Alex Rocco
Alex Rocco at the 1990 Annual Emmy Awards
Born	February 29, 1936 (1936-02-29) (age 71) Somerville, Massachusetts
Notable roles	The Godfather

Alex Rocco (born Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr. on February 29, 1936) is an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies, the latter fitting in with his reported connections to mob organizations. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 435 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (791 × 1091 pixel, file size: 149 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Alex Rocco User:Peregrine Fisher/Contributions... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1842 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone Area  - City  4. ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke[[ laughter in general). ... The Mafia (also referred to as Cosa Nostra or the Mob), is a criminal secret society which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ...

Early life

Rocco was born in Somerville, Massachusetts to Mary and Alexander Petricone. Known by the nickname "Bobo" as a young man, Rocco had connections to the Winter Hill Gang in the early 1960s (a mostly Irish gang, despite his Italian-American background). An incident in which George McLaughlin of a rival gang tried to pick up on Petricone's girlfriend helped start the Irish Mob Wars of the early 1960s in Boston. Petricone was a suspect in the October 1961 murder of Bernie McLaughlin, but was never charged. He then moved to California, began using the name Alex Rocco, lost a considerable amount of weight, and got into Hollywood. Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1842 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone Area  - City  4. ... The Winter Hill Gang is a loose confederation of Boston, Massachusetts area, mostly Irish-American organized crime figures. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... An Italian American is an American of Italian descent. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Irish Mob Wars refers to incidents of internal warfare that occured within the Irish Mob. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... Leader of Charlestown Irish mob known as The Mclaughlin Brothers Gang. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Career

Rocco played the part of Moe Greene, a Las Vegas casino owner, in the film The Godfather. Greene's character represented the top Jewish mobster in the United States, going so far as to off-camera slap Michael's brother, Fredo. Fredo was portrayed as weak and probably in need of an occasional slap, but Michael, barely in the Don's role, asked him: "You straightened my brother out?" Corleone then told Greene that he was going to buy him (his casino) out. Greene angrily tells the neophyte Michael that he buys Michael out, not vice versa. Michael, however, does not negotiate like his father did. Michael later dispenses of Greene through a hired assassin's bullet through the eye. Moe Greene is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the first installment of the Godfather trilogy. ... The Godfather is an Academy Award-winning 1972 crime film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, with screenplay by Puzo and Coppola. ...

In The Godfather: Part II, the Jewish kingpin Hyman Roth reveals that Greene was a stand-in for Ben Siegel, as the man who invented Las Vegas. Hyman Roth betrays a knowledge that Michael arranged Greene's death, and as such shows himself to be one of Michael's true enemies. Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II The Godfather, Part II is the 1974 sequel to The Godfather. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

He also played a gangster in the film The Friends of Eddie Coyle about the Boston Irish Mob, a part very close to his own life. Other notable movies in which Rocco has appeared include The Wedding Planner, as Salvatore and appeared uncredited in Smokin' Aces. He also played a small part in the Disney/Pixar film, A Bug's Life as Thorny. The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a film starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, and Alex Rocco. ... The Irish Mob, or Irish Mafia, is one of the oldest organized crime groups in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century. ... The Wedding Planner is a romantic comedy released in 2001 starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is too long or excessively detailed. ... A Bugs Life is a computer animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 14, 1998, and in the United Kingdom on 5 February 1999. ...

Television and voice-over career

He also has a recurring part in the long running animated series The Simpsons as the head of Itchy and Scratchy Studios, Roger Meyers, Jr.. In DVD commentaries, Rocco has expressed true gratitude to The Simpsons' staff for allowing him his first voiceover role. Simpsons redirects here. ... Itchy and Scratchy The Itchy & Scratchy Show is a fictional television cartoon show within the television cartoon show The Simpsons (see show-within-a-show). ... Roger Meyers, Jr. ...

He has, however, also taken a part on an episode of Family Guy, a series much resented by Simpsons' writers. He is also known for having played Charlie Polniaczek, Jo's father on The Facts of Life. Family Guy is an American animated television series about a nuclear family in the suburb of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ... The Facts of Life may refer to: A US sitcom that ran from 1979 to 1988. ...

From 1989 to 1990, Rocco was a regular on the television comedy series The Famous Teddy Z in which he played "Al Floss", a slick cheesy Hollywood talent agent and foil to Jon Cryer in the title role, an ex-mailroom clerk turned superagent. Rocco received an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for this role. The Famous Teddy Z was a short-lived television sitcom created by Hugh Wilson (WKRP in Cincinnati, Franks Place) that aired on CBS during the fall of 1989. ... Jon Cryer (born on April 16, 1965 in New York, NY), is an American actor, writer and producer. ... An Emmy Award. ...

After moving to Los Angeles he became a member of the Bahá'í Faith. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Seat of the Universal House of Justice, governing body of the Baháís, in Haifa, Israel The Baháí Faith is the religion founded by Baháulláh in 19th century Persia. ...

External links

• Alex Rocco at the Internet Movie Database
• Alexander (Bobo) Petricone