
October 9, 1942 · 83 years old
Stephen Mendillo (October 9, 1942 – September 3, 2025) was an American actor, known for Slap Shot (1977), Lone Star (1996) and Broadcast News (1987). He was married to actress Lisa Blake Richards from September 9, 2000 until his death. He was previously married to Caroline Lexow Davenport.

A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.

A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming new anchor, who embodies the growing trivialization of news that she is determined to fight against.

When a cocky industrialist's efforts to raise an ancient Chinese temple leads him to be seriously wounded and captured by enemy forces, he must use his ideas for a revolutionary power armor in order to fight back as a superhero.

A new pastor arrives in a stark Vermont village and is intrigued by crippled, misshapen Ethan Frome living on an isolated, hardscrabble farm with his sickly wife Zeena.

A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle.

In the criminal and violent world of modern-day Gypsies based in New York City, their 'king' Zharko Stepanowicz passes his leadership to his unwilling grandson, leaving the skipped father resentful.