THE Sopranos actor Charley Scalies has died aged 84, after a battle with Alzheimer’s.
Charley, who also starred in The Wire, passed away at a Pennsylvania nursing home on Thursday, his family has revealed.
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An obituary posted on Legacy read: “Best known first and foremost as a husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend.”
It added that the actor’s “favourite audience was always seated around the dinner table”.
The actor starred as Tony Soprano’s high school football coach, Coach Molinaro, in the fifth installment of the hit show – The Test Dream.
He also appeared in 12 episodes of The Wire as Thomas “Horseface” Pakusa.
In a 2019 interview, the Philadelphian actor said of the role: “As with all the other characters I’ve been blessed to portray, Horseface lives inside of me.
“I invite him out to play as needed.”
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