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  1. www.historyvshollywood.com › reelfaces › green-bookGreen Book Movie vs. the True Story of Tony Lip and Don Shirley

    Nov 19, 2018 · Had the real Tony Lip been in the Army? Yes, this was confirmed while researching the Green Book true story. Before his days working at the Copacabana nightclub and his job driving pianist Don Shirley, Tony Lip had served in the United States Army. He had been stationed in postwar Germany in the early 1950s. He is pictured below in uniform.

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    Tony Lip. Frank Anthony Vallelonga Sr. (July 30, 1930 – January 4, 2013), better known by his stage name Tony Lip, was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of crime boss Carmine Lupertazzi in the HBO series, The Sopranos. Lip portrayed real-life Bonanno crime family mobster Philip Giaccone in Donnie Brasco, and real-life ...

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  4. www.biography.com › musicians › don-shirley-tony-lipDon Shirley and Tony Lip: The True Story Behind ... - Biography

    Jan 29, 2021 · The film 'Green Book' is based on a real-life road trip taken by Black pianist Don Shirley and white bouncer Tony Lip and the unlikely friendship that resulted from the journey. In 1962, casually ...

  5. www.popsugar.com › entertainment › green-book-basedIs Green Book Based on a True Story? | POPSUGAR Entertainment

    Feb 23, 2019 · Tony Lip (real name Tony Vallelonga, pictured above left in 2005) and Don Shirley (pictured above right, in a portrait from the 1960s) were indeed real men, who met in the same way they do in the ...

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  7. screenrant.com › actor-godfather-goodfellasThe One Actor Who Appeared In Goodfellas, The Godfather ...

    Jul 3, 2022 · However, there’s one actor who had a role, even if minor, in The Godfather, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos: Tony Lip. After serving in the United States Army, Tony Lip (whose real name was Frank Anthony Vallelonga Sr) worked at the Copacabana nightclub in the 1960s, where he met many famous people, among those Francis Ford Coppola.

  8. www.bustle.com › p › what-happened-to-the-real-tonyWhat Happened To The Real Tony Lip? ‘Green Book ... - Bustle

    Nov 21, 2018 · November 21, 2018. Sony Pictures. Green Book has already generated much buzz for the inspiring true story about Italian-American tough guy chauffeur Tony “Tony Lip” Vallelonga and African ...

  9. www.nj.com › life-and-culture › erry-2018/11/8ae24efHow 'Green Book,' the film about N.J. 'Sopranos' actor Tony ...

    Feb 20, 2019 · For one, Tony Lip did not look like Viggo Mortensen, who also happens to be nearly 30 years older than his Bronx counterpart was during the trip. ... but he was also a chef in the Army, a ...