Lenny Montana

Lenny Montana

Birthday: 1926-03-13

Deathday: 1992-05-12

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also known as: Lenny Passaforo

imdb_id: nm0598926

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

Score: 9.4

The Godfather

Score: 8.7

The Jerk

Score: 6.9

Fingers

Score: 6.4

Defiance

Score: 6.4

Contract on Cherry Street

Score: 6.3

...All the Marbles

Score: 6.2

Below the Belt

Score: 6.0

The Big Brawl

Score: 5.9

Seven

Score: 5.8

Strike Force

Score: 5.6

Change of Habit

Score: 5.4

Evilspeak

Score: 5.3

Matilda

Score: 5.2

Blood Song

Score: 4.8

Pandemonium

Score: 4.5

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

Score: 4.0

The Funny Face of the Godfather

Score: 2.0

Patty

Score: 0.0

Patty

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Score: 8.6

Magnum, P.I.

Score: 7.3

Kojak

Score: 7.0

Search

Score: 6.9