Al Lettieri

Birthday: 24 February 1928, New York City, New York, USA

Height: Height Not Available

 

Biography

Menacing looking Italian American actor who developed into the quintessential on-screen hoodlum via several strong roles in key crime films of the early 1970s. Lettieri played the villain against some of Hollywood's biggest screen names including chasing Steve McQueen in The Getaway (1972), intimidating Charles Bronson in _Mr Majestyk (1974)_ , threatening 'John Wayne' in McQ (1974) and, arguably in his most well known role, as Virgil "The Turk" Sollozo trying to eliminate Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972).

He was already 36 years old when he made his on screen debut in The Hanged Man (1964) (TV), and remarkably several years later was associate producer on the disturbing kidnapping drama The Night of the Following Day (1968) starring Marlon Brando. He really hit his strides in the early 1970s starring in many high profile films, before unfortunately succumbing to a heart attack at just 47 years of age. One of the most convincing "heavies" of modern cinema 

Filmography

• Dublin Murders (1975)
• Bordella (House of Pleasure for Women) (1976) .... Eddie Mordace
• Vai Gorilla (Go Gorilla Go) (1976) .... Ciro Musante
• Winner Take All (Time Lock) (1975/I) (TV) .... Man at Track
• Piedone a Hong Kong (aka Flatfoot Goes East, Flatfoot in Hong Kong) (1975) .... Frank Barella
• Mr. Majestyk (1974) .... Frank Renda
• McQ (1974) .... Manny Santiago
• The Deadly Trackers (1973) .... Gutierrez, Mexican Policeman
• The Don Is Dead (Beautiful But Deadly, The Deadly Kiss) (1973) .... Vince
• The Getaway (1972) .... Rudy Butler
• Footsteps (Foosteps: Nice Guys Finish Last, Nice Guys Finish Last) (1972) (TV) .... Zimmerman
• Pulp (1972) .... Miller
• The Godfather (1972) .... Virgil 'The Turk' Sollozzo
• A Town Called Hell (A Town Called Bastard, Una Ciudad llamada Bastarda) (1971) .... La Bomba
• The Night of the Following Day (1968) (as Al Lettier) .... Pilot aka Al
• The Bobo (1967) .... Eugenio Gomez
• Dark Intruder (Black Cloak) (1965) (as Anthony Lettier) .... 2nd Sergeant
• Wild Seed (Fargo) (1965) (as Anthony Lettier) .... Bartender
• The Hanged Man (1964) .... Al