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Tony Ganios Dies: ‘Porky’s’, ‘The Wanderers’ Actor Was 64
Tony Ganios, the actor who made his film debut in Philip Kaufman’s 1979 coming-of-age comedy-drama The Wanderers and played audience favorite Anthony ‘Meat’ Tuperello in the 1980s Porky’s sex comedy franchise, died Sunday following surgery at a hospital in New York. He was 64. His death was announced on social media by his fiancée, Amanda Serrano-Ganios, […]
Tony Ganios, the actor who made his film debut in Philip Kaufman’s 1979 coming-of-age comedy-drama The Wanderers and played audience favorite Anthony ‘Meat’ Tuperello in the 1980s Porky’s sex comedy franchise, died Sunday following surgery at a hospital in New York. Ganios found his signature role when he was cast by director Bob Clark in what would become a surprise hit in 1981, the teen sex comedy Porky’s, about a group of high school boys looking to lose their virginity in 1950s-era Florida. Ganios would re-team with his friend Wahl in 1991’s The Taking of Beverly Hills, and, in what would be his final credit before largely retiring from acting, with The Wanderers ‘ director Kaufman for 1993’s Rising Sun starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes.
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