# Vincent Patrick

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{{Short description|American novelist and screenwriter (1935–2023)}}
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| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1935|1|19}}
| birth_place   = [The Bronx, New York](/source/The_Bronx%2C_New_York), U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2023|10|6|1935|1|19}}
| death_place   = [Manhattan, New York](/source/Manhattan%2C_New_York), U.S.
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| notable_works = {{nobr|''The Pope of Greenwich Village''}}<br>''Family Business''
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'''Vincent Francis Patrick''' (January 19, 1935 – October 6, 2023) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote the cult crime novels ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'' and ''Family Business'', and adapted both novels for the screen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-31-cl-22683-story.html|title=For Him, It Took a Greenwich Village|date=March 31, 1999|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> ''[The Pope of Greenwich Village](/source/The_Pope_of_Greenwich_Village)'', directed by [Stuart Rosenberg](/source/Stuart_Rosenberg) and starring [Eric Roberts](/source/Eric_Roberts), [Mickey Rourke](/source/Mickey_Rourke) and [Daryl Hannah](/source/Daryl_Hannah), was released in 1984. ''[Family Business](/source/Family_Business_(1989_film))'', directed by [Sidney Lumet](/source/Sidney_Lumet) and starring [Sean Connery](/source/Sean_Connery), [Dustin Hoffman](/source/Dustin_Hoffman) and [Matthew Broderick](/source/Matthew_Broderick), was released in 1989. He also co-wrote ''[The Devil's Own](/source/The_Devil's_Own)'' and wrote uncredited early treatments for films including ''[Beverly Hills Cop](/source/Beverly_Hills_Cop)'' and ''[The Godfather Part III](/source/The_Godfather_Part_III)''.

Patrick was born in [the Bronx](/source/the_Bronx) on January 19, 1935, the second of three children. He dropped out of [Cardinal Hayes High School](/source/Cardinal_Hayes_High_School), married his wife in 1954, with whom he had two children, and began selling Bibles door-to-door. Patrick found the job dishonest, so he returned to his studies, earning a high school diploma and graduated from [New York University](/source/New_York_University) with a degree in mechanical engineering. Patrick abandoned the profession in his mid-30s to take up writing.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Alex |title=Vincent Patrick, Chronicler of Hustlers and Mobsters, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/books/vincent-patrick-dead.html |website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>

Patrick died from complications of [Lewy body dementia](/source/Lewy_body_dementia) at his [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan) home, on October 6, 2023, at the age of 88.<ref name=NYT/>

==Novels==
*''[The Pope of Greenwich Village](/source/The_Pope_of_Greenwich_Village_(novel))'' (1979)
*''[Family Business](/source/Family_Business_(novel))'' (1985)
*''[Smoke Screen](/source/Smoke_Screen)'' (1999)

==Screenwriting credits==
*''[Beverly Hills Cop](/source/Beverly_Hills_Cop)'' (1984) (uncredited)
*''[The Pope of Greenwich Village](/source/The_Pope_of_Greenwich_Village)'' (1984)
*''[Family Business](/source/Family_Business_(1989_film))'' (1989)
*''[The Godfather Part III](/source/The_Godfather_Part_III)'' (1990)
*''[At Play in the Fields of the Lord](/source/At_Play_in_the_Fields_of_the_Lord)'' (1991)
*''[Money Train](/source/Money_Train)'' (1995)
*''[The Devil's Own](/source/The_Devil's_Own)'' (1997)
*''[To Serve and Protect](/source/To_Serve_and_Protect)'' (1999)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|name=Vincent Patrick|id=0665932}}

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Category:1935 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:20th-century American novelists
Category:American crime fiction writers
Category:American male novelists
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:20th-century American male writers
Category:New York University alumni
Category:Writers from New York City
Category:Deaths from Lewy body dementia

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