Michael V. Gazzo

Costume & Make-UpActorWriter Apr 5 (died age 71) Hillside, New Jersey, USA 1949–2019 (70 year career)

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Biography

Michael V. Gaza (April 5, 1993 - February 14, 1995) was an American actor. He is best known for his role in The Godfather: Part II (1974), for which he was nominated the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Known For

Film

The Godfather Part II

Frank Pentangeli

Film

On the Waterfront

Bit (uncredited)

Film

Last Action Hero

Torelli

Film

Sudden Impact

Threlkis (uncredited)

Film

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Frank Pentangeli

Film

Alligator

Chief Clark

Film

The Movies That Made Us

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Film

Black Sunday

Muzi

Filmography

Acting (59)

Movies (29)

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

as Frank Pentangeli

Nothing to Lose

as Joe

Last Action Hero

as Torelli

as Carmine

Blood Ties

as Joseph Salina

Cannonball Run II

as Sonny

Fear City

as Mike

Sudden Impact

as Threlkis (uncredited)

6.5

The Winter of Our Discontent

as Marullo

Back Roads

as Tazio

Sizzle

as Nick Tripoli

Body and Soul

as Frankie

Alligator

as Chief Clark

Hoodlums

as Gus Azziello

The Border

as Chico Suarez

Cuba Crossing

as Rossellini (as Michael Gazzo)

Love and Bullets

as Lobo

Beggarman, Thief

as Sartene

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

as Harry the Trainer

Beach Patrol

as Banker

King of the Gypsies

as Spiro Giorgio

Fingers

as Ben

Black Sunday

as Muzi

Brinks: The Great Robbery

1976

as Mario Russo

The Godfather Part II

as Frank Pentangeli

Crazy Joe

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

1971

as A Black Suit

5.2

A Man Called Adam

1966

as Minor Role (uncredited)

6.0

On the Waterfront

1954

as Bit (uncredited)

7.9

Television (30)

Ring of the Musketeers

as Papa

Jake and the Fatman

as Joseph DaSilva

L.A. Law

as Roscoe Zambini

1st & Ten

Cagney & Lacey

as Dino Lampella

The Fall Guy

as Ricco

Darkroom

as Nino

Magnum, P.I.

as Victor DiGorgio

B.A.D. Cats

as Junkyard George Karosky

Supertrain

as Henry Menkton

Beggarman, Thief

as Sartene

Taxi

as Vince

Vega$

as Cruger Hallow

Lucan

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

1977

as Frank Pentangeli

8.6

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

1977

as Frankie Pentangeli

Alice

as Gino Tarantella

Baretta

as Rico Giove

Starsky & Hutch

as Joe Durniak

Ellery Queen

as Benny Franks

Switch

as Tony

Welcome Back, Kotter

as Angelo DeMora

Barnaby Jones

as Mr. Farinelli

Kojak

as Joel Adrian

Columbo

as Vittorio Rossi

Medical Center

as Leo Gardena

The Defenders

as Schultz

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Marullo

8.8

Robert Montgomery Presents

Suspense

as Handler

Crew (7)

Movies (5)

Klobouk plný deště

1973

Theatre Play

6.0

A Hatful of Rain

1968

Screenplay

King Creole

Screenplay

A Hatful of Rain

Screenplay

A Hatful of Rain

Theatre Play

Television (2)

The Movies That Made Us

2019

Makeup & Hair Assistant

7.2

Alta comedia

1970

Writer

2.0