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Ronald Christ Karabatsos (1933–2012) was an American character actor.

Ron Karabatsos
Born	Ronald Christ Karabatsos (1933-04-22)April 22, 1933 Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	April 17, 2012(2012-04-17) (aged 78) Beaumont, Riverside County, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–2004
Spouse(s)	Janell, ?-2012, his death
Children	2, son Ronald, Jr. (deceased) daughter Dawnne 1 grandchild; 2 great-grandchildren

Early life

Karabatsos was born on April 22, 1933, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA, to Constantine and Antoinette Karabatsos, first-generation immigrants from Greece.[1] The family lived in Union City, New Jersey, where young Ronald graduated from Emerson High School.

Military and police service

Upon graduating from high school, Karabatsos was drafted in the U.S. Army spending most of his service time in the Korean War. After he was released from the military, he joined the police department of his home city, retiring after twenty eight years as a homicide detective.[1]

Movie career

In 1982, while still on the police force, Karabatsos was approached to act a part in the Sidney Lumet movie Prince of the City. Most New York critics[2] and Roger Ebert[3] wrote positive reviews on the movie. James Wolcott dissented, concluding that the film is "wearing its liberal pieties like a crown of thorns," although he reserved praise for Karabatsos' work, writing that he "carries his hulk with impressive menace as a slime-souled bail bondsman."[2] Critic David S. Machlowitz,[4] though agreeing with Wolcott's take on the movie, wrote that Karabatsos "is superb as [the] bloated, belligerent bail bondsman."

Karabatsos went on to act in some thirty movies and two hundred TV shows,[1] moving to live in California. He starred in the 1982 made-for-TV-movie Hear No Evil as Lt. Lew Healy.[5]^: 445[6]^: 188[7]

He died on April 17, 2012, five days before his 79th birthday, in Beaumont, California, from a non-communicable disease, survived by wife Janell, daughter Dawnne Rigsby, and an extended family.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Prince of the City	Dave DeBennedeto
1983	Flashdance	Jake Mawby
1984	The Cotton Club	Mike Best
1987	Cold Steel	Fishman
1987	Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife	Aldo
1989	Wedding Band	Bruno Kavoles
1990	My Blue Heaven	Ritchie
1990	Hollywood Heartbreak	L.R. Sharkey
1991	Rich Girl	Rocco
1991	29th Street	Philly "The Nap"
1991	Where Sleeping Dogs Lie	Stan Reeb
1991	Dead in the Water	Mike Welch
1993	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story		Voice
1995	Get Shorty	"Momo"
1996	Baby Face Nelson	Frankie "Big Frankie"
2000	The Crew	Pauly "Fat Pauly"
2004	Surviving Christmas	Deli Man	(final film role)

References

External links

• Ron Karabatsos at IMDb

На других языках

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[ru] Карабацос, Рон

Ро́нальд Крист «Рон» Караба́цос (англ. Ronald Christ «Ron» Karabatsos; 22 апреля 1933, Элизабет, Нью-Джерси, США — 17 апреля 2012, Бомонт, Калифорния, США) — греко-американский характерный актёр кино и телевидения, известный по фильмам «Танец-вспышка» (1983), «Богатая девчонка» (1991) и «Достать коротышку» (1995), а также по телесериалу «Охотник» (1984).

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