A Shout Out To The KV Palumbos

from the December 5th nypost Rumble

Bobby the battler
The Rumble wishes a speedy recovery to Bobby Palumbo, former president of OTB and current NYRA official who is on the mend from a heart attack and triple-bypass surgery around the Thanksgiving holiday. Palumbo, 70, still lives in Knickerbocker Village in the shadows of the old New York Post newsroom on South Street. His son, John, former Knicks ballboy turned actor, recently completed shooting “Sweet Lorraine” with Tatum O’Neal.

Seen in the middle of above pic is John, playing Lucio, a mobster's son under investigation by detectives played by Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay in an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

KVer John Palumbo On As The World Turns

He has recurring role as Crowe.
"The major's looking out for his cash. Never mind the who's."

KVer John Palumbo On Mercy: 2/24/2010

I'm here to see my brother George Saunders. What, is his wife in there? You tell her Rudy said to get off her gigantic ass and get out here. Where she going to lunch?"

John Palumbo: KVer Starring In Upcoming Movie With Tatum O'Neal

I got an email from John

I saw that you did an article on Sweet Lorraine with Tatum O'Neal filming on Orchard Street. I am one of the co-stars opposite Tatum, Steven Bauer (Scarface) and Peter Greene (Pulp Fiction-Usual Suspects). I play Steven's best friend, Marty. Tatum was great. Very cool, very down to earth.

Very lucky guy!
For more info on the upcoming movie

Tour de Force Acting Scene By John Palumbo

A tour de force scene from a great film, Bronx Paradise Caution, strong language. Here Knickerbocker Village's own "son" John Palumbo, playing John Manfredi, goes toe to toe with Soprano star Arthur Nascarella, who portrays his father Tony Manfredi. Also in the scene is great work by Lisa Regina as his sister Tina. The film will be featured at the upcoming Staten Island Film Festivalon June 4th and 5th

KV's Own John Palumbo In Oz

"Be good to see Petey. He and me we came up together. And his father. His father was a legend here. Don't you worry McManus. If it's one thing we know how to do is take care of our own."
John is currently starring in the highly acclaimed Bronx Paradise

John Palumbo: Bronx Paradise

above a clip from a recent film of John's called Bronx Paradise from youtube user verinoble. Forewarned of strong language.
About the film from backstage:

For his latest role, SAG actor John Palumbo didn't really have to prepare to get into character; he just had to play a part that he says he felt like he already knew inside and out. Raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, another Italian-American kid from Mulberry Street, Palumbo has made a career playing New York characters: cops and criminals, gangsters and tough guys, in films and TV shows like Law & Order and Oz. When he saw a casting notice in Back Stage East for a short film called Bottom Feeder, Palumbo knew he was the only actor who could play John Manfredi, described in the casting notice as a "muscular nut job and mob enforcer" in the Bronx. The character is based on the best friend of the film's writer-director Wayne Gurman, who stars as himself in this day-in-the-life story. "He called me up," Gurman recalls, "and he goes, 'Wayne, this is my part. I'm the guy, and no one can play this part better than me. No one knows this type of character better than me.' So I liked him already. The fact that he believed in himself made me believe." Gurman, who has been working as an actor for over a decade and also found his first work in student films and independent shorts from Back Stage casting notices, says Palumbo "looked the part, he talked the part, and he knew the type of people that were like this. He was perfect for the role." Bottom Feeder is the first film Gurman has written or directed, and it led to the feature film Bronx Paradise, again written by Gurman and based on events in his own life. Gurman cast the short film and the feature through Back Stage. After completing work on Bottom Feeder, Palumbo reprised his role as John Manfredi in Bronx Paradise. In fact, Palumbo convinced Gurman to expand the part from one scene to a co-starring performance. "Usually a writer-director wants to keep all the good stuff for themselves," Palumbo says, "but Wayne had a lot of confidence in me, and he knew I was gonna bring it." Actors such as Arthur Nascarella (The Sopranos), Karen Lynn Gorney (Saturday Night Fever), and Thomas Jefferson Byrd (prolific film actor and 2003 Tony Award nominee for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) appear opposite Palumbo in vignette-style scenes in the film about a guy trying to escape his rough life in the Bronx. Palumbo says he doesn't mind being typecast as an Italian-American tough guy. In fact, he hopes for it: "I want them to typecast me. That means I'm working. I'd love to play other parts, but until then I'm very happy to be playing those New York characters. I can make them come to life." Bottom Feeder won the award for best short screenplay at the 2006 New York Independent Film & Video Festival. Bronx Paradise is currently in the final stages of postproduction, and Gurman intends to travel the festival circuit this year while he seeks distribution for the film.

The Palumbo's Of KV

The beauty of the internet and blogging and the power of community. Just recently after posting a picture of John Palumbo (saying that I couldn't find a picture of Robert) I got this email from John along with the picture above

I found your blog dedicated to Knickerbocker Village where I was born and raised. Attached please find a picture of my father, Robert Palumbo, Angel Cordero (Hall of Fame jockey) and myself taken in Saratoga Springs last week. Please feel free to post this on your blog. Thanks and great job with the site.

Who's Who In Knickerbocker Village History: The Palumbo's

Again, according to my KV Italian history source Joe Bruno:

ANOTHER KV RESIDENT WAS BOBBY PALUMBO, WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE OFFTRACK BETTING ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS.

I can't find a pic of Bobby (Robert) Palumbo, but I did for his actor son John. From John's biography:

John Palumbo was born and raised in New York City. He played High School basketball at LaSalle Academy and was awarded a basketball scholarship at Salem State College in Salem, Mass. From 1986-89, John proudly served as Ball Boy for the New York Knicks. In the mid 1990s, John studied at the famed Lee Strasberg School of Acting.

from 2007

John Palumbo, an actor best known for his recurring role as Don Zanghi on "Oz," was a Knicks ballboy from 1987-89. But although he is a Knicks fan who played basketball at Salem State College under Jim Todd, his favorite memory is of Larry Bird. Before a Knicks-Celtics game at the Garden, Palumbo took on Bird in a game of "HORSE." The southpaw was holding his own, making a variety of left-handed shots, before a fellow ballboy told Bird his secret. "[Bird] went to halfcourt and sank a right-handed hook shot, then hit a one-handed shot from his knees from the top of the key, then sat down on one of the chairs at the bench and hit a one-hander right handed. He buried me," Palumbo told our Justin Terranova. "It was a real thrill. He gave me his practice jersey and sneakers." Palumbo, the 37-year-old son of former OTB president Robert Palumbo, will be on Tuesday's episode of "Law & Order: SVU." He'll play the role of Luccio Ricci, a mobster's son being investigated by detectives played by Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay.