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William (Bill) Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor.
William Forsythe grew up in the neighborhoods of Flatbush and Old Mill Basin in Brooklyn. While in Flatbush he attended nearby Holy Cross School located on Church Avenue, graduating 8th grade in 1969. He continued on to Nazareth High School, now known as Nazareth Regional High School and transferred to South Shore High School for his senior year graduating in 1973.
He is frequently cast in "tough guy" roles such as criminals or law enforcement officers. He has appeared in many films such as the deformed mobster Flattop in Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty, and as crime racket leaders such as Richie Madano in the 1991 Steven Seagal film, Out for Justice. He also portrayed organized crime figure Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the HBO telefilm Gotti. He portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy, a film adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, a college student who corresponded with Gacy his last year on death row. The film was released in 2010.He also appeared in Raising Arizona
Actors: John Mylong (actor), Frank Mayo (actor), Gavin Muir (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Russell Hopton (actor), Sammy Blum (actor), Bert Moorhouse (actor), Paul Kruger (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), George Coulouris (actor), Jack Davis (actor), Ludwig Donath (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Stanley Ridges (actor), Lloyd Bridges (actor),
Plot: When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British commanders do all they can to help the war-weary people back on their feet. There are mental and physical wounds to heal, fields to plough, the church to rebuild. But a top Nazi, knowing the War is lost, has infiltrated the town and is fostering dissent and disunity.
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