Alex Rocco

Highest Rated: 100% The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

Lowest Rated: 0% Dream a Little Dream (1989)

Birthday: Feb 29, 1936

Birthplace: Not Available

In films from 1965, American actor Alex Rocco specialized in tough-guy roles, sometimes leavening his hard-bitten portrayals with a dash of roguish humor. Rocco's film assignments included such parts as gangster Legs Diamond in St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) and Moe Greene in The Godfather (1974). He has been a regular or semi-regular on a number of television shows, beginning with 1975's Three for the Road, in which he starred as free-lance photographer (and full-time family man) Pete Karras. Alex Rocco has since been seen in such TVers as The Facts of Life as Mr. Polniaczek, Sibs as Howie Roscio, The Famous Teddy Z as Al Floss, and The George Carlin Show as Harry Rossetti. He played the father of Jennifer Lopez's character in The Wedding Planner (2001) and was a recurring character on the short-lived series Magic City (2012-13). Rocco died in 2015, at age 79.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Silver Skies	Frank	—	2016
No Score Yet	The House Across the Street	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	And They're Off...	Sol Youngerman	—	2011
88%	Batman: Year One	Carmine Falcone	—	2011
No Score Yet	Ready or Not	Don Julio	—	2009
30%	Smokin' Aces	Serna	$35.6M	2007
No Score Yet	Jam	Mick	—	2006
61%	Find Me Guilty	Nick Calabrese	$0.7M	2006
No Score Yet	Crazylove	Uncle Cort	—	2005
No Score Yet	The Job	Vernon Cray	—	2003
30%	The Country Bears	Rip Holland	$16.9M	2002
No Score Yet	Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie	Dominic	—	2002
16%	The Wedding Planner	Salvatore	$60M	2001
No Score Yet	The Final Hit	Actor	—	2000
16%	Dudley Do-Right	Chief	—	1999
92%	A Bug's Life	Thorny	—	1998
25%	Detroit 9000	Bassett	—	1998
29%	Goodbye Lover	Detective Crowley	—	1998
50%	Just Write	Harold's Father	—	1997
93%	That Thing You Do!	Sol Siler	—	1996
87%	Get Shorty	Buddy (Martin Weir's agent)	—	1995
No Score Yet	The Spy Within (The Flight of the Dove)	Bartender	—	1994
No Score Yet	Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage	Uncle Frank	—	1993
No Score Yet	Boris and Natasha	Kaufman	—	1992
33%	The Pope Must Die(t)	Cardinal Rocco	—	1991
No Score Yet	An Inconvenient Woman	Stieglitz	—	1991
No Score Yet	How to Murder a Millionaire	Walter	—	1990
No Score Yet	A Perfect Little Murder	Det. Locke	—	1990
4%	Wired	Arnie Fromson	—	1989
0%	Dream a Little Dream	Gus Keller	—	1989
67%	Lady in White	Angelo Scarlatti	—	1988
No Score Yet	Rock 'n' Roll Mom	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	Scenes from the Goldmine	Nathan DiAngelo	—	1987
No Score Yet	P.K. and the Kid	es	—	1987
No Score Yet	Return to Horror High	Harry Sleerik	—	1987
No Score Yet	Badge of the Assassin	Detective Bill Butler	—	1985
29%	Stick	Firestone	—	1985
36%	Gotcha!	Al	—	1985
13%	Cannonball Run II	Tony	—	1984
No Score Yet	The First Time	Actor	—	1982
70%	The Entity	Jerry Anderson	—	1982
No Score Yet	Nobody's Perfekt	Boss	—	1981
89%	The Stunt Man	Jake	—	1980
40%	Herbie Goes Bananas	Quinn	—	1980
No Score Yet	Voices	Frank Rothman	—	1979
No Score Yet	A Question of Guilt	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Rabbit Test	Danny	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank	Ralph Corliss	—	1978
80%	Hearts Of The West (Hollywood Cowboy)	Earl, Assistant Director	—	1975
No Score Yet	Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers)	Vinnie	—	1975
No Score Yet	The Blue Knight	Actor	—	1975
No Score Yet	A Woman for All Men	Lt. Blase	—	1975
No Score Yet	Hustling	Swifty	—	1975
27%	Freebie and the Bean	District Attorney	$8.8k	1974
No Score Yet	Three the Hard Way	Lt. DiNisco	—	1974
100%	The Friends of Eddie Coyle	Scalise	—	1973
80%	Slither	Man with Ice Cream	—	1973
No Score Yet	Bonnie's Kids	Actor	—	1973
No Score Yet	Un homme est mort (A Man Is Dead), (Funerale a Los Angeles) (The Outside Man)	Miller	—	1972
No Score Yet	Stanley	Richard Thomkins	—	1972
98%	The Godfather	Moe Greene	—	1972
No Score Yet	Brute Corps	Actor	—	1972
No Score Yet	Wild Riders	Stick	—	1971
No Score Yet	Blood Mania	Actor	—	1970
88%	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre	Diamond	—	1967
No Score Yet	Motor Psycho	Corey Maddox	—	1965
67%	Motorpsycho	Actor	—	1965

