Luciano Charles Scorsese May 5 1913August 23 1993 was an American actor and father of filmmaker Martin Scorsese Scorsese was born in New York City the son of Teresa and Francesco Scorsese Sicilian immigrants from Polizzi Generosa a small town near Palermo He married Catherine Cappa in 1933 He was the father of Academy Awardwinning film director Martin Scorsese In 1976 he made his first film appearance in Taxi Driver albeit in a still newspaper photograph with his wife as Iris father He later appeared in his sons 1980 film Raging Bull where he played Charlie He featured in the gangster film Goodfellas in 1990 portraying Vinnie who was based on the reallife gangster Thomas Agro Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Scorsese licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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