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.
Filmography
all 22
Movies 18
TV Shows 4
Writer 1
Blood Song (1982)
Pandemonium (1982)
Evilspeak (1981)
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic (1981)
...All the Marbles (1981)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Below the Belt (1980)
The Big Brawl (1980)
Defiance (1980)
The Jerk (1979)
Seven (1979)
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
Matilda (1978)
Fingers (1978)
Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television (1977)
Strike Force (1975)
Kojak (1973)
The Funny Face of the Godfather (1973)
Search (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Change of Habit (1969)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-03-13
Deathday1992-05-12 (66 years old)
Birth NameLeonardo Passafaro
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
Height198-centimeter
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLenny Passaforo
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