Al Lettieri
Born: 1928-02-24 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1975-10-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alfred Lettieri (February 24, 1928–October 18, 1975) was an American actor, known for his portrayal of Virgil Sollozzo, in The Godfather. Lettieri projected an aura of menace and ruthlessness in his film roles, which he attributed to his acquaintance with real-life gangsters, including Joey Gallo. At the age of 36, he made his screen debut in the television film The Hanged Man. Lettieri acted with some of Hollywood's biggest screen names including Steve McQueen in The Getaway, Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk, John Wayne in McQ and both Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather. Lettieri died of a heart attack in 1975, at the age of 47, leaving two children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Lettieri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1993
- La Classe américaine as Unknown Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
- The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 as Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo
1977
- Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television as Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo
1976
- House of Pleasure for Women as Eddie Mordace
1975
- Go Gorilla Go as Ciro Musante
- Flatfoot in Hong Kong as Frank Barella
1974
- McQ as Santiago
- Mr. Majestyk as Frank Renda
1973
- The Deadly Trackers as Gutierrez, Mexican Policeman
- The Don Is Dead as Vince Fargo
- Horowitz in Dublin as Kosak
1972
- The Godfather as Sollozzo
- The Getaway as Rudy Butler
- Footsteps as Zimmerman
- Pulp as Miller
1971
- A Town Called Bastard as La Bomba
- Villain ... (Adaptation)
1969
- The Night of the Following Day as Pilot
1968
- Where Eagles Dare ... (Dialogue Coach)
- Duffy ... (Dialogue Coach)
1967
- The Bobo as Eugenio Gomez
1966
- Kaleidoscope ... (Dialogue Coach)
1965
- Dark Intruder as The 2nd Sergeant
- Wild Seed as Bartender
1964
- The Hanged Man as Al
1962
1957
- Perry Mason as Arthur Strome
1955
- Gunsmoke as Smitty