{"id":321868,"date":"2025-05-05T02:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/sopranos-star-charley-scalies-dead-at-84"},"modified":"2025-05-05T02:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:05:25","slug":"sopranos-star-charley-scalies-dead-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/sopranos-star-charley-scalies-dead-at-84","title":{"rendered":"'Sopranos' Star Charley Scalies Lifeless at eighty four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Horseface on ‘The Wire,’ Appeared on ‘Sopranos’<\/span>
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Charley Scalies<\/strong> — a character actor who played tough-talking characters on two of the greatest shows ever — has died … according to reports.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/a> says they spoke with Charley’s daughter, Anne Marie Scalies<\/strong> … who revealed her father passed away Thursday at a nursing facility in Phoenixville, <\/strong>Pennsylvania, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary to Angeline & Charley Scalies. Charley portrayed Thomas \u2018Horseface\u2019 Pakusa on #TheWire<\/a> & Coach Molinaro on #TheSopranos<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/liEDuDcVww<\/a><\/p>\n

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Scalies began his acting career by grabbing a few bit parts in the mid-1990s … appearing in the Al Pacino<\/strong><\/a>-led “Two Bits” and the sci-fi classic “12 Monkeys” starring Bruce Willis<\/strong><\/a> and Brad Pitt<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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Scalies’ career highlight came back in 2003 when he appeared in all 12 episodes of season 2 of “The Wire” … playing Thomas “Horseface” Pakusa — a former union man with a talent for stealing cars.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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A year later, Scalies appeared on an ep of “The Sopranos” as Coach Molinaro — a high school football coach Tony had in high school who appears in Tony’s dream and berates him for his shortcomings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Among his other credits … “Law & Order,” “Cold Case,” “Jersey Girl,” “Liberty Heights” and “Condition Red.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Angeline<\/strong>, his kids Chuck<\/strong>, Angeline<\/strong>, Tony<\/strong>, Christa<\/strong> and Anne Marie<\/strong> and several grandchildren.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Charley was 84.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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