Lenny Montana
Acting
Born 1926-03-13
Died 1992-05-12
Brooklyn, New York, USA
24 credits
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Tall and solidly built, this Italian-American professional wrestler turned actor was born Lenny Passaforo in Brooklyn, New York, and is best remembered for his first on-screen role as the not too bright but ever loyal bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972). Montana didn't get a lot of screen time before being eliminated by the henchmen of opposing gangster Al Lettieri with a garrote and a knife; however, he caught the eye of casting agents and over the next ten years racked up roles in 16 movies. Usually cast as "muscle for hire", he was equally good at playing the intimidating thug or a buffoonish hoodlum, such as in Battle Creek Brawl (1980) and The Jerk (1979). His last film appearance was in the B-thriller Blood Song (1982), which he also co-wrote. He died in May 1992 of a heart attack while in Italy.
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Filmography
Acting
23 credits
The Godfather
Magnum, P.I.
Kojak
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
The Jerk
The Big Brawl
...All the Marbles
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Change of Habit
Evilspeak
Seven
Pandemonium
Matilda
Fingers
Contract on Cherry Street
Defiance
Blood Song
Strike Force
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Below the Belt
Halloween Monster Bash
The Funny Face of the Godfather
Patty
Other credits
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Producing
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Writing
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