Anthony Guidera, who has credits on films such as Species and The Godfather Part III, has died. He was 65.
The actor died on Saturday, June 6, following complications from a cardiac arrest in May and being on life support for three weeks, TMZ reports.
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved Anthony,” Valarie Anderson, Guidera’s wife, shared in a Facebook post Saturday. “We are devastated and trying to breathe through the impossible, taking each moment as it comes. Please hold this eternal light in your hearts and our family in your prayers.”
Guidera was born on October 18, 1960, in San Francisco, California. His first acting role was in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Part III (1990). In the gangster movie, Guidera played a bodyguard named Anthony and shared credits with actors like Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy García, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Bridget Fonda, George Hamilton, and Sofia Coppola.
In 1995, Guidera landed the role of Robbie Llywelyn, the diabetic man that Natasha Henstridge’s Sil kills in Roger Donaldson’s Species.
Guidera’s other film credits would include The Rock (1996), Precious Find (1996), ‘Til There Was You (1997), The Postman (1997), Armageddon (1998), and The Annihilation of Fish (1999). His last movie credit was in 2005 with L.A. Dicks.
Television credits included The Exile (1991), Renegade (1993), Baywatch (1993), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Red Shoe Diaries (1993), Cafe Americain (1994), Valley of the Dolls (1994), High Tide (1995), Hope & Gloria (1995), Baywatch Nights (1996), Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1997), and Nash Bridges (1997).
Other television credits included Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998), Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1999), The Pretender (1999), Angel (2000), V.I.P. (2001), and ER (2001).
