Richie Aprile

Richie Aprile
David Proval as Richie Aprile
First appearance	"Toodle Fucking-Oo" (episode 2.03)
Last appearance	"The Test Dream" (episode 5.11)
Created by	David Chase
Portrayed by	David Proval
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Full name	Richard Aprile, Sr.
Occupation	Carting consultant of Barone Sanitation Fishmonger
Title	Capo of the Aprile Crew in the DiMeo crime family (1980s–1990, 2000)
Family	Jackie Aprile, Sr. (brother; deceased)
Spouse(s)	Janice Soprano (fiancée)
Relatives	Rosalie Aprile (sister-in-law) Jackie Aprile, Jr. (nephew; deceased) Kelli Aprile (niece) Adriana La Cerva (niece; deceased) Vito Spatafore (nephew; deceased) Bryan Spatafore (nephew)
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Richard "Richie" Aprile, Sr., played by David Proval, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. Richie was a capo and the older brother of former DiMeo crime family acting boss Jackie Aprile, Sr.

Richie is one of the most ruthless characters on the show; he is impulsively violent, callous, irascible, and greedy. He made his first appearance in season two, recently released from a ten-year prison sentence, and soon began to cause trouble. Feeling disrespected by Beansie Gaeta, Richie ran him over with his car, leaving him unable to walk. There was continual tension between Richie and Tony Soprano, who was younger and had been subordinate to Richie before his prison term, but who was now boss of the family. He also rekindled an old relationship with Tony's sister Janice Soprano.

Richie Aprile, the older brother of acting DiMeo crime family boss Jackie Aprile, Sr., was a capo in the DiMeo crime family before being sent to prison for ten years. While Richie was in prison, Jackie died; Richie came back to a very different family, with Tony Soprano as the boss. Richie had known Tony since before Tony had become a made man; Tony himself recalled for years he had to buy dinners at Benihana and Peter Luger Steak House for Richie and Jerry Anastasia. Tony and Richie had gotten along in the old days; Richie intervened on Tony and Jackie's behalf when old-school mobster Feech La Manna wanted them killed for robbing his card game.