Chick Vennera, Actor In "Thank God It's Friday" & Golden Girls, Dies At 74

[SoCalDavidS]

Chick Vennera, who portrayed a bean farmer for Robert Redford in The Milagro Beanfield War and danced atop parked cars outside an L.A. discotheque while wearing leather from head to toe in Thank God It’s Friday, has died. He was 74.

Vennera died Wednesday at his home in Burbank after a battle with lung cancer, his daughter, Nicky Vennera, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Vennera also was a busy voice actor who worked on such animated shows as Animaniacs — he created the characters of Pesto and The God Pigeon — Foofur, Capitol Critters, Darkwing Duck, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Cow and Chicken and Batman Beyond.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chick-vennera-dead-thank-god-its-friday-milagro-beanfield-1234979522/

[lamp_shade]

1. He was raised in Herkimer, NY. My sister dated "Chicky" in the '60's...

I remember him well. Short, cute, had a lazy eye... and full of personality. He played the saxophone and was lead singer in a local rock n roll band. And boy could he dance. RIP Chicky.

[David__77]

2. He showed a lot of character in Thank God It's Friday.

Good dancer!

[MissMillie]

3. Enrique Mas on The Golden Girls... also

played the boxer that had an audition at Julliard.

I remember him.

RIP