"Porky's" debuted at No. 1 at the box office in 1982, becoming an instant cult classic and leading the way for director Bob Clark to produce "A Christmas Story." Porky's star Tony Ganios died ...

Tony Ganios in the Orion movie "The Wanderers" circa 1979 (Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Actor Tony Ganios, who appeared in Philip Kaufman’s 1979 feature “The Wanderers,” as well as the 1980s ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks Michael Enright of the Canadian Broadcast Corporation why the 1982 teen comedy Porky's remains the number-one grossing Canadian-made movie ever, both inside Canada and around ...

Tony Ganios, the comedic actor known for his turn as fan-favorite Meat in Bob Clark’s “Porky’s” and as Perry in Philip Kaufman’s 1979 coming-of-age comedy-drama “The Wanderers,” died Feb. 18 following ...