Dennis Farina (1944-2013)
Dennis Farina passed away Monday Morning in Scottsdale Arizona. Mr. Farina was born in Chicago, and became a Chicago police officer for 18 years in the cities Burglary division. It was while Mr Farina was a consultant for Michael Mann's film entitled "Thief" that Mann gave him a brief role in the movie. Farina continued to do parts while he was a police officer in the Chicago theater scene. It wasn't until Mann cast Farina as a lead in his series "Crime Story" that Farina made the full transition to actor. He later played many different parts. Some as police officers and other as mobsters. Farina was a life long cubs fan, and he eventually took the part of Detective Joe Fontana on the series of Law & Order. I was always enamoured by Mr. Farina's style of acting. He was a natural, and you could see he was having fun. He did a stint on a show called "In-Laws" which showed his comic timing, and how well he did in comedy...