Richard Aprile, Sr., played by David Proval, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. 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 and upon his release, Richie came back to a very different family with Tony Soprano in charge. Richie had known Tony since before he became a made man; Tony himself recalled having to pay for dinners for Richie and others as a newly made man. While 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 — there was no love lost between the two once Richie came b