Alfredo Lettieri (February 24, 1928 â€" October 18, 1975) was an
Italian-American actor and screenwriter. During his career, he acted
with some of Hollywood's biggest screen stars, including Steve McQueen
in The Getaway, Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk, John Wayne in McQ,
Richard Harris in The Deadly Trackers, Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney
in Pulp, and Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather. In most of
those roles, he was cast as a villain and was sometimes credited as
Anthony Lettieri.Lettieri was an Italian-American who spoke Italian
fluently. His brother-in-law was Pasquale Eboli, brother of Genovese
crime family boss Thomas Eboli. Married and divorced once, Lettieri
died of a heart attack in 1975, at the age of 47, leaving behind two
children.Lettieri had a role in the 1958 Perry Mason episode "The Case
of the Fugitive Nurse" as Arthur Strome. At the age of 36, he had a
role in the television film The Hanged Man (1964).Lettieri is best
known for his role as Sicilian heroin trafficker Virgil Sollozzo in
the 1972 American crime film The Godfather. This was ths second film
in which Marlon Brando and he had worked together, the first being The
Night of the Following Day (1969).
Italian-American actor and screenwriter. During his career, he acted
with some of Hollywood's biggest screen stars, including Steve McQueen
in The Getaway, Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk, John Wayne in McQ,
Richard Harris in The Deadly Trackers, Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney
in Pulp, and Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather. In most of
those roles, he was cast as a villain and was sometimes credited as
Anthony Lettieri.Lettieri was an Italian-American who spoke Italian
fluently. His brother-in-law was Pasquale Eboli, brother of Genovese
crime family boss Thomas Eboli. Married and divorced once, Lettieri
died of a heart attack in 1975, at the age of 47, leaving behind two
children.Lettieri had a role in the 1958 Perry Mason episode "The Case
of the Fugitive Nurse" as Arthur Strome. At the age of 36, he had a
role in the television film The Hanged Man (1964).Lettieri is best
known for his role as Sicilian heroin trafficker Virgil Sollozzo in
the 1972 American crime film The Godfather. This was ths second film
in which Marlon Brando and he had worked together, the first being The
Night of the Following Day (1969).
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