Frederico "Fredo" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. In the fictional universe of the novel and its film adaptation, he is the middle brother to oldest brother Sonny Corleone and younger brother Michael Corleone, and son of Vito Corleone, head of a powerful Mafia family. The Godfather is a novel written by American author Mario Puzo originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnams Sons. ... The Godfathers Revenge is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner. ... Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author known for his novels about the Mafia, especially The Godfather (1969). ... John Frank Charles Cazale (August 12, 1935 – March 12, 1978) was a distinguished Golden Globe Award nominated American film and stage actor whose brief career spanned several acclaimed films of the 1970s. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vito Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather, as well as Francis Ford Coppolas trilogy of films based on it. ... Carmella Mama Corleone (December 8, 1897 – January 27, 1959) is a fictional character in Mario Puzos The Godfather. ... Santino Sonny Corleone is a fictional character, the oldest son of fictional New York Mafia Don Vito Corleone in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and its 1972 movie adaptation. ... Michael Corleone is a fictional character and protagonist in Mario Puzos novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. ... Thomas Tom Feargal Hagen is a fictional character in the Godfather books and films. ... Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author known for his novels about the Mafia, especially The Godfather (1969). ... This article is about the 1972 film. ... A fictional universe is an imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction or translatable non-fiction. ... This article is about the 1972 film. ... Santino Sonny Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzos 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation. ... Michael Corleone is a fictional character and protagonist in Mario Puzos novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. ... Vito Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather, as well as Francis Ford Coppolas trilogy of films based on it. ... This article is about the criminal society. ...

Fredo was portrayed by late Italian-American actor John Cazale in Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the novel, as well as in its sequel. Language(s) American English, Italian, Sicilian, Neapolitan, other (predominantly southern) Italian dialects and languages of Italian historical minorities Religion(s) Roman Catholic An Italian American is an American of Italian descent. ... John Frank Charles Cazale (August 12, 1935 – March 12, 1978) was a distinguished Golden Globe Award nominated American film and stage actor whose brief career spanned several acclaimed films of the 1970s. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II The Godfather, Part II is the 1974 sequel to The Godfather. ...

Role in the novel and film

In Puzo's novel, Fredo was always thought of in the Corleone crime Family as the weakest of the three Corleone brothers, and therefore was given its unimportant businesses to run. He is, however, the most obedient and dutiful of the Corleone children.

In a pivotal scene in the novel and film, Fredo attempts to immediately retaliate after the attempted assassination of his father on a New York street by men working for drug kingpin Virgil Sollozzo. However, he fumbles with the gun, drops it, and is unable to return fire. He then sits on the street curb next to his unconscious father and weeps. Assassin and Assassins redirect here. ... Virgil The Turk Sollozzo (March 2, 1899 - January 12, 1946) is a fictional character in Mario Puzos The Godfather. ...

After Sonny's assassination and Vito's death, the younger Michael is appointed head of the family over Fredo, causing a deep rift between the two brothers which is expanded upon in Coppola's later sequels to the first film adaptation.

In the original novel, Fredo's primary weakness is his womanizing, a habit which he develops only after he is sent to Las Vegas to learn the casino trade. His father, Vito, sees this as a flaw for two reasons: first, he is "notoriously straitlaced" when it comes to matters of sex, and second, he sees Fredo as allowing women to control him. In the films, Fredo's lack of intelligence plays a greater role than it does in the novel. He is seen as far less mentally acute than his younger brother Michael. Michael even uses the word "stupid" when discussing his brother with family consigliere Tom Hagen. ... Thomas Tom Feargal Hagen is a fictional character in the Godfather books and films. ...

In the sequels

At the Lake Tahoe party at the beginning of The Godfather Part II, Fredo is unable to control his intoxicated wife, Deanna. After she danced with another man, he furiously drags her off the dance floor and threatens to hit her. Deanna mocks him by saying that he "couldn't belt [his] momma," and that he's jealous because he's not "a real man." The Godfather Part II is a 1974 motion picture directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script he co-wrote with Mario Puzo. ...

In a flashback to the early days of the Corleone family, there is a scene where an infant Fredo is being treated for pneumonia. This article is about human pneumonia. ...

