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Rounding out the trio are seemingly psychotic John Davis Chandler (as Arthur Reardon) and illiterate head-banger Neil Nephew (as Anthony "Batman" Aposto). While investigating the murder, Mr. Lancaster begins to question the death penalty he is directed to pursue...
Two Italian-American greasers, Danny DiPace and Anthony "Batman" Aposto (Neil Nephew), and the Irish-American Arthur Reardon are members of a street gang named the Thunderbirds in New York City in East Harlem. They have an ongoing turf war with a Puerto Rican gang called the Horsemen.
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In her autobiography, Burstyn tells that Neil was schizophrenic; he had episodes of violence and eventually left her. He attempted to reconcile, but she ultimately divorced him in 1972. Nephew killed himself in 1978 by jumping from the window of his ninth-floor Manhattan apartment as his schizophrenia began to reach its climax. Filmography
Plot. Two Italian-American greasers, Danny diPace and Anthony "Batman" Aposto (Neil Nephew), and the Irish-American Arthur Reardon are members of a street gang named the Thunderbirds in New York City in East Harlem. They have an ongoing turf war with a Puerto Rican gang called the Horsemen.
He may have been a victim of typecasting but his gallery of psychotic villains have enlivened many films from his scene-chewing role as Mad Dog Coll (1961) to Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High Country (1962) to his homicidal drug dealer in The Hooked Generation (1968).
- John Frankenheimer, Carter Dehaven Jr.
- Burt Lancaster
Neil J. Burstyn. Actor. Prolific American motion picture and television figure of the 1960s through the 1970s. Appeared in numerous dramas as well as comedies, including The Young Savages (1961) and Alex in Wonderland (1970). Married to actress Ellen Burstyn.
Is Neil Nephew still alive? No, he died on 11/01/1978, 45 years ago. He was 39 years old when he died. Cause of death: falling. He died in Manhattan Family Wife
