Vale – Alex Rocco

American actor Alex Rocco, best known for his involvement in legendary crime film The Godfather, has passed away.

Mr Rocco, an ex-mafia associate, portrayed Moe Greene in The Godfather, for director Martin Scorsese in 1972. Rocco worked continuously following The Godfather’s success, appearing in multiple films including Slither (1973), as Quinn in Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), The Cannonball Run 2 (1984), Get Shorty (1995), That Thing You Do (1996), as a voice in A Bug’s Life (1998), and in Dudley Do-Right (1999) and The Wedding Planner, in 2001.

Mr Rocco passed away on July 18, aged 79.

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Rodney Twelftree

“Some people say I like films. Those people are wrong. I *love* films.” – Me. I said this.

Rodney has been writing about films for well over two decades, appreciates a good wine, the love of his wife and kids, and the affection of his dog and cats. He has a fondness of cheesy 90’s action and classic Hollywood, hates that physical media is disappearing, and wishes somebody would make a high-budget series of The Neverending Story.

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