Robert Leuci RIIP: Accident My FOOTE!!

The Deaths in 2015 site lists under October 12: 

• Robert Leuci, 75, American police detective and writer, complications after surgery. 

Yet another addition to the recent "Robert/Bob/Rob... " pattern-cluster.  As with so many of the others ( Robert/Robertson), his death was 'timely'-- instigated... a strategy of war.

Leuci was known for his relationship with Frank Serpico and the Knapp Commission, a task force to clamp down on Police corruption.  Events that followed as a result became the basis for two films:

• Prince of the City  (Released August 21, 1981)
• Serpico (Released December 5, 1973) 

The following is information garnered from the cast/crew of both films who stood out:

1. Robert Altomare (October 30, 1938 - April 28, 2012) 
2. William "Biff" McGuire (born October 25, 1926)
3. Theodore Cleanthis Beniades (November 17, 1922 – October 24, 2014)
4. F. Murray Abraham (October 24, 1939)
5. Walter Brooke (October 23, 1913 – August 20, 1986) *
6. David Anthony "Tony" Roberts (born October 22, 1939)
7. Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) *
8. Tony Lo Bianco (born October 19, 1936)
9. Waldo Miller Salt (October 18, 1914 – March 7, 1987) 
10. Ilana Rapp (born October 4, 1968) *
11. Lee Richardson (September 11, 1926 - October 2, 1999) *

Those (4) with an asterisk* at the end are cast/crew from Prince of the City, and the others, Serpico. 

It's obvious what they have in common, we now have an: 

• "October __, 2, __, 4, _______________, 18, 19, 20, __, 22, 23, 24 (x2), 25, ________, 30/Date Sequence" pattern-cluster. 

The 2 more prominent clusters within have only one gap (October 21) that needs bridging, and as intended (designed as a prompt).  So going to the October 21 wiki page, and limiting the search by investigating only the Events/Births/Deaths occurring during years that have 3 identical numbers at the end, this is the one that stands out:

• 1777 – Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)

Note from his wiki page:

• He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic opportunity. 

Accident my FOOTE!!