---
name: "Richard S. Castellano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-s-castellano"
fi1m_id: "richard-s-castellano"
imdb_id: "nm0144710"
tmdb_id: 3086
wikidata_id: "Q464714"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 September 1933"
died: "10 December 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:04:22.269175+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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# Richard S. Castellano

## Identity

Richard S. Castellano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-s-castellano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-s-castellano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0144710
- **TMDB ID:** 3086
- **Wikidata ID:** Q464714
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Castellano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144710/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3086

Actor. Born 4 September 1933 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 10 December 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 September 1933, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 10 December 1988
- **Also known as:** Richard Salvatore Castellano, Richard Castellano
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Castellano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464714, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144710/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3086

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Godfather*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md) (93)

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## Biography

Richard S. Castellano (4 September 1933 – 10 December 1988) was an American actor. He is best known for playing Peter Clemenza in *The Godfather* (1972).

Castellano received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for his role in *Lovers and Other Strangers* (1970) and had earlier appeared in the stage version of the work, for which he won a Tony Award. He also had a lead role in the television series *The Super* (1972). He did not reprise the part of Clemenza in *The Godfather Part II* (1974) following differences with director Francis Ford Coppola.

Born in New York City, Castellano began acting in the early 1960s after working in construction and theatre. He appeared in several other films, including *Honor Thy Father* (1973) and *Night of the Juggler* (1980), often in roles depicting Italian-American characters.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959* (2016), as Peter Clemenza
- *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), as Peter Clemenza
- *Dear Mr. Wonderful* (1982), as Agent
- *Gangster Wars* (1981), as Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria
- *The Gangster Chronicles* (1981), series, Actor
- *Night of the Juggler* (1980), as Lt. Tonelli
- *Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television* (1977), series, as Peter Clemenza
- *Joe and Sons* (1975), series, Actor
- *Honor Thy Father* (1973), as Frank Labruzzo
- *Incident on a Dark Street* (1973), as Frank Romeo
- *The Super* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Godfather* (1972), as Clemenza — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *Lovers and Other Strangers* (1970), as Frank Vecchio
- *A Lovely Way to Die* (1968), as Bartender (uncredited)
- *The Star Wagon* (1966), as Burly Buglar
- *A Fine Madness* (1966), as Arthur (uncredited)
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Bartender (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Richard S. Castellano](https://film.one/media/person/27/gallery-37c968c62c16.jpg) Richard S. Castellano — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/The_Super_cast_1972_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of the cast of the television program The Super. Pictured are: Richard Castellano (Joe Girelli, seated). Standing, from left: Margaret Castellano (daughte (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/27/gallery-e857960343a6.jpg) Photo of the cast of the television program The Super. Pictured are: Richard Castellano (Joe Girelli, seated). Standing, from left: Margaret Castellano (daughte (1972) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/The_Super_cast_1972.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1971: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Lovers and Other Strangers*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1969: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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