It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that Tony Ganios, star of The Wanderers and Porky’s, passed away on Sunday at the age of 64 years old due to suffering a heart attack following surgery. The sad news was announced on social media by his fiancée, Amanda Serrano-Ganios.
Tony gave a lot of time to Cult Faction. This included an indepth interview with us, as well as providing us with his thoughts on working with Erland Van Lidth De Jeude in our special tribute episode to the great man.
We thank him for his work on screen and all that he did for Cult Faction and the chats we had and ideas that will sadly now remain so. Thoughts and prayers to his friends and family.
Hero of Cult Tony Ganios recently took the time to sit down with Brett Summers of Cult Faction to discuss his iconic roles in The Wanderers, Porky's and more. Plus Read more
Tony Ganios was born on October 21st 1959 in Brooklyn, New York and is of Greek-American ancestry. At the age of 18, Ganios was 'forced' into the film-industry. His uncle Pete forced him to Read more
The Wanderers is a 1979 film directed by Philip Kaufman, based on the novel by Richard Price. The movie follows the story of a group of teenagers, known as The Read more
In this special bonus episode we take a look at the life and career of Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, star of The Wanderers, Stir Crazy, Alone in the Dark, Read more
Brett Summers
Brett founded CultFaction.com in 2014 a website and podcast that deals with cult film and tv. He also has a strong interest in grappling martial arts both as a practitioner and as a historian.
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