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Richard Vetere (born January 15, 1952 in New York City) is an American playright, screenwriter, television writer, poet and an actor.

Vetere's plays have been produced  Off Broadway, regionally and internationally, such as The Engagment, Coupla Bimbos Sittin' Around Talkin, Gangster Apperal, Carravaiggo, Machivelli, and One Shot, One Kill and all have been published by Dramatic Publishing. In 1983 his play Rockaway Boulevard was reviewed by Michiko Kakutani in  The New York Times and she wrote,"Vetere demonstrates the ability to mix the poetic with the colloguial."

In 1994 his play Hale the Hero! was aired on television by  A&E General Motors Plays' Theater Series, starring Elizabeth Shue and  Kevin Anderson with an introduction by  Lauren Bacall

Vetere's Off Broadway production of The Marriage Fool was made into a CBS television movie starring  Walter Matthau,  Carol Burnett,  John Stamos, and  Teri Polo and it was the highest rated TV movie in 1998. Then released in Europe under the title of Love After Death in 2004. Veter's Off Broadway production of How To Go On A Date In Queens was made into a movie with a cast of comedic actors such as:  Jason Alexander,  Kimberly Willams,  Ron Perlman, and  Rob Estes.

Vetere has written for various TV series including Delaventura for CBS starring  Danny Aiello, also as Story Editor onThreat Matrix for  ABC and  Disney, and sold a TV pilot The Wonder to CBS with Executive Producer  George Clooney.

His novel The Third Miracle was published in hardcover in 1997 by  Carroll & Graf and in paperback by  Simon & Schuster and was translated into several languages. The novel was selected for The Book of The Month Club in Spain and Poland. Followed by a film produced by  Francis Ford Coppola, directed by  Agnieska Holland, starring  Ed Harris and  Anne Heche, released in April of 2000. In 2008 The Third Miracle was presented at the  Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City, highlighting Agnieszka Holland's body of directorial work.

In 1983 Vetere's screenplay Vigilante was made into a feature film starring  Robert Forster and  Carol Lynley and was the 20th grossing film for that year.

Vetere has been a long time member of the New York Playwrights Lab founded by  Israel Horovitz in 1975. Horovitz quoted in the  Newsday that, "Vetere is a man with a writer's soul."

Vetere's professional teaching credits include  NYU (A Master's Screenwriting),  Queens College and  Montclair State (An Introduction to Screenwriting), and created a playwright's class at The Lang College at  The New School, along with participating in the Mentoring Program at  Columbia University.

Vetere graduated Columbia University with a Masters Degree in Comparative Literature and has written and published various books on poetry of which include Memories of Human Hands and A Dream of Angels.

In 2005  Stony Brook University archived Vetere's works and letters from 1967 until 2001.

Vetere has two bothers Robert and Albert, II and has three nephews Robert, Thomas and Albert, III.

External Link
http://www.stonybrook.edu/libspecial/collections/manuscripts/vetere.shtml]