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Time of India
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'The Wire' actor Charley Scalies dies at 84 after prolonged battle with Alzheimer's
Hollywood actor Charley Scalies, who is known for two of the most celebrated series, ' The Wire ' and ' The Sopranos ', has passed away after a battle with Alzheimer's . He was 84, and died on May 1. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now His death was confirmed via an online obituary, reports 'Variety'. "(He was) best known first and foremost as a husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend", the obituary read. "Professionally, Charley Scalies was an American actor and former business executive whose life reflected a rich blend of professional achievement, creative passion, and a true joy for life. His favorite audience was always seated around the dinner table". As per 'Variety', Scalies starred in Season 2 of 'The Wire'. He appeared in all 12 episodes as Horseface, an imprisoned Baltimore longshoreman and member of IBS Local 1514 with an emphatic allegiance to his criminal boss, Frank Sobotka. In 'The Sopranos', Scalies appeared in the Season 5 episode 'The Test Dream' as Tony's high school football instructor, Coach Molinaro. His character manifests in Tony's dream, screaming at him for throwing away his life to become a criminal. Scalies' other television credits include 'Homicide: Life on the Street', 'Law & Order', 'Law & Order: SVU' and 'Cold Case'. On the film side, he appeared in '12 Monkeys', 'Liberty Heights', 'Jersey Girl' and 'Two Bits'. Scalies also starred in a number of stage productions with the St. Francis Players in Springfield, Pa., including 'Guys and Dolls', 'Chicago' and 'The Wizard of Oz'. He is survived by his wife and "the true love and joy of his life", Angeline M. Scalies, and his five children: Scalies III, Angeline Kogut, Anthony Scalies, Christa Ann Scalise and Anne Marie Scalies.
Metro
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
The Sopranos star Charley Scalies dies aged 84
Charley Scalies, best known for appearing in The Sopranos and The Wire, has died aged 84. The actor's death was announced in an online obituary, which explained how he 'passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer's' on Thursday, May 1. The tribute read: '[He was] best known first and foremost as a husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend. Professionally, Charley Scalies was an American actor and former business executive whose life reflected a rich blend of professional achievement, creative passion, and a true joy for life. His favorite audience was always seated around the dinner table.' Born in 1940 in Philadelphia, Scalies most notable roles came in two of HBO's most critically acclaimed dramas. In 2003 he appeared in all episodes of the second season of crime drama The Wire, playing Horseface, an imprisoned Baltimore longshoreman. The following year he appeared in an episode of The Sopranos in its fifth season. More Trending In The Test Dream he played Tony's high school football instructor, Coach Molinaro, who appears in the Mafia boss' dream and screams at him for throwing away his life to become a criminal. Throughout his career, Scalies also appeared in other TV shows including Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU and Cold Case. He also featured in films including Condition Red, Two Bits, 12 Monkeys, Liberty Heights and Jersey Girl. View More » He is survived by his wife and 'the true love and joy of his life' Angeline M. Scalies, and his five children – Charles Scalies III, Angeline Kogut, Anthony Scalies, Christa Ann Scalise and Anne Marie Scalies. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Fans 'literally crying' as Queen Latifah's hit crime drama cancelled after five seasons MORE: Xzibit reveals $1,000,000 reason he rejected Pimp My Ride return MORE: Friends star remembers Matthew Perry's 'gentlemanly' reaction to her wardrobe malfunction
Scottish Sun
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
The Sopranos actor Charley Scalies dies aged 84 as The Wire star passes away after Alzheimer's battle
THE Sopranos actor Charley Scalies has died aged 84, after a battle with Alzheimer's. Charley, who also starred in The Wire, passed away at a Pennsylvania nursing home on Thursday, his family has revealed. 2 Charley Scalies, who played Coach Molinaro in The Sopranos, has died aged 84 2 He also starred as Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa in The Wire in 2003 His daughter, Anne Marie Scalies, revealed the news to The Hollywood Reporter. An obituary published on said the actor had "passed away peacefully after a long battle with Alzheimer's". It added that he was "best known first and foremost as a husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend". "His wife, children, and grandchildren," it said, "will miss his stories but will keep him in their hearts forever." The actor from Philadelphia starred as Tony Soprano's high school football coach, Coach Molinaro, in the fifth series of the hit HBO show. In the critically-acclaimed episode, called The Test Dream, the character appears to Tony, played by James Gandolfini, in a dream - criticising the Mafia boss for wasting his potential on a life of crime. A year before landing the huge role, Charley had appeared in 12 episodes of HBO's The Wire as stevedore Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa. In a 2019 interview, Charley said of the role: "As with all the other characters I've been blessed to portray, Horseface lives inside of me. "I invite him out to play as needed." Charley also appeared in Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order. He leaves behind his wife of 62 years, Angeline, five children and four grandchildren. More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.
