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Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 – February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a film and television actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Godfather Part II (1974).
Gazzo was outstanding as the old-fashioned, unsophisticated mafioso who, believing he has been betrayed and marked for death by his don, turns state's evidence against him, only to honor the Mafia code of "omerta" in the end. Gazzo won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nod for his performance.
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- Hillside, New Jersey, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Michael V. Gazzo. Actor: The Godfather Part II. Michael Vincente Gazzo was born in Hillside, New Jersey, on April 5, 1923. He attended Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop at the New School on the GI Bill after being demobilized from the US Army Air Force after World War II. Gazzo's first major success was as a playwright.
- April 5, 1923
- February 14, 1995
Feb 24, 1995 · Michael V. Gazzo, an actor and playwright whose 1955 drama, "A Hatful of Rain," broke theatrical ground in its candid and sympathetic portrayal of drug addiction, died on Feb. 14 at Vencor...
Full name, Michael Vincente Gazzo; born April 5, 1923, in Hillside, NJ; diedof complications following a stroke, February 14, 1995, in Los Angeles, CA. Actor, director, and playwright. Nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role as a Mafia lieutenant in 1974's The Godfather, Part II, Gazzo oftenplayed mobsters, criminals, and other ...
Mar 6, 1995 · Mar 5, 1995 11:00pm PT. Michael V. Gazzo. By Variety Staff. Michael V. Gazzo, nominated for an Academy Award for “The Godfather, Part II” and author of the 1955 stage drama “A Hatful of...
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Feb 14, 1995 · April 05, 1923. Died. February 14, 1995. Cause of Death. Complications After A Stroke. Biography. Read More. A broad-playing, gravel-voiced character player best known as Frankie Pentangeli, capo of the old neighborhood, in "The Godfather, Part II" (1974), Gazzo was also a renowned acting teacher and award-winning playwright.
