Ron Karabatsos

Ron Karabatsos

Birth : 1933-04-22, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

Death : 2012-04-17

History

Ron Karabatsos was born on April 22, 1933 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Flashdance (1983), Get Shorty (1995) and Surviving Christmas (2004). He died on April 17, 2012 in Beaumont, California, USA.

Profile

Ron Karabatsos

Movies

Get Shorty
Momo
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
Jailbait
Kelso
17 year old Kyle comes to the big city in search of her half-sister Merci. Merci is on the run after being used to set up a murder. The police and the killers both want her.
Dead in the Water
Mike Welch
Charlie Deegan has almost everything he has ever wanted. He has an important law practice, a beautiful secretary as his lover, and the chance to be appointed to the high court. The only thing wrong with this is that his shrewish wife Olivia, whose father made all the wealth and all the power, is living and that greatly upsets Charlie. So when his lover, Laura, suggests that they get rid of Olivia, Charlie thinks, being a lawyer, that he can create a fool-proof plan. In this plan, he must incorporate a woman named Victoria whom he detests, but she can help him get into the court and be part of the plan for Olivia. But dreams of judgeship, money and Laura makes him proceed. However, things never turn out as planned and he may not be as smart as he considers himself.
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
Stan Reeb
A murder mystery writer misreads the nervous man he bullies in a spooky Hollywood mansion.
29th Street
Philly the Nap
After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.
Rich Girl
Rocco
A rich Beverly Hills girl gets a job as a waitress, and falls in love with a rock singer.
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.
My Blue Heaven
Ritchie
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...
Wedding Band
Bruno Kavoles
A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
Trenchcoat in Paradise
Arky
Eddie Mazda is a hard nosed private eye who gets in too close to the mob and is forced to leave Jersey City. He decides to open up shop in Hawaii.
Hollywood Heartbreak
L.R. Sharkey
A wannabe writer who's just moved to Hollywood tries to pitch his script idea to various producers who won't give him the time of day.
Cold Steel
Fishman
On Christmas Eve, Johnny Modine's father is murdered by a psycho cut-throat. The cop swears bloody revenge, though he's taken off the case. He doesn't suspect yet that he's also the target in a diabolic plan of revenge.
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
Aldo
A fashion designer marries a lawyer only to discover that his father is an imfamous mafia don.
Brotherly Love
Anthony Scarnato
A businessman is stalked by his murderous twin brother, who has just been released from a mental hospital.
The Cotton Club
Mike Best
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Missing Pieces
Claude Papazian
A private detective has to deal with an unpleasant memory, a near-insoluble mystery, and a pursuing murderer inflicted with drugs and political corruption.
Legs
Mr. Rizzo
Three hopefuls -- Shanna Reed, Deborah Geffner and Maureen Teefy -- each wants to be a Radio City Music Hall Rockette, vying for the one open spot the hall's choreographer, Gwen Verdon (in her TV-movie debut), has to fill. Sheree North plays Geffner's ex-Rockette mother and John Heard is a magazine reporter who falls for each of the aspiring dancers. The film was shot partially at Radio City Music Hall and was given a single public showing there several nights before its television premiere.
Flashdance
Jake Mawby
Alex Owens, a teen juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
City Dragon
Lt. Lew Healy
A cop who became deaf as the result of a fight tries to break up a drug ring run by bikers.
Prince of the City
Dave DeBennedeto
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.