The Irish Sun
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
The Sopranos actor Charley Scalies dies aged 84 as The Wire star passes away after Alzheimer's battle
THE Sopranos actor Charley Scalies has died aged 84, after a battle with Alzheimer's. Charley, who also starred in The Wire, passed away at a Pennsylvania nursing home on Thursday, his family has revealed. 2 Charley Scalies, who played Coach Molinaro in The Sopranos, has died aged 84 2 He also starred as Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa in The Wire in 2003 His daughter, Anne Marie Scalies, revealed the news to An obituary published on It added that he was "best known first and foremost as a husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend". "His wife, children, and grandchildren," it said, "will miss his stories but will keep him in their hearts forever." The actor from Philadelphia starred as Tony Soprano's high school football coach, Coach Molinaro, in the fifth series of the hit HBO show. In the critically-acclaimed episode, called The Test Dream, the character appears to Tony, played by James Gandolfini, in a dream - criticising the Mafia boss for wasting his potential on a life of crime. A year before landing the huge role, Charley had appeared in 12 episodes of HBO's The Wire as stevedore Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa. In a 2019 interview, Charley said of the role: "As with all the other characters I've been blessed to portray, Horseface lives inside of me. Most read in News TV "I invite him out to play as needed." Charley also appeared in Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order. He leaves behind his wife of 62 years, Angeline, five children and four grandchildren. More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
How faculty lounge ideologues attacked Big Apple's dip in murder rate
By the mid-1990s, a thousand butts were being covered in the faculty lounges of America. Sociologists and criminologists were impotently dissing the miraculous plunge in crime and murder in New York, America's largest and most storied city. Starting around 1967, the murder rate in the Big Apple began soaring from 746 that year to a terrifying 2,245 in 1990. During that period, New York also suffered a bleed-out of blue-collar jobs, white flight and a drug epidemic. The problems plaguing New York weren't worse than many other American cities, but the Big Apple became the poster boy for crime and urban decay because of its size and the glare of the media. 'There was a 50% reduction in murders. Sociologists and criminologists in academia were saying 'it's not happening,' author Peter Moskos told the Toronto Sun. ''Who knows what's causing it?' they said. All the 'experts' in the field were wrong.' Moskos — a criminology professor at John Jay College in New York — has written a new book that boasts a rave review from author David Simon, whose works spawned the hit TV series Homicide: Life on the Street and The Wire, no less. The book is called Back from the Brink: Inside the NYPD and New York's Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop. What Moskos — who lives in my old Astoria stomping grounds — did was talk to cops who were there. But the average faculty lounge criminologist does not talk to cops, typically doesn't like cops and is firmly ensconced in an ivory tower with faddish ideas Instead, they posited that the criminals aged out, Roe v. Wade meant fewer unwanted kids coming into the world ready for mayhem, leaded gasoline was banned and suggested we, uh, look at 'root causes.' 'It was the cops,' Moskos said. 'The other things played a role, sure, but mostly it was policing.' In his book, Moskos tells the tales from the front lines and explores the strategies the NYPD used in their war against crime and how cops gave New Yorkers their city back. The book is out Wednesday. Unlike many academics who study crime and policing, Moskos put his money where his mouth is: While doing his PhD, he joined Baltimore Police for a birds-eye view. And because of his blue bona fides, police officers would talk to him, whereas they remained rightly suspicious of the faculty lounge types. Even as murders and crime in general began tumbling in the Big Apple, Moskos' criminology colleagues remained in disbelief. They were wedded to an ideology that remains prevalent in those circles today. 'For starters, they generally don't like cops and they didn't want to give the police any credit,' he said. Still, Moskos said the NYPD benefited from the ebbing of the crack epidemic that ravaged big North American cities in the 1980s and early 1990s. The dealers and users were either in prison or the morgue. The NYPD itself was handcuffed by its inertia. There was little accountability even as the bodies began stacking sky high. That is until the arrival of Jack Maple and William Bratton. Maple had been a subway cop riding the rails and was somewhat of an idiot savant when it came to crime. As commissioner of New York's transit police, Bratton saw a diamond in the rough. Crime fell first on the subway system and then Bratton became NYPD commissioner and brought Maple along for the ride. 'There was little accountability and they demanded it. They cleaned house. Then everything changed,' he said, adding that the NYPD became very good at problem-solving. 'Only sociologists were still saying that the police didn't matter … but they couldn't explain the crime drop away.' CRIME HUNTER: New Mafia movie Alto Knights focuses on Costello-Genovese war HUNTER: Will junk justice be Mark Carney and Liberals' soft underbelly? Like the cops themselves, Moskos said sociologists and criminologists were privileged, believing they were different. 'But they weren't on the streets seeing what was happening … and sometimes their views were offensive, even though data was disputing their ideas,' he added. 'They did not like the conclusion, which was you can police your way out of something like this. 'The adults took charge.' Moskos said he doesn't intend his book to be an ode to Bill Bratton, America's most celebrated cop who not only cleaned up New York, but Los Angeles as well. But Moskos fears there are signs that some of the problems with the cops and the city itself are again plaguing the NYPD. He blames uber-progressive former mayor Bill DeBlasio, whose disdain for the police is well-known. 'Bratton got rid of a lot of the corruption, but now it's back. After the turnaround, police were getting in people's s— which is how you cut crime. Under DeBlasio, the streets were surrendered,' he said. Now, New York has what Moskos calls the Taj Mahal of homeless shelters, packed with illegal immigrants, many of them Venezuelan gangbangers. 'They (the NYPD) are not supposed to enforce that and so you're again seeing a drop in the quality of life,' he said, adding the subways are again dangerous. 'They gave up enforcing the rules on fare evasion and bail reform is a big problem. New York gave up a decade of progress.' Moskos has some advice for other cities like, say, Toronto if they want to eliminate crime. 'Don't let the ideologues have a seat at the table,' he said. 'These are people who want to destroy policing at all costs, most are in the pro-criminal direction.' Canada knows this all too well. bhunter@ X: @HunterTOSun
