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This retired actor was known primarily for playing villains and tough guys in many films. His multi-ethnic background meant that he played a lot of nationalities. In real life, as a young man before he was accepted to a prestigious acting program. he was kind of a tough guy too working for the local mob as a contract killer. In that time he was responsible for three killings. There was a fourth one but that came later when he was appearing in films with and  socializing with this animal named much celebrated group of A List performers.  This permanent A++ singer/actor asked him as a favor get rid of a pesky journalist looking into the singer/actor's own crime connections which he did.