Alex Rocco is a Baha’i actor you may be familiar with. Rocco was born Alexander F. Petricone back on Boston on February 29, 1936. Rocco life in Boston was on the rough side of gangs and gang wars.
Rocco made the move to Hollywood in the early 60's where he trained with Leonard Nemoy and Jeff Corey to get a handle on his strong Boston accent. Rocco’s acting debut was in the Batman(1966) series, he later went on and got his big break playing Moe Green in Mario Puzo’s Oscar winning The Godfather(1972). You will usually see Rocco playing mob types or cops.
Rocco won an Emmy his role in The Famous Teddy Z(1989). Rocco is probably better known for playing Nancy McKeon’s father in The Facts of Life or his role as John Exstead Sr. on The Division.
Rocco has starred in 77 movies and a total of 93 TV shows. Rocco has preformed voices in The Simpsons, The Family Guy and A Bugs Life.
Rocco also played a part in the music video “Mona and the Children.”
You can look for Alex Rocco in his upcoming movies: Find Me Guilty and Crazylove. Both movies are in post-production and should be released soon.
