The Emmy-winning character actor, who excelled at playing sleazy characters, also starred in "The Stunt Man" and on "The Simpsons", "The Facts of Life" and "Magic City".
Alex Rocco, the instantly recognizable character actor who, as casino owner Moe Greene provided The Godfather with one of its most memorable killings, died Saturday. Though details of his death were not yet available, his daughter Jennifer Rocco confirmed his passing on Facebook. The actor was 79.
With his streetwise Italian demeanor and a gravelly voice that sounded more Brooklyn than his native Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rocco found his niche as early as 1967, when he appeared in The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and, a year later, The Boston Strangler.
But Rocco, born Alexander Federico Petricone in 1936, didn’t limit himself to wiseguys, finding a parallel success in comedy. His role as an archetypal Hollywood agent in CBS’s “The Famous Teddy Z”, starring Jon Cryer, won Rocco an Emmy Award in 1990 for best supporting actor in a comedy. And long before Paul Rudd played an insect, Rocco voiced an ant in 1998’s A Bug’s Life.
Daughter Jennifer Rocco posted the news on her Facebook page late Saturday night.
"Alex Rocco, a.k.a. Alessandro Federico Petricone, Jr., passed away just hours ago on July 18, 2015," Jennifer Rocco wrote. "February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015 RIP. Dad, be with Mom and Marc….I will see you but not for a while…."
Rocco played the casino owner Greene in 1972's The Godfather. He called the role in the classic movie "without a doubt, my biggest ticket anywhere. I mean that literally."
The actor showed a lighter side to his work in the decades to follow, including frequent appearances as Charlie Polniaczek in the 1980s sitcom The Facts of Life.
Rocco also did voices for animated hits such as The Family Guy and The Simpsons — for the latter as the head of Itchy and Scratchy Studios, Roger Meyers Jr.
He won an Emmy in 1990 for outstanding actor in the short-lived comedy series starring Jon Cryer, The Famous Teddy Z. In an interview with the website The AVClub.com, Rocco called that role as bombastic Al Floss his "favorite character." The show lasted just 12weeks on the air for CBS in 1989.
Alex Rocco, Mobster Moe Greene in 'The Godfather,' Dies at 79 (7/19/2015)
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The Emmy-winning character actor, who excelled at playing sleazy characters, also starred in "The Stunt Man" and on "The Simpsons", "The Facts of Life" and "Magic City".
Alex Rocco, the instantly recognizable character actor who, as casino owner Moe Greene provided The Godfather with one of its most memorable killings, died Saturday. Though details of his death were not yet available, his daughter Jennifer Rocco confirmed his passing on Facebook. The actor was 79.
With his streetwise Italian demeanor and a gravelly voice that sounded more Brooklyn than his native Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rocco found his niche as early as 1967, when he appeared in The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and, a year later, The Boston Strangler.
But Rocco, born Alexander Federico Petricone in 1936, didn’t limit himself to wiseguys, finding a parallel success in comedy. His role as an archetypal Hollywood agent in CBS’s “The Famous Teddy Z”, starring Jon Cryer, won Rocco an Emmy Award in 1990 for best supporting actor in a comedy. And long before Paul Rudd played an insect, Rocco voiced an ant in 1998’s A Bug’s Life.
Daughter Jennifer Rocco posted the news on her Facebook page late Saturday night.
"Alex Rocco, a.k.a. Alessandro Federico Petricone, Jr., passed away just hours ago on July 18, 2015," Jennifer Rocco wrote. "February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015 RIP. Dad, be with Mom and Marc….I will see you but not for a while…."
Rocco played the casino owner Greene in 1972's The Godfather. He called the role in the classic movie "without a doubt, my biggest ticket anywhere. I mean that literally."
The actor showed a lighter side to his work in the decades to follow, including frequent appearances as Charlie Polniaczek in the 1980s sitcom The Facts of Life.
Rocco also did voices for animated hits such as The Family Guy and The Simpsons — for the latter as the head of Itchy and Scratchy Studios, Roger Meyers Jr.
He won an Emmy in 1990 for outstanding actor in the short-lived comedy series starring Jon Cryer, The Famous Teddy Z. In an interview with the website The AVClub.com, Rocco called that role as bombastic Al Floss his "favorite character." The show lasted just 12weeks on the air for CBS in 1989.
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