FrameThrower · Actors · Danny Aiello
Danny Aiello
6 films · 230 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1987–1990
Born 20 June 1933 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA · died 12 December 2019
Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ruby (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), Dinner Rush (2000), and Lucky Number Slevin (2006). He had a pivotal role in the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing (1989) as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the miniseries The Last Don (1997).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 6 films · 230 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1987–1990
- New Jersey Hall of Fame2019
- Theatre World Award1976
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor
How their films are shot
Measured across 230 frames from the 6 films we hold. This is the look of the work Danny takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 6 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Danny takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 230 frames from Danny Aiello's 6 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.