ACTOR

Alex Rocco

1936 - 2015

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Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he was often cast as villains, including Moe Greene in The Godfather (1972) and his Primetime Emmy Award–winning role in The Famous Teddy Z. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Rocco has received more than 2,608,592 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 32 in 2019). Alex Rocco is the 3,282nd most popular actor (down from 3,226th in 2019), the 4,925th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,024th in 2019) and the 1,471st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alex Rocco ranks 3,282 out of 13,578. Before him are Julie Benz, Bae Yong-joon, Graham McTavish, Anthony Zerbe, Branko Đurić, and Dorothy Lamour. After him are Mathieu Carrière, Eileen Ryan, Seann William Scott, Chester Conklin, Jack Haley, and Bessie Love.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Alex Rocco ranks 283. Before him are Pavol Molnár, Bobby Seale, Karol Divín, Željko Perušić, Edén Pastora, and Anthony Zerbe. After him are Hiroo Kanamori, Ivan Dias, Guillermo Escalada, Nicol Williamson, Emil Loteanu, and Elisabeth Kopp. Among people deceased in 2015, Alex Rocco ranks 214. Before him are Gunnar Hansen, Hermann Zapf, Jules Bianchi, Fred Thompson, Roddy Piper, and Qiao Shi. After him are Karl H. Pribram, Ninón Sevilla, John Henry Holland, Revaz Chkheidze, Nicholas Liverpool, and Michael Blake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Rocco ranks 4,925 out of 20,380. Before him are Ryan Phillippe (1974), Julie Benz (1972), Anthony Zerbe (1936), Joe Montana (1956), Dorothy Lamour (1914), and Saul Zaentz (1921). After him are James W. Christy (1938), Eileen Ryan (1927), Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), James Russell Lowell (1819), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), and John Lewis (1920).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Alex Rocco ranks 1,471. Before him are Gregory Hines (1946), Doug Jones (1960), Ryan Phillippe (1974), Julie Benz (1972), Anthony Zerbe (1936), and Dorothy Lamour (1914). After him are Eileen Ryan (1927), Seann William Scott (1976), Chester Conklin (1886), Jack Haley (1898), Bessie Love (1898), and Dean Jagger (1903).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Godfather
Moe Greene
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Mar 14o 19728.69 / 10
A Bug's Life
Thorny (voice)
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
Nov 25o 19986.972 / 10
Find Me Guilty
Nick Calabrese
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Mar 16o 20066.575 / 10