Al Lettieri

Al Lettieri

Born: February 24, 1928
Died: October 18, 1975
in New York City, New York, USA
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Alfred Lettieri (February 24, 1928–October 18, 1975) was an American actor, known for his portrayal of Virgil Sollozzo, in The Godfather.

Lettieri projected an aura of menace and ruthlessness in his film roles, which he attributed to his acquaintance with real-life gangsters, including Joey Gallo. At the age of 36, he made his screen debut in the television film The Hanged Man. Lettieri acted with some of Hollywood's biggest screen names including Steve McQueen in The Getaway, Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk, John Wayne in McQ and both Marlon Brando and Al Pacino in The Godfather.

Lettieri died of a heart attack in 1975, at the age of 47, leaving two children.

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La Classe américaine
Title: La Classe américaine
Character: Unknown Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
Title: The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
Character: Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo
Released: March 24, 1981
Type: Movie
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television," released to video in 1981. Unlike the miniseries, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms. The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes.
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Title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Character: Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo
Released: November 12, 1977
Type: TV
An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen in the first two films added.
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House of Pleasure for Women
Title: House of Pleasure for Women
Character: Eddie Mordace
Released: January 23, 1976
Type: Movie
The United States of America, after the great success of Vietnam, Watergate and so on, have decided to expand their activities in Italy. Mr. Chips has chosen Eddie Mordace to open the Italian branch of the multinational American Love Company. So Eddie opens in Milan a small branch of the Company whose purpose is to comfort women. Eddie hires Simbad, Adone and later, when business starts to go well, Ugolino, a real Count, and Ivanoe, a raper, who becames the attraction of the House.
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The Hired Gun
Title: The Hired Gun
Character: Ciro Musante
Released: November 13, 1975
Type: Movie
Fabio Testi is an undercover cop doubling as the bodyguard (hence, “Gorilla”) of a cantankerous middle-aged industrialist targeted for extortion.
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Flatfoot in Hong Kong
Title: Flatfoot in Hong Kong
Character: Frank Barella
Released: June 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Inspector Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department.
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Mr. Majestyk
Title: Mr. Majestyk
Character: Frank Renda
Released: July 17, 1974
Type: Movie
A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
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McQ
Title: McQ
Character: Santiago
Released: January 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
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The Deadly Trackers
Title: The Deadly Trackers
Character: Gutierrez, Mexican Policeman
Released: December 21, 1973
Type: Movie
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is challenged by a noble Mexican Sheriff interested only in carrying out the law - not vengeance.
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Horowitz in Dublin
Title: Horowitz in Dublin
Character: Kosak
Released: December 12, 1973
Type: Movie
A New York cop, Dan Horowitz, arrives in Dublin to pay respects to the Irish parents of his young wife who had recently died. He suddenly finds himself called upon by the police to help solve a recent murder case. A character driven comedy-suspense feature entertainment, starring Harvey Lembeck, Sinead Cusack, Al Lettieri, Cesare Danova and Cyril Cusack.
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The Don Is Dead
Title: The Don Is Dead
Character: Vince Fargo
Released: November 14, 1973
Type: Movie
After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.
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Pulp
Title: Pulp
Character: Miller
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.
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Footsteps
Title: Footsteps
Character: Zimmerman
Released: October 3, 1972
Type: Movie
A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the team to improve.
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The Getaway
Title: The Getaway
Character: Rudy Butler
Released: September 20, 1972
Type: Movie
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
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The Godfather
Title: The Godfather
Character: Sollozzo
Released: March 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
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A Town Called Hell
Title: A Town Called Hell
Character: La Bomba
Released: October 27, 1971
Type: Movie
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
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The Night of the Following Day
Title: The Night of the Following Day
Character: Pilot
Released: February 19, 1969
Type: Movie
A gang of four professional criminals kidnaps a wealthy teenage girl from an airport in Paris in a meticulous plan to extort money from the girl's wealthy father. Holding her prisoner in an isolated beach house, the gang's scheme runs perfectly until their personal demons surface and lead to a series of betrayals.
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The Bobo
Title: The Bobo
Character: Eugenio Gomez
Released: March 31, 1967
Type: Movie
Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally persuades a devious local impresario to book him, but only on the condition that Juan first manages to spend an evening with Olimpia, a "shrewd merciless beauty" who seems effortlessly to collect apartments and Maserati sports cars while leaving a trail of broken hearts behind her. Juan approaches the challenge by pretending to her he is an emissary for a rich count. Written by Jeremy Perkins
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Dark Intruder
Title: Dark Intruder
Character: The 2nd Sergeant
Released: July 25, 1965
Type: Movie
Police call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.
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Wild Seed
Title: Wild Seed
Character: Bartender
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
A 17-year-old girl runs away from her east coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the road, she is protected and befriended by an independent-minded young drifter who helps her on her journey.
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The Hanged Man
Title: The Hanged Man
Character: Al
Released: November 18, 1964
Type: Movie
A gunman whose best friend has been murdered enacts a plan to blackmail the corrupt labor union leader responsible but finds he isn't the only one after his money.
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Title: The Gallant Men
Released: October 5, 1962
Type: TV
The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Arthur Strome
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Smitty
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.