and Bob Clark, who also directed the film. The film is about a hard-nosed cop who is teamed up with a detective with multiple-personality disorder to uncover a long-lost Nazi sex tape, featuring Adolf...

, Turk 182!, and All in the Family

All in the Family

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. His last role, in 2005, was on an episode of Joan of Arcadia

Joan of Arcadia

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He taught acting for over 30 years at the Beverly Hills Playhouse

Beverly Hills Playhouse

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, and wrote for television.

Personal life

Mancini was married and divorced twice, and he died of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease

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 on the day before his 75th birthday in London, Ohio

London, Ohio

London is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Ohio, United States. Located about southwest of the Ohio capital of Columbus, London was established in 1811 to serve as the county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,771, an increase from 7,807 in 1990. It is the...

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