Welcome Back, Kotter
1975
Search results
Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 – February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a movie and television actor. [2] He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Godfather Part II (1974).
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.
Frank Pentangeli is a fictional character from the 1974 film The Godfather Part II, portrayed by Michael V. Gazzo. Gazzo was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance, which he lost to Robert De Niro, his co-star from the same film (as young Vito Corleone).
Feb 14, 1995 · Actor and Playwright. Films include The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), Black Sunday (1977), Cannonball Run II (1984), Cookie (1989), and his best known role as Frankie Pentangeli in The Godfather trilogy of movies.
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...
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.
Feb 25, 1995 · Michael Vincente Gazzo, who as a writer shocked a relatively naive world in the 1950s with his piercing examination of a family torn apart by drug addiction in “Hatful of Rain,” and then earned...
Mar 6, 1995 · Michael V. Gazzo, nominated for an Academy Award for “The Godfather, Part II” and author of the 1955 stage drama “A Hatful of Rain,” died Feb. 14 of complications from a stroke at Vencor Hospital...
Feb 14, 1995 · Michael V. Gazzo is known as an Actor, Screenplay, Theatre Play, Writer, and Teleplay. Some of his work includes The Godfather Part II, Alligator, Last Action Hero, Sudden Impact, Black Sunday, Cannonball Run II, Fingers, and Fear City.
May 13, 2019 · Peppi Masciandaro talks about her father Michael V. Gazzo, an actor known for his role in the Godfather part II, and what it was like growing up with him. She also discusses the documentary project that she's planning about her father that would document his interesting life.
