Sopranos actor Charley Scalies dead at age 84

Beloved character actor Charley Scalies died Thursday at age 84 following a battle with Alzheimer's.Scalies' daughterAnne Marie Scalies revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that her father died Thursday at a nursing facility inPhoenixville, Pennsylvania.Scalies portrayed loyal stevedore Thomas 'Horseface' Pakusa on 12 episodes of The Wire during the show's second season in 2003.The sophomore frame of the enduring series from creator David Simon closely examined the economic issues Baltimore dockworkers faced amid changing times.Scalies also appeared in an episode of another iconic HBO series - The Sopranos - as he played Coach Molinaro, the high school football coach of Tony Soprano, played by late legend James Gandolfini.The character appeared in an intense exchange in a dream scene in an episode titledThe Test Dream. The Sopranos cast's 25th anniversary celebration was held at NYC's Da Nico Ristorante on January 10, 2024 Charley Scalies played Coach Molinaro, Tony Soprano's high school...