Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have led tributes to Goodfellas star Ray Liotta, who died aged 67. Image: David Parry/PA Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have led tributes to Goodfellas star Ray Liotta, who died aged 67. Image: David Parry/PA MARTIN SCORSESE AND Robert De Niro have led tributes to Goodfellas star Ray Liotta, who died aged 67 yesterday.
De Niro said in a statement shared with US media: “I was very saddened to learn of Ray’s passing. He is way too young to have left us.” He went on to star as Shoeless Joe Jackson in the 1989 film Field Of Dreams and then the gangster epic. After graduating he moved to New York City and worked as a barman until he was cast in soap opera Another World in 1980.
Despite his immensely varied career, Henry Hill remained a character audiences continued to associate him with. But it was an association the actor did not mind, previously telling PA: “People ask if I’m bothered by that but no, Goodfellas will be a top 10 movie for years and years, it seems.