![]() ![]() ![]() Law and Murder, She Wrote, among many other series.īorn Richard Venturella on Nov. Venture also had recurring roles on shows including Street Hawk, Falcon Crest, The Boys, Law & Order and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and stints on The Waltons, Knots Landing, Brooklyn Bridge, The Thorn Birds, Valerie, L.A. "He wasn't a household name," his daughter noted, "but his volume of work and his adaptability always stand out." ambassador in Costa-Gavras' Missing (1982), and in Martin Brest's Scent of a Woman (1992), he was Al Pacino's brother, Willie, in the memorably uncomfortable Thanksgiving Day dinner scene. Pakula's All the President's Men (1976) and a U.S. Often cast as authoritarian figures, Venture was an assistant Metro editor in Alan J. Venture portrayed Blair Brown's dad on the TV series The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, and on Seinfeld, he played the father of Jerry's then-girlfriend (Catherine Keener) - his character also was an accountant and co-worker of Elaine's, which tied things together rather nicely - on the 1992 episode "The Letter." ![]() His body of work also includes roles in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), The Greatest (1977), Looking for Mr. Venture was especially memorable as Peter Sellers' valet in Hal Ashby's Being There (1979) and as a cop who commits suicide in Steve McQueen's final film, The Hunter (1980). 19 in Chester, Connecticut, his daughter Rebecca told The Hollywood Reporter. Richard Venture, the prolific character actor who lent gravitas to the best picture Oscar nominees All the President's Men, Missing and Scent of a Woman and dozens of other films and TV shows, has died. His many credits also include 'The Hunter,' 'Heartbreak Ridge,' 'The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd' and 'Seinfeld.' In addition, he has spoken at the annual meetings of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) discussing “Large Company-Small Company Collaborations,” the National Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Conference discussing venture investing, the Vermont Investors’ Forum, and the American Ceramics Society.Richard Venture, Character Actor in 'Scent of a Woman,' 'Being There' and Lots More, Dies at 94 Honen has spoken as a panelist for the New York State Writer’s Institute on “The First Amendment & Free Speech Under Attack” (with Floyd Abrams and others moderated by Ashleigh Banfield), and is a recurring panelist on “The Roundtable” on WAMC, a local NPR Affiliate. This grew out of his testimony regarding the need for a State-sponsored seed investment fund before the Task Force on Diversifying the New York State Economy Through Industry-Higher Education Partnerships. Honen testified before a Joint Session of the New York State Legislature on behalf of Universities of Upstate New York Venture Forum (UNYTECH) in support of a proposed $25,000,000 seed stage fund for university-based startups. Honen has served as a judge and mentor in numerous business plan events throughout New York State, including the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) – New York’s premier collegiate regional and Statewide business plan competition – 43 North, the New York State High School Business Plan Competition, Venture B Plan, and competitions sponsored by FuzeHub, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Communitech (Canada). He is a former General Editor for the LexisNexis Practice Insights (LexisNexis Online) and has written many articles on business and corporate issues for local publications. Honen authored the chapter on “Legal Issues Affecting Private Equity and Venture Backed Companies” in Representing Private Equity and Venture Capital Backed Portfolio Companies (Aspatore/Thomson Reuters 2010) and was an Editorial Board Member and a chapter editor of “White’s New York Business Entities” (LexisNexis Matthew Bender), a leading treatise on New York corporate law. Honen has guest lectured at the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University, Albany Law School of Union University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University at Albany, Ithaca College and Siena College, and has served as an adjunct professor at Union Graduate College (now Clarkson University). Honen provides corporate counsel to a broad spectrum of companies –from start-up to Fortune 50 – and has lectured extensively, particularly on topics of corporate law, venture capital and entrepreneurship. He focuses his practice in corporate, finance and venture capital law, as well as complex mergers and acquisitions and commercial litigation. ![]() Honen is the Venture Capital & Technology Practice Team Leader. ![]()
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