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name: "Al Lettieri"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/al-lettieri"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 February 1928"
died: "18 October 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:12:58.804785+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Al Lettieri

Actor. Born 24 February 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 18 October 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 February 1928, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 18 October 1975
- **Also known as:** Alfredo Lettieri , Anthony Lettieri , Alfredo "Al" Lettieri

## Biography

Al Lettieri was an American actor. Born Alfredo Anthony Lettieri in New York City on 24 February 1928, he died there on 18 October 1975.

He is best known for his role as Virgil Sollozzo in *The Godfather* (1972). Other film roles include Rudy Butler in *The Getaway* (1972), Frank Renda in *Mr. Majestyk* (1974) and Santiago in *McQ* (1974). He also appeared in television series such as *Perry Mason* (1958) and *Gunsmoke* (1955). Lettieri worked as a dialogue coach on several productions and as associate producer on *The Night of the Following Day* (1969). He co-wrote the screenplay adaptation for *Villain* (1971).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, as Sollozzo — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

## Also known for

- *The Getaway* (1972), Rudy Butler
- *La Classe américaine* (1993), Unknown Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Mr. Majestyk* (1974), Frank Renda
- *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), Virgil 'The Turk' Sollozzo
- *Flatfoot in Hong Kong* (1975), Frank Barella
- *Perry Mason* (1957), Arthur Strome
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), Smitty
- *McQ* (1974), Santiago

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