4. Sydney Pollack
Episode: Final Season: Stage Five The Academy Award winning director of Out of Africa made a cameo appearance in the final season. He plays Dr. Warren Feldman, a formerly reputed surgeon who is serving time for the murder of his wife. He later befriends Johnny Sack while advising him on his cancer treatment in prison hospital. Another prolific director Peter Bogdanovich also had a recurring role as psychiatrist to Lorraine Braccos Dr Melfi, who is titillated by the gossip of Mafia life. Dr Feldman, despite his own transgressions, is another character who is fascinated by Mafia figures. He is seen gushing over Johnny Sacks Mafia stories and descriptions of New York boss Carmine Lupertazzi. As well as directing such films as Three Days in the Condor and Tootsie, Pollack is also known from starring roles in Michael Clayton and in Stanley Kubricks Eyes Wide Shut. Pollack always had a welcome naturalistic presence onscreen and this appearance was his third last ever screen performance. This episode is also the last appearance of Johnny Sack who dies of cancer. This unfortunately is mirrored by the actors fate as Pollack died in 2008 after his own long battle with cancer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAlMCR2foL0