Alex Rocco
1936-2015
Actor Alex Rocco died yesterday at the age of 79. IMDB lists 103 acting credits for television for Rocco, which included his first acting role a villain's henchman in Batman in 1966, recurring roles in such shows as The Facts of Life and The Simpsons, and an Emmy winning role in 1989 in The Fabulous Teddy Z.
Rocco also had 60 acting roles in movies, mostly playing small time hoods and gangsters. However, Rocco is best known and will be forever remembered for playing Las Vegas casino owner and gangster Moe Greene in 1972's The Godfather. I mean really, can we ever forget such lines as...
"Draw chips for everyone in the room so they can play on the house", or...
"The Corleones don't have that kind of muscle anymore", or...
"I buy you out, you don't buy me out", or...
"He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time", or....
"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I'm Moe Greene! I mae my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders."
And of course, how could anyone ever forget Moe's death scene on a Las Vegas massage table?
RIP Alex Rocco, and here is that most famous sit-down between Moe Greene and Michael Corleone.
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