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Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he was often cast as villains, including Moe Greene in The Godfather (1972) and his Primetime Emmy Award –winning role in The Famous Teddy Z .
Character actor Alex Rocco, who played casino owner Moe Greene in “The Godfather” and appeared in dozens of other movies and TV shows, died Saturday of cancer in Studio City, Calif. He was 79.
Jul 19, 2015 · Alex Rocco, the veteran tough-guy character actor with the gravelly voice best known for playing mobster and Las Vegas casino owner Moe Greene in The Godfathe r, has died. He was 79. Rocco died...
Jul 20, 2015 · Born Alexander Federico Petricone in 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rocco was - according to a US organised crime informant - a young hanger-on of the Boston area's Winter Hill Gang. After...
Born Alexander Federico Petricone in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rocco moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting, taking classes with Leonard Nimoy (who taught him how to drop his heavy Boston...
May 24, 2018 · Alexander Federico Petricone (February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015), known professionally as Alex Rocco, was an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies, notably Moe Greene in The Godfather.
Tough, gruff, thick-browed, volatile-looking character actor Alex Rocco was born Alessandro Federico Petricone, Jr. on February 29, 1936, to Italian immigrants in Cambridge, Mass. He grew up a member of Boston's Winter Hill gang (his nickname was "Bobo") and was briefly detained regarding a murder at one point after an alleged personal incident ...
