Richard S. Castellano
ActingThe Bronx, New York City, New York, USARichard Salvatore Castellano (September 4, 1933 – December 10, 1988) was an American actor who is best remembered for his role as Peter Clemenza in The Godfather.
Gianni Russo
ActingBrooklyn, New York City, New York, USAWith a singularly nebulous background, which, by his account, included stints as a Las Vegas nightclub emcee, radio personality, and jewelry tycoon, and comparatively little acting experience, Gianni Russo won the role of Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather (1972) on the basis of his screen test. Since then, Russo has remained busy as an actor, mostly playing assorted "wiseguys" and Mafia types. He was appeared again with Marlon Brando in a small role in The Freshman (1990) in which Brando parodied his Don Corleone role to good effect. IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Sorrentino
Sterling Hayden
ActingUpper Montclair, New Jersey, USASterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor and author. He dropped out of high school at the age of 16 and hired on as mate on a schooner. He was a ship's captain at 22, and in need of cash to buy his own boat, established himself as a model in New York, discovered by Paramount Studios talent scouts and offered a contract.Sterling Hayden, the handsome tall blond actor who played wholesome leading-man movie roles in the 1940's and 1950's and later weathered into a rough-hewn solid character actor in films such as "Dr. Strangelove", "The Godfather," "Nine to Five" and "King of the Gypsies". He appeared in 71 feature films and tv-productions from the debut in "Virginia" 1941 to the tv mini-series "The Blue and the Gray" in 1982.He wrote of his obsessive fascination with the sea in a 1963 autobiography, "Wanderer," and in 1970 his 700-page epic novel of the sea, "Voyage," was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club.Sterling Hayden appeared in the German documentary, "Pharos of Chaos," (1983) filmed aboard his barge in Europe, and seemed to be in an alcoholic stupor much of the time, supplementing his wine intake with hashish. On camera he said: "What confuses me is I ain't all that unhappy. So why do I drink, I don't know."
John Marley
ActingNew York City, New York, USAJohn Marley (October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984) was an American actor who was known for his role as Phil Cavalleri in Love Story and as Jack Woltz— the defiant movie mogul who awakens to find the severed head of his prized horse in his bed—in The Godfather (1972). He starred in John Cassavetes' breakthrough feature Faces (1968) and appeared in The Glitter Dome (1984).Description above from the Wikipedia article John Marley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Andy García
ActingHavana, CubaAndy García (born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez, April 12, 1956) is a Cuban-American actor. He's best known for his roles as Vincent Mancini in The Godfather III, George Stone in The Untouchables, Dr. Ramirez in Stand and Deliver, Raymond Avila in Internal Affairs, Michael Green in When a Man Loves a Woman, Frank Conner in Desperate Measures, Terry Benedict in the Ocean's Trilogy, Andre Allen on HBO's Ballers, Captain Norris in Passengers (2016), President Andrew Palma in Geostorm, Mitchel in Book Club 1 & 2, Ricardo Montalban in My Dinner with Hervé, Father Patrick in Words on Bathroom Walls, Billy Herrera in remake of Father of the Brida (2022), and Marsh in Expend4bles. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) alongside Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro. He continued to act in films such as Stand and Deliver (1988), and Internal Affairs (1990). He then costarred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990) as Vincent Mancini, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2000, he produced and acted in the HBO television film, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000), where he received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nominations. In 2005, he won a Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album for producing Cuban musician Cachao's record Ahora sí.