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Alex Rocco (born Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr. on February 29 1936) is an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies, the latter fitting in with his reported connections to mob organizations.
<p>Rocco was born in Somerville, Massachusetts to Mary and Alexander Petricone.
Known by the nickname "Bobo" as a young man, Rocco had connections to the Winter Hill Gang in the early 1960s (a mostly Irish gang, despite his Italian-American background). An incident in which George McLaughlin of a rival gang tried to pick up on Petricone's girlfriend helped start the Irish Mob Wars of the early 1960s in Boston. Petricone was a suspect in the October 1961 murder of Bernie McLaughlin, but was never charged. He then moved to California, began using the name Alex Rocco, lost a considerable amount of weight, and got into Hollywood.
<p>Rocco played the part of Moe Greene, a Las Vegas casino owner, in the film The Godfather. Greene's character represented the...
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