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Ric Mancini (born Enrico P. Mancini; April 16, 1933, New York City, New York; died May 26, 2006, Woodland Hills, California) was an American film and television character actor whose career spanned more than three decades on stage, television, and film.1 He is recognized among genre fans for playing Mayor Cobb in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) and appeared in Ghostbusters (1984) in the role of the Policeman at Apartment.2
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Enrico P. Mancini was born on April 16, 1933, in New York City. He pursued acting through the theater, making his documented stage debut in 1964 playing Marco in a production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, a tragedy centered on longshoremen in Brooklyn.1 That stage grounding gave him the craft he would draw on through decades of television and film work.
Mancini built a steady career as a character actor, transitioning from stage work to screen roles in the early 1970s. He appeared in the crime drama The Gambler (1974), starring James Caan, in the role of Sal.1 Other early film credits include Across 110th Street and Nickelodeon.2
His television work was broad and consistent across two decades of prime-time broadcasting. Guest appearances included McCloud, The Rockford Files, M*A*S*H (1976), Charlie's Angels, Laverne & Shirley, Who's the Boss?, The A-Team, and Quantum Leap.2 He appeared in the 1983 television film Murder Me, Murder You and played Steve in the 1984 television adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire.2 In the late 1990s he returned to the screen for three episodes of Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997-1998).2
On film he secured his most prominent genre credit as Mayor Cobb in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), the fifth film in the slasher franchise.2 He also appeared in They Call Me Bruce? (1982), the ensemble crime film Deep Cover,2 and Tim Burton's acclaimed biographical comedy Ed Wood (1994), which starred Johnny Depp and took home two Academy Awards.3
Mancini appeared in Ghostbusters (1984), directed by Ivan Reitman, as the Policeman at Apartment. In the scene, the officer encounters the Ghostbusters and delivers the line "Some moron brought a cougar to a party and it went berserk," setting up the chaos the team is being called to investigate. The performance is brief but contributes to the film's texture of ordinary New Yorkers confronted by increasingly bizarre events.4 He is listed in the film's cast records under the credited spelling "Rick Mancini."2
Ric Mancini died on May 26, 2006, in Woodland Hills, California. He was 73 years old.1
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"Ric Mancini," Wikipedia, accessed 2026-06-13, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Mancini ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
"Ric Mancini," IMDb, accessed 2026-06-13, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541510/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8
"Ed Wood (film)," Wikipedia, accessed 2026-06-13, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wood_(film). The film received Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Martin Landau) and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. ↩
Ghostbusters (1984), dir. Ivan Reitman. Columbia Pictures. ↩
