Tony Page began his movie career in 1970 landing his first supporting
role as Tommy Trafler in the independent film,
Rebel (1973) (aka
Rebel) alongside
Sylvester Stallone's first feature. Tony then
managed to get his Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card thanks to the help of
the late
Michael V. Gazzo, most famous for
The Godfather Part II (1974), with whom he did theater
work in New York, and later starred in the same film with him,
Hoodlums (1980). The two were real life friends.
Tony Page struck gold landing his first all time classic film,
Prince of the City (1981), where Tony Page hand picked the role of Raff Alvarez, as
Director
Sidney Lumet allowed the auditioning actors to choose which
characters they felt most comfortable with. This would give Page his
push to work with Director
Larry Cohen as the Gangster Webb in the
Horror/Thriller,
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982).
Soon after his two successful motion pictures that hit theaters
worldwide, Page developed cirrhosis of the liver after years of heavy
drinking and sadly passed away on January 31st, 1983.
He is survived by his wife and son.