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
75%	Maron 2013-2016	Actor	2015
57%	Magic City 2012-2013	Arthur Evans	2013 2012
52%	Private Practice 2007-2013	Ed Diamanti	2012
No Score Yet	The Wedding Bells 2007	Larry Herschfield	2007
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Marty Trudeau	2005
No Score Yet	Family Guy 1999	Voice	2005 2001
No Score Yet	The Practice 1997-2004	Dr. Melnick	2000
No Score Yet	Walker, Texas Ranger 1993-2001	Giovanni Rossini	2000
No Score Yet	Just Shoot Me 1997-2003	Charlie Gold	1999
No Score Yet	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 1996-2003	Sid Wolff	1999
83%	The Simpsons 1989	Voice	1997 1996 1990
No Score Yet	Mad About You 1992-1999	Slotkin	1996
No Score Yet	Murphy Brown 1988	Al Floss	1989
No Score Yet	The Facts of Life 1979-1988	Charlie Polniaczek Charlie Mr. Polniaszek Charlie Polniaszek	1988 1987 1986 1985 1983 1981
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Bert Yardley Ernie Santini	1986 1985
No Score Yet	The A-Team 1983-1987	Monroe	1985
No Score Yet	The Golden Girls 1985-1992	Actor	1985
No Score Yet	CHiPs 1977-1983	Ansgar	1980
No Score Yet	Starsky & Hutch 1975-1979	Fargo Thomas Callendar	1977
No Score Yet	The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970-1977	Ben	1977
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Sherman Royle Sherman	1977
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Tony	1975 1973
No Score Yet	Mission: Impossible 1966-1973	Tanner Dall	1973 1971
93%	Batman 1966-1968	Block	1967
No Score Yet	Get Smart 1965-1970	KAOS Agent	1967

Quotes from Alex Rocco's Characters

Moe Greene:	Yeah, let's talk business, Mike. First of all, you're all done. The Corleone Family don't even have that kind of muscle anymore. The Godfather's sick, right? You're getting chased out of New York by Barzini and the other Families. What do you think is going on here? You think you can come to my hotel and take over? I talked to Barzini - I can make a deal with him, and still keep my hotel!
Moe Greene:	Yeah, let's talk business, Mike. First of all, you're all done. The Corleone Family don't even have that kind of muscle anymore. The Godfather's sick, right? You're getting chased out of New York by Barzini and the other Families. What do you think is going on here? You think you can come to my hotel and take over? I talked to Barzini. I can make a deal with him, and still keep my hotel!
Moe Greene:	Yeah, let's talk business, Mike. First of all, you're all done. The Corleone Family don't even have that kind of muscle anymore. The Godfather's sick, right? You're getting chased out of New York by Barzini and the other Families. What do you think is going on here? You think you can come to my hotel and take over? I talked to Barzini. I can make a deal with him and still keep my hotel!

Moe Greene:	You goddamn guineas you really make me laugh
Moe Greene:	You goddamn guineas you really make me laugh.

Moe Greene:

Yeah, let's talk business, Mike. First of all, you're all done. The Corleone Family don't even have that kind of muscle anymore. The Godfather's sick, right? You're getting chased out of New York by Barzini and the other Families. What do you think is going on here? You think you can come to my hotel and take over? I talked to Barzini - I can make a deal with him, and still keep my hotel!

Clemenza:	Leave the gun, take the cannoli
Moe Greene:	Sonofabitch! Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Greene! I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders!
Tom Hagen:	It is a sicillian message it means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes
Moe Greene:	Do you know who I am ? I'm Moe Greene I made My Bones when you were going out with Cheerleaders

Moe Greene:

You know who I am? I'm Moe Greene! I made my bones working hard while you were going out with cheerleaders!

Jonathan Moore:	Jonathan: I thought he was KGB from Russia Al: He's a CPA from Encino... are you Crazy?
Jonathan Moore:	I thought he was KGB from Russia
Al:	He's a CPA from Encino... are you Crazy?

Rip Holland:

I am so back, baby!

Moe Greene:	"Do you know who I am? I'm MOE GREEN. I made my bones when you were still dating cheerleaders!"
Moe Greene:	Do you know who I am? I'm Moe Greene. I made my bones when you were still dating cheerleaders!

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