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Michael V. Gazzo was an American playwright and actor who wrote A Hatful of Rain and was nominated for an Oscar for The Godfather Part II. He also appeared in many movies and TV shows, such as On the Waterfront, Kojak, and Magnum, P.I.
Michael V. Gazzo was a versatile performer who starred in plays, films and TV shows. He is best known for his role as Frankie Pentangeli in The Godfather Part II, which earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
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- Hillside, New Jersey, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Feb 24, 1995 · Michael V. Gazzo, an actor and playwright whose 1955 drama, "A Hatful of Rain," broke theatrical ground in its candid and sympathetic portrayal of drug addiction, died on Feb. 14 at Vencor ...
Frank Pentangeli is a fictional character from The Godfather Part II, portrayed by Michael V. Gazzo. He is a capo in the Corleone family who betrays Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in a Senate hearing, but later recants his testimony.
Michael V. Gazzo. Actor: The Godfather Part II. Michael Vincente Gazzo was born in Hillside, New Jersey, on April 5, 1923. He attended Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop at the New School on the GI Bill after being demobilized from the US Army Air Force after World War II. Gazzo's first major success was as a playwright.
- April 5, 1923
- February 14, 1995
Learn about Michael V. Gazzo, the actor who played Frank Pentangeli in The Godfather Part II. Find out his biography, filmography, awards and external links.
Feb 25, 1995 · Michael Vincente Gazzo, who as a writer shocked a relatively naive world in the 1950s with his piercing examination of a family torn apart by drug addiction in "Hatful of Rain," and then earned...
