Alex Rocco Birthday: February 29, 1936 Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Height: 0' 0"
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Biography
In films from 1965, American actor Alex Rocco specialized in tough-guy roles, sometimes leavening his hard-bitten portrayals with a dash of roguish humor. Rocco's film assignments included such parts as gangster Legs Diamond in St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) and Moe Greene in The Godfather (1974). He has been a regular or semi-regular on a number of television shows, beginning with 1975's Three for the Road, in which he starred as free-lance photographer (and full-time family man) Pete Karras. Alex Rocco has since been seen in such TVers as The Facts of Life as Mr. Polaznek, Sibs as Howie Roscio, The Famous Teddy Z as Al Floss, and The George Carlin Show as Harry Rossetti.
Wife Sandie Garrett was a former professional square dancer and night club performer who later became a screenwriter. She died at age 59 after a four-year battle with cancer in 2002.
Three children: Marc, a director; Jennifer, an attorney; and Lucien, a poet.
Debuted as a thug on the _"Batman" (1966/II)_ TV series in the 60s who gets "Whapped" by the Caped Crusader.
His "Do you know who I am" line in The Godfather (1972) is often used by Howie Carr when the subject is the "Beautiful People" getting in trouble.
Is a member of the Bahá'í Faith
His girlfriend was hit on by Charlestown mobster Georgie McLaughlin in 1961, setting off the Boston Irish gang war of the early 1960s. Rocco himself was picked up as a suspect in the murder of Bernie McLaughlin, but never charged.
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