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Michael Vincente Gazzo

Highest Rated: 100% King Creole (1958)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)

Birthday: Not Available

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Michael V. Gazzo's first significant theatrical success was as a playwright; he was responsible for the penetrating drug-abuse drama A Hatful of Rain, which was committed to film in 1957. One year later, Gazzo wrote the screenplay for the Elvis Presley vehicle, King Creole (1958). He then disappeared from Hollywood in favor of stage work in New York. In 1974, Gazzo re-emerged as a character actor, winning an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Frankie Pentageli in The Godfather II. Michael V. Gazzo remained in front of the cameras until his death in 1995, with prominent appearances in such TV movies and miniseries as Beggarman Thief (1979), The Winter of Our Discontent (1981) and Blood Feud (1983).

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

Credit
44% Ten Benny Joe — 1995
15% Cookie Carmine Taratino — 1989
No Score Yet Blood Ties Joe Salina — 1986
13% Cannonball Run II Sonny — 1984
67% Fear City Mike — 1984
57% Sudden Impact Threlkis — 1983
No Score Yet Body and Soul Frankie — 1981
40% Back Roads Tazio — 1981
No Score Yet Sizzle Actor — 1981
No Score Yet Cuba Crossing Rosselini — 1980
84% Alligator Police Chief Clark — 1980
No Score Yet Love and Bullets Lobo — 1979
No Score Yet The Border Chico Suarez — 1979
No Score Yet The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh "Harry the Trainer" — 1979
80% King of the Gypsies Spiro Georgio — 1978
83% Fingers Ben Angelelli — 1978
69% Black Sunday Muzi — 1977
97% The Godfather, Part II Frankie Pentangeli — 1974
0% The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Black Suit — 1971
No Score Yet A Man Called Adam Actor — 1966
100% King Creole Screenwriter — 1958
No Score Yet A Hatful of Rain Screenwriter — 1957

TV

Credit
No Score Yet Magnum, P.I.
1980-1988 		Victor DiGiorgio 1981
No Score Yet Taxi
1978-1983 		Vince 1979
No Score Yet Kojak
1973-1978 		Joel Adrian 1975
1974
No Score Yet Johnny Bago
1993 		Don Roselli

QUOTES FROM Michael Vincente Gazzo CHARACTERS

Tom Hagen says: Don't worry about anything, Frankie Five-Angels.

Frankie Pentangeli says: Thanks, Tom. Thanks.

Tom Hagen says: Frankie, you were always interested in politics, in history. I remember you talking about Hitler back in '43. We were young then.

Frankie Pentangeli says: Yeah, I still read a lot. They bring me stuff.

Tom Hagen says: You were around the old timers who dreamed up how the Families should be organized, how they based it on the old Roman Legions, and called them 'Regimes'... with the 'Capos' and 'Soldiers,' and it worked.

Frankie Pentangeli says: Yeah, it worked. Those were great old days. We was like the Roman Empire. The Corleone family was like the Roman Empire.

Tom Hagen says: (sadly) Yeah, it was once. (very gently) The Roman Empire... when a plot against the Emperor failed, the plotters were always given a chance to let their families keep their fortunes.

Tom Hagen says: [sadly] Yeah, it was once. [very gently] The Roman Empire... when a plot against the Emperor failed, the plotters were always given a chance to let their families keep their fortunes.

Frankie Pentangeli says: Yeah, but only the rich guys. The little guys got knocked off. If they got arrested and executed, all their estate went to the Emperor. If they just went home and killed themselves, up front, nothing happened.

Tom Hagen says: Yeah, that was a good break. A nice deal. Pentangeli looks at Hagen; he understands.

Frankie Pentangeli says: They went home and sat in a hot bath and opened their veins, and bled to death. Sometimes they gave a little party before they did it. Hagen throws away his cigar. Pentangeli puffs on his.

Frankie Pentangeli says: Your father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth... but he never trusted Hyman Roth!

Frankie Pentangeli says: Your father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth, but he never trusted Hyman Roth!