Richard Castellano
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| Richard S. Castellano | |
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September 4, 1933 | |
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December 10, 1988 |
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A distinguished character actor, Richard S. Castellano was the highest earning actor in The Godfather: Part I, whose fame outside the saga included playing Joe Girelli in The Super. He also received an Academy Award nomination for his role in Love and Other Strangers.
Castellano was supposed to appear as Clemenza in Part II, but there was a dispute when Castellano asked that his wife Ardell Sheridan (who also starred in The Godfather as Signora Clemenza to write his lines. Coppola refused and Clemenza was replaced by Frank Pentangeli, played by Michael V. Gazzo.
Castellano died