1. Rocco followed through with Nimoy's instructions, and started working in the film industry, adopting the name "Alex Rocco" after seeing the "Rocco" on a bakery truck.
13 Facts About Alex Rocco
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In 1972, Alex Rocco played the part of Moe Greene, a Las Vegas casino owner, in Coppola's The Godfather.
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Alex Rocco set up a meeting between Robert Mitchum and local Irish-American gangsters to help Mitchum research his part as Eddie Coyle, a low-level Irish-American criminal.
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Alex Rocco introduced Mitchum to Howie Winter, leader of the Winter Hill Gang.
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Alex Rocco received an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for this role in 1990.
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In 1995, Alex Rocco appeared as Jimmy Capp, a Miami mob boss, in the John Travolta mob comedy, Get Shorty.
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Alex Rocco had a recurring voiceover part in the long-running animated series The Simpsons as the head of Itchy and Scratchy Studios, Roger Meyers Jr.
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Alex Rocco deemed the latter to have been his "greatest prize in life," since he was paid $1 million to record eight lines.
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In 2008, Alex Rocco starred in the Super Bowl commercial for the Audi R8 supercar.
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Alex Rocco played a rich man who finds the front fascia of his luxury car in his bed, a nod to the scene from the original movie in which Jack Woltz, a rich movie producer, finds the head of his prized racehorse in his bed.
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Alex Rocco was featured on the Starz cable channel's crime-drama series, Magic City.
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Alex Rocco adopted her son, Marc King, who became known as Marc Rocco, a film producer, screenwriter, and director.
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Alex Rocco died on July 18,2015, from pancreatic cancer in his Studio City home, at the age of 79.