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Michael Vincenzo Gazzo (April 5, 1923 – February 14, 1995) was an American playwright who later in life became a movie and television actor. 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 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.
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 villainous characters.
Michael V. GazzoThe Godfather Part II (1974)Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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 26, 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 Hospital in Los Angeles.
Michael V. Gazzo was an Italian-American actor and playwright. Starting off as playright on Broadway, Michael V. Gazzo was also a member of the Actor's Studio and author of hit play A Hatful of Rain, which would later become a successful movie.
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.
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Feb 14, 1995 · 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 ...
Jan 18, 2020 · "The Godfather Part II" (1974) - starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, John Cazale, Michael V. Gazzo, Morgana King, Robert De Niro, ...
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 af...
Sep 27, 2023 · Michael V. Gazzo played Frankie Pentangeli in The Godfather Part II before making onscreen appearances in Fingers (1978), Starsky and Hutch (1977), Columbo (1978), Taxi (1979), Magnum P.I. (1981), and Sudden Impact (1983). Gazzo's final acting works include Last Action Hero (1993) and L.A. Law (1994) before he
Mar 11, 2012 · The scene was ultimately rewritten for another character, Frankie Pentangeli, played by Michael V. Gazzo. “I saw Clemenza as a teacher,’’ Castellano said.
He was played by Michael V. Gazzo in the film and Joe Hanna in the game. Frank's nickname, "Frankie Five Angels" was most likely derived from his last name, Pentangeli, because "pente" is the Greek stem for "five" and "angeli" meaning "angels" in Italian.
May 21, 2024 · In the other narrative, Michael turns down a request from Frankie Pentangeli (Michael V. Gazzo) to approve a hit in New York City, because it would interfere with business with Jewish crime kingpin Hyman Roth ( Lee Strasberg ). Michael’s story then becomes one of betrayal, deceit, and paranoia.
Sep 7, 2022 · Michael V. Gazzo's Frank Pentangeli was a major figure in "The Godfather, Part II," the Corleone family caporegime who replaced Peter Clemenza and ran the family's operations in New York...
His first Oscar nomination and victory came on the heels of Francis Ford Coppola ’s epic crime film “ The Godfather ” with the equally successful second installment “ The Godfather Part II ” (1974), in which De Niro plays a young Vito Corleone, played by Oscar winner Marlon Brando in the first movie.
Michael V. Gazzo. ISBN: 9780573610028. Choose your ideal format. Out of stock. Acting Edition $10.95. Large Print $17.95. Stage Manager $19.95. Overview. This striking drama of love and addiction broke new ground for the depiction of realism in the theatre. Celia and Johnny Pope live in a New York tenement with his brother “Polo.”
