Died Today (September 14th): Alex Rocco (1936–2015)

Alex Rocco (1936–2015)

Born: February 29, 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: July 18, 2015 (age 79) in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

[from an interview in 2011] Playing gangsters is great. They usually dress you sharp. And you have a license to pretty much bully anybody. I mean, I wouldn’t dare to that at home. My wife will give me a back hander.

FIND ME GUILTY 2006 dir. Sidney Lumet Stars: Vin Diesel Peter Dinklage

Smokin Aces 2006 dir. Joe Carnahan starring Reynolds Ray Liotta

The Godfather 1972 dir. by Francis Ford Coppola starring Marlon Brando Pacino The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 dir. Peter Yates Cast Robert Mitchum Peter Boyle