StatsBirth Name: Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr. Age: 77, born 29 February 1936 Country of origin: United States Height: 6' 0" Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Relationship Status: Married Partner: Shannon Wilcox
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Alex Rocco (born Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr., February 29, 1936) is an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies.
Rocco was born Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr. in Cambridge, Massachusetts but raised in Somerville, Massachusetts, the son of Mary (née Di Biase; October 1909 - August 1978) and Alessandro Sam Petricone.
Tough and volatile-looking Italianate character actor Alex Rocco was born in Boston and spent tim
Alex Rocco (born Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr., February 29, 1936) is an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies.
Rocco was born Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr. in Cambridge, Massachusetts but raised in Somerville, Massachusetts, the son of Mary (née Di Biase; October 1909 - August 1978) and Alessandro Sam Petricone.
Tough and volatile-looking Italianate character actor Alex Rocco was born in Boston and spent time training with such notable teachers as Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Corey to curb his thick Boston accent. In Hollywood from 1963, he worked as a bartender during the lean years and began his TV career in the late 60s. Slowly, he came to show sly, lethal menace in "big city" films and, in the next decade, notably played Las Vegas syndicate boss Moe Green who gets a bullet in the eye during the violent "christening sequence" of Mario Puzo's Oscar-winning El padrino (1972). Finding a comfortable niche playing various swarthy-looking cronies, hoods and cops, he made a distinct impression when he switched to TV comedy and, in the late 80s, won an Emmy for "El famoso Teddy Z" (1989) during the 1989-1990 season. Other comedy series such as "Hermanas" (1991) and "The George Carlin Show" (1994) came and went with over 400 TV appearances racked up so far. Recurring roles on "Los Simpson" (1989) and "The Facts of Life" (1979) (as Nancy McKeon's father) has kept him alive, as well. Rocco has appeared in two films helmed by his son, screenwriter and director Marc Rocco: Scenes from the Goldmine (1987) and Una chica de ensueño (1989). Other memorably flashy film roles include El confidente (1973), Una extraña pareja de polis (1974), Profesión: el especialista (1980), El misterio de la dama blanca (1988), Cómo conquistar Hollywood (1995) and Loco por Amanda (1997).
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