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Wiseguy is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987, to December 8, 1990, for a total of 75 episodes over four seasons. The series was produced by Stephen J. Cannell and was filmed in Vancouver , British Columbia , to avoid the higher studio costs associated with filming in Los Angeles .
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family is a 1985 non-fiction book by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi that chronicles the life of Henry Hill, a Mafia associate turned informant. The book is the basis for the 1990 Oscar –winning film Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese .
Wahl, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, [3] is elusive about his personal life, and has given more than one birthdate. A Newspaper Enterprise Association syndicated article in 1988, citing records checked by the CBS publicist for Wahl's television series Wiseguy, gives February 14, 1957, a date that corresponds with the year of his high school graduation: "A call to Bremen High School in the ...
Nicholas Pileggi (/ p ɪ ˈ l ɛ dʒ i /, Italian: [piˈleddʒi]; born February 22, 1933) is an American author and screenwriter.He wrote the 1985 non-fiction book Wiseguy and co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas, its 1990 film adaptation, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Wiseguy: Lifeguard Television film 1996 Bloodhounds II: Lt. Jim McMahon Television film 1996 For Hope: Date #1 (uncredited) Television film 1997 Two: Col. Maxwell Foley Episode: "The Reckoning" 1997 Lost Treasure of Dos Santos: Doc Humphries Television film 1997 Final Descent: Duke Houston Television film 1993–1998 Highlander: The Series: Joe ...
Wise Guy, an unproduced musical by Irving Berlin; Wise Guys, a Stephen Sondheim musical later renamed Road Show; Wiseguy (The Simpsons), a fictional character on The Simpsons; Wiseguy, a 1986 nonfiction book by Nicholas Pileggi that was the basis for the film Goodfellas; Made man, an official member of the Mafia
The Wiseguys disbanded in 2001, and Touché continued as a solo artist producing house music under Fatboy Slim's Southern Fried record label. In July 2006, Regal released his first solo single "Shock Ya Mind" on the Funk Weapons label.
The Way of the Wiseguy, by Joseph D. Pistone (Running Press, ISBN 0-7624-1839-7), is a non-fiction description of Mafia personalities and culture, published in 2004. The author, Joseph D. Pistone, spent six years undercover for the FBI infiltrating New York organized crime .