Actor Tony Darrow Learns Very Public Lesson About Playing Mobster
It was judgment day for Anthony Borgese, aka Tony Darrow, in Brooklyn federal court this week. U.S. District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano slammed the actor-cum-mobster with two years’ probation, six months’ house arrest, 250 hours of community service and a $7,500 fine. Not a bad deal, considering Borgese could have gotten up to 40 months in jail. Mobsters are bad guys, Tony Darrow said, or something like it in anti-mafia public service ads that probably spared his dimpled ass a prison stint. Borgese, you may recall, is the former Catskills lounge singer turned actor who made a nice living playing mobsters in film and on TV. But then he went and got himself arrested for getting mixed up with some real mobsters who committed a violent felony while collecting a debt for the would-be Don Borgese. The actor, who is better known under the Darrow name, has played mobsters or criminal associates in numerous mob films, including Goodfellas, Analyze This, Mickey Blue Eyes and The Sopra...