Key facts
- Born
- Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr. , ( 1936-02-29 ) February 29, 1936, Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- July 18, 2015 (2015-07-18) (aged 79), Studio City, California , U.S.
- Other name
- Alexander F. Petricone
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1965–2015
- Spouses
- Grace Petricone ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 19??; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 19??), Sandra Elaine Garrett ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 ; died 2002 ) , Shannon Wilcox ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2005 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alex
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
- Place of death
- Studio City
- Spouse
- Shannon Wilcox
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Baháʼí Faith
- Image
- Alex Rocco at the 1990 Annual Emmy Awards.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1936-02-29
- date of death
- 2015-07-18
- Commons category
- Alex Rocco
- ethnic group
- Italian Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he was often cast as villains, including Moe Greene in The Godfather (1972) and his Primetime Emmy Award–winning role in The Famous Teddy Z. Rocco did a significant amount of voice-over work later in his career.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alex Rocco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.