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Frank Ray Perilli (August 30, 1925 – March 8, 2018) was an American screenwriter with more than 15 screen credits, and a playwright of four stage plays.
Frank Ray Perilli (1925-2018) was a versatile and prolific filmmaker who worked on over 20 films and four plays. He also mentored Lenny Bruce and appeared in Wedding Crashers, The Fugitive and Invasion of the Star Creatures.
Frank Ray Perilli had a colorful life, starting from a childhood in the mob-controlled ghettos of Chicago in the 20's and 30's, to a career as a nightclub comic and film character actor in the 40's and 50's, even making appearances on popular television shows of the time such as The Ed Sullivan Show, to being a staff writer for Shecky Greene ...
Frank Ray Perilli was an American screenwriter with more than 15 screen credits, and a playwright of four stage plays. He began his career as a standup comic in the mob controlled nightclubs of Chicago’s North Side, and made appearances on major television shows of the day such as The Ed Sullivan Show.
The film's screenplay by Frank Ray Perilli was the basis for the mass market paperback novel Hounds of Dracula (1977) by Ken Johnson, which was re-titled Dracula's Dog upon the film's release in the United States.
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Frank Ray Perilli. Actor, Writer, Producer. Born August 30, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Frank Ray Perilli had a colorful life, starting from a childhood in the mob-controlled ghettos of Chicago in the 20's and 30's, to a career as a nightclub comic and film character actor in the 40's and 50's, even making appearances on popular television ...
