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name: "Alex Rocco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alex-rocco"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 February 1936"
died: "18 July 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 88
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:03.195911+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."
---

# Alex Rocco

Actor. Born 29 February 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Died 18 July 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 February 1936, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 18 July 2015
- **Active:** 1972–2009
- **Also known as:** Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.

## Biography

Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.) was an American actor. He was born on 29 February 1936 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died on 18 July 2015.

Rocco began his screen career in the mid-1960s. He played Moe Greene in *The Godfather* (1972) and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Al Floss in *The Famous Teddy Z* (1989–1990). He later took on recurring voice work, including Roger Meyers Jr. on *The Simpsons* (1990–1997) and Thorny in *A Bug's Life* (1998).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, simpsonswiki.com, behindthevoiceactors.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Get Shorty* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Jimmy Capp — [page](https://film.one/film/get-shorty.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, as Roger Meyers Jr. (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), Fi1m 88, as Glen — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)
- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, as Moe Greene — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Party Down* (2009), Actor

## Also known for

- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Thorny (voice)
- *Smokin' Aces* (2006), Serna
- *The Wedding Planner* (2001), Salvatore
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), Sid Wolff
- *The A-Team* (1983), Sonny Monroe
- *Batman: Year One* (2011), Falcone (voice)
- *That Thing You Do!* (1996), Sol Siler
- *Home Improvement* (1991), Irv Schmayman

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