Fredo betrays Michael when approached by Johnny Ola, an agent of rival gangster Hyman Roth. This betrayal ultimately results in an assassination attempt on Michael at his Lake Tahoe home. The film leaves unclear the details of Fredo's deal with Ola and Roth. Fredo ambiguously claimed that his goal in that deal is simply to get something for himself, on his own, and swears that he did not realize he was being used as part of a larger plot to kill his brother. Johnny Ola is a fictional character appearing in Francis Ford Coppolas and Mario Puzos film The Godfather Part II. Ola was portrayed by actor Dominic Chianese. ... Hyman Roth (December 28, 1892-March 6, 1959) is a fictional character (based heavily on real-life gangster Meyer Lansky), who plays a pivotal role in the film The Godfather Part II. He was portrayed by Lee Strasberg, a well-respected acting teacher, in one of his few screen roles. ...

Michael discovers Fredo's role in the plot during his trip to Havana when Fredo lets it slip out that he and Johnny Ola had been in Havana together. Michael confronts Fredo later and tells his older brother, "You broke my heart." Later, when Michael is being pursued by a Congressional Committee investigating organized crime, he has a talk with Fredo and realizes that Fredo had both withheld important information from him about Roth's connection with the Committee's lawyer and is deeply resentful and jealous of Michael's role in the family business. Michael disowns and banishes Fredo from the family. Upon their mother's death, and at the urging of their sister Connie, Michael relents toward Fredo and seemingly offers reconciliation. However, it is only to draw Fredo in so as to have him murdered, something Michael did not permit while their mother was alive. This article is about the capital of Cuba. ... Carmella Mama Corleone (December 8, 1897 – January 27, 1959) is a fictional character in Mario Puzos The Godfather. ... Constanzia Connie Corleone Rizzi (1927–2001) is a fictional character from The Godfather by Mario Puzo. ...

Towards the end of The Godfather Part II, Fredo and his nephew, Michael's son Anthony, develop a friendship and are to go fishing on Lake Tahoe. However, Anthony is called away by Connie, who tells him that his father wants to take him to Reno. Fredo is left alone in the fishing boat with Al Neri and he takes the boat far out onto the lake. As Fredo prays the Hail Mary, Neri shoots him in the back of the head. It is implied that Fredo's body is thrown overboard after being chained to weights. Family members outside of Michael's inner circle are told that Fredo drowned in a boating accident. Anthony Vito Corleone (1952- ) is a fictional character in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather, as well as the trilogy of films based on it directed by Francis Ford Coppola. ... Places Reno, Nevada Reno, Pennsylvania Reno, Lamar County, Texas Reno, Parker County, Texas A valley in Italy Other Uses Reno, a Turk from the popular videogame and CG movie by Square-Enix, Final Fantasy VII. Reno a 1939 film A band named Reno Reno is a drug Reno 911! - A... Albert Al Neri(1916-1990) is a character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the three films based on it. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Hail Mary...

Ordering Fredo's death would haunt Michael for the rest of his life, and further alienates him from his wife Kay and son Anthony. In The Godfather Part III, Michael expresses deep remorse at ordering his brother's death years later while confessing his sins to Cardinal Lamberto who, in the film, later becomes Pope John Paul I. Information Gender Female Date of birth 1922 Date of death 1988 Family Corleone family Relationships Michael Corleone Children Mary Corleone, Anthony Corleone Portrayed by Diane Keaton Created by Mario Puzo For similar names, see Kaye Adams (disambiguation) Kay Adams Corleone(1922-1988) is a fictional character in Mario Puzos... The Godfather Part III (1990) is the third and final film in the Godfather trilogy written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola. ... People feel remorse when reflecting on their actions that they believe are wrong. ... This article is about the practice of confession in the Modern confessional in the Church of the Holy Name, Dunedin, New Zealand. ... For other uses, see Sin (disambiguation). ... Pope John Paul I (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo I), born Albino Luciani, (October 17, 1912—September 28, 1978) reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and as Sovereign of Vatican City from August 26, 1978 until his death. ...

Family

• Vito Corleone — Father; played by Marlon Brando in The Godfather and by Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II
• Santino 'Sonny' Corleone — Elder brother; played by James Caan
• Constanzia 'Connie' Corleone-Rizzi — Sister; played by Talia Shire
• Michael Corleone — Younger brother; played by Al Pacino
• Mary Corleone — Niece; played by Sofia Coppola
• Anthony Vito Corleone — Nephew; played by Anthony Gounaris in Godfather I, played by James Gounaris in Godfather II, played by Franc D'Ambrosio
• Carmella Corleone — Mother; played by Morgana King
• Vincent 'Vinnie' Mancini-Corleone — Illegitimate nephew and succeeding 'Don'; played by Andy Garcia.

