Michael Vincente Gazzo

Highest Rated: 100% King Creole (1958)

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

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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
18%	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
44%	Back Roads	Tazio	—	1981
No Score Yet	Sizzle	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	Cuba Crossing	Rosselini	—	1980
75%	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
71%	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	Don't worry about anything, Frankie Five-Angels.
Frankie Pentangeli	Thanks, Tom. Thanks.

Tom Hagen	Frankie, you were always interested in politics, in history. I remember you talking about Hitler back in '43. We were young then.
Frankie Pentangeli	Yeah, I still read a lot. They bring me stuff.
Tom Hagen	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	Yeah, it worked. Those were great old days. We was like the Roman Empire. The Corleone family was like the Roman Empire.
Tom Hagen	(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	[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	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	Yeah, that was a good break. A nice deal. Pentangeli looks at Hagen; he understands.
Frankie Pentangeli	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	Your father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth... but he never trusted Hyman Roth!
Frankie Pentangeli	Your father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth, but he never trusted Hyman Roth!

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