The Godfather Collection More than 50 Trivia facts about the casts of the Godfather films |
Author Mario Puzo also wrote the screen play for the disaster epic Earthquake in 1974.
Michael V. Gazzo (Frankie Pentangeli) was a co-writer on the screenplay of King Creole starring Elvis Presley in 1958.
Marianne Hill (Deanna Corleone) appeared in Star Trek: The Original Series in the episode Dagger of the Mind as Dr. Helen Noel.
Troy Donahue's (Merle Johnson) real name is Merle Johnson.
Phil Feldman (Senator #1) produced Francis Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now in 1966
Roger Corman (Senator #2) was the producer of Francis Coppola's Dementia 13 in 1963
Sofia Coppola (Mary Corleone) was the child on the boat in the Statue of Liberty Scene in The Godfather Part II and the Infant in the Baptism in The Godfather.
Peter Donat (lawyer Questadt) had a recurring role on the X-Files as Fox Mulder's father William Mulder.
Harry Dean Stanton (FBI Man) appeared on Petticoat Junction in 1963 playing Ringo as Dean Stanton in the episode: One Of Our Chickens Is Missing.
Abe Vigoda (Sal Tessio) had a role on Dark Shadows TV Series as Ezra Braithwaite/Otis Greene in 1969.
Bruno Kirby (Young Clemenza) appeared in The Freshman with Marlon Brando as Don Carmine Sabatini's nephew, Victor Ray.
G.D. Spradlin (Senator Pat Geary) appeared in Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now as Lt. General R. Corman with his aide Col. Lucas (Harrison Ford).
Talia Shire (Connie Corleone Rizzi) made her film debut in 1968 in The Wild Racers starring Fabian.
Robert DeNiro (Young Don Corleone) appeared as heroin-addicted Lloyd Barker in 1970's Bloody Mama starring Shelley Winters as Ma Barker and directed by Roger Corman.
Diane Keaton (Kay Adams Corleone) made her film debut was 1970's Lovers and Other Strangers along with Richard Castellano (Peter Clemenza).
Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen) made his film debut was as Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird in 1962.
Richard Bright (Al Neri) had a suporting role in Panic in Needle Park with Al Pacino
Al Pacino (Michael Corleone) twisted his ankle during filming of the Godfather and the cane being held by Sonny in the scne where they decide to kill Sollozo was his to get around with.
The Godfather Part II was the film debut of legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg (Hyman Roth).
James Caan (Sonny Corleone) appeared in an uncredited screen debut in 1963's Irma La Douce as Soldier with a radio and made an uncredited TV appearance on Get Smart playing "Rupert of Rathskeller" in the episode: To Sire, With Love in 1969
Dominic Chianese (Johnny Ola) went on to appear in The Sopranos as Corrado Erico 'Uncle Junior' Soprano in 1999.
Gianni Russo (Carlo Rizzi) made his film debut in The Godfather and went on the re-unite with Marlon Brando in The Freshman in 1991 and Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday in 1999.
Writer William Bowers role as the Senate Committee Chairman in The Godfather Part II was his second big screen acting role. His first was in the 1917 silent film The Candy Girl.
Andy Garcia (Vincent Mancini) made an appearance in Archie Bunker's Place in 1979 playing "Hay-Soos" in the episode: Building the Restaurant.
Eli Wallach made a hilarious appearance in a martial arts movie Circle of Iron inspired by Bruce Lee in 1979 as a man in oil.
Joe Mantegna has a recurring role on The Simpsons TV series as the voice of Fat Tony
George Hamilton (B.J. Harrison) appeared in Mae West's Sextette in 1978 along with along with music stars Van McCoy, Alice Cooper, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr and actors Tony Curtis, George Raft and Timothy Dalton and TV personalities Rona Barrett and Regis Philbin
In 1990, Bridget Fonda (Grace Hamilton) appeared as Mary Wollenstonecraft Godwin in Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound.
Raf Vallone (Cardinal Lamberto) appeared as real-life mob boss Joseph Bonnano in 1973's television mini-series Honor Thy Father that also featured Richard Castellano (Clemenza).
Helmut Berger (Frederick Keinszig) appeared in The Garden of the Fitz-Continis which won the Best Foreign Film Oscar® in 1971 and was directed by Vittorio De Sica.
Don Novello (Dominic Abbandando), a.k.a. Father Guido Sarducci, got the Francis Coppola hatrick with The Godfather Part III after having been directed by Coppola in Tucker: The Man and his Dream as Stan the Promo Filmmaker and as Hector with Talia Shire in New York Stories.
John Savage (Andrew Hagen) teamed up with Robert DeNiro and John Cazale for The Deer Hunter directed by Michael Cimino in 1978.
Al Martino (Johnny Fontane) appeared in Adam-12 (1968) playing "Paul Stocker" in episode: Airdrop.
The Godfather Part III Party Politician Willie Brown went on to be elected Mayor of San Francisco.
The Godfather Part III Unruly Stockholder was played by famous Beat poet Gregory Corso.
The party photographer in The Godfather Part III is played by David Hume Kennerly, a Pulitizer prize winner photographer famous for his photos from the Viet Nam War and world politicians.
The grey-haired Woman in Cafe in GF 3 is Catherine Scorcese, mother of director Martin Scorcese who has appeared in many of his film, as well as Moonstruck.
Nick Blair (Nicky the Casino Host) in GF 3 provided the voice of Hammerhead on the Spider-Man animated series.
Marlon Brando (Vito Corleone) won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special Emmy for his portrayal of American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell in Roots: The Next Generations from 1979.
Sterling Hayden (Police Captain McCluskey) starred in 1956's The Killing which is the film that Leonard Maltin said "really put Stanley Kubrick on the map" and later appeared in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove in a memorable turn as General Jack D. Ripper.
John Marley (Jack Woltz) played Ali McGraw's father in the popular 1970 hit Love Story.
Alex Rocco (Moe Green) appeared in the 1967 Roger Corman gangster epic The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre starring Jason Robards and George Segal, as well as featuring an uncredited cameo by a young Jack Nicholson.
Former wrestler Lenny Montana (Luca Brasi) was in Magnum, P.I. in 1982 playing "Marquis' bodyguard" in episode: Italian Ice.
Simonetta Stefanelli (Apollonia) had a small part as Cotbi in Moses The Lawgiver from 1975 starring Burt Lancaster as Moses and Irene Pappas as Zipporah.
Producer Albert S. Ruddy earned his living in the 1960s as a writer on the Hogan's Heroes TV series.
Cinematographer Gordon Willis also lensed All The President's Men in 1976, Annie Hall in 1977 and Manhattan in 1979.
Makeup artist Dick Smith worked on the Dark Shadows TV series, was Dustin Hoffman's makeup artist on Little Big Man in 1970 and did the makeup for The Exorcist in 1973.
Some of legendary script doctor Robert Towne's uncredited work includes Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The New Centurions (1972), The Parallax View (1974), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Marathon Man (1976), Heaven Can Wait (1978), and Frantic (1988).
Morgana King (Mama Corleone) appeared as herself on the The Andy Williams Show in 1964.
Rudy Bond (Ottilio Cuneo) played Steve in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951 and later playing Moose in On The Waterfront in 1954, both starring Marlon Brando.
Al Letteri (Sollozo) played "Smitty" on Gunsmoke in the episode: "Seven Hours To Dawn" in 1965.
Richard Conte (Barzini) portrayed Barabbas in the biblical epic, The Greatest Story Ever Told in 1965.
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