Vito Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather, as well as Francis Ford Coppolas trilogy of films based on it. ... Marlon Brando, Jr. ... Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. ... Santino Sonny Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzos 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation. ... James Langston Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940) is an American Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American film, stage and television actor. ... Constanzia Connie Corleone Rizzi (1927–2001) is a fictional character from The Godfather by Mario Puzo. ... Talia Shire (born April 25, 1946), is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Michael Corleone is a fictional character and protagonist in Mario Puzos novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. ... Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an Academy, Golden Globe, Tony, BAFTA, Emmy, and SAG award winning American actor who is best known for playing the roles of Tony Montana in the 1983 film Scarface and Michael Corleone in The Godfather Trilogy . ... Information Gender Female Date of birth 1954 Date of death 1980 Family Corleone family Relatives Michael Corleone (father) Kay Adams (mother) Portrayed by Sofia Coppola Created by Mario Puzo Mary Corleone (1954–1980) is a fictional character in the Godfather saga, portrayed by Sofia Coppola. ... Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American film director, actress, producer and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... Anthony Vito Corleone is the fictional son of Don Michael Corleone and Kay Adams and grandson of Vito Corleone in the Godfather trilogy of films. ... Franc DAmbrosio (born August 11, 1962 in Bronx, New York), is an American singer and actor, best known for his role in the stage version of Andrew Lloyd Webbers, The Phantom of the Opera. ... Carmella Mama Corleone (December 8, 1897 – January 27, 1959) is a fictional character in Mario Puzos The Godfather. ... Morgana King (born Maria Grazia Morgana Messina DeBernardinis on July 4, 1930 in Pleasantville, New York) is an American actress of Portugese and Italian ancestry, most famous for playing the role of Mama Corleone in The Godfather (1972). ... Vinnie Mancini-Corleone becomes succeeding Don of the fictional Corleone Mafia family in the movie The Godfather Part III. Born the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone in 1948, Vincent was never treated as a real member of the Corleone family and so was never given access to his the family... Andy Garcia at the Incirlik hospital, Incirlik Air Base, December 7, 2001 Andy García (born April 12, 1956) is a Cuban-American actor. ...

Cultural references

• In the movie Analyze This, starring Robert de Niro and Billy Crystal, there is a reference to Fredo in a dream scene which replicates The Godfather almost exactly. In the dream, psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Crystal) is shot in the same way as Vito Corleone, while mob boss Paul Viti (De Niro) stands by helpless, much like Fredo. Viti is angered by his role in the dream ("I was Fredo? I don't think so!")

Analyze This is a 1999 movie produced by Warner Brothers Studios. ... Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. ... For the American political commentator, see William Kristol. ... An MRI scan of a human brain and head. ...

Expanded character

Many aspects of Fredo's life, his marriage to Deanna, and his role in the assassination attempt on Michael are expanded upon in Mark Winegardner's 2004 novel The Godfather Returns. The novel says that Fredo originally intended to become a priest but left his studies for unknown reasons, though it is implied he was molested by the priest he studied under. The novel also portrays Fredo as being gay or possibly bisexual. Although his wife Deanna knows about it, he denies and loathes this aspect of himself. He believes his sexuality to be a secret, but Michael and Tom Hagen have their suspicions. Image:Mark Winegardner - photo by Michael Belk. ... The Godfather Returns is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner, published in 2004. ... Child sexual abuse is an umbrella term describing criminal and civil offenses in which an adult engages in sexual activity with a minor or exploits a minor for the purpose of sexual gratification. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ... Sexual orientation refers to the direction of an individuals sexuality, usually conceived of as classifiable according to the sex or gender of the persons whom the individual finds sexually attractive. ...

Within the pages of The Godfather Returns, and followed up on in The Godfather's Revenge, also by Winegardner, it is stated that Fredo had a child before he died, and the child was given up for adoption by the mother. The novel also states that Vincent Mancini-Corleone, a character in Part III identified as Sonny's illegitimate son, is in fact Fredo's child. The Godfathers Revenge is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner. ... For other uses, see Adoption (disambiguation). ... Information Aliases Vincent Mancini Gender Male Date of birth 1947 Date of death Still Living Occupation Gangster Title Don Family Corleone family Relatives Fredo Corleone (Uncle) Lucy Mancini (Mother) Sonny Corleone (Father) Michael Corleone (Uncle) Portrayed by Andy Garcia Created by Mario Puzo Vincent Mancini (born November 30, 1947 - ?) also...

Notes

References

• Plot Summary - The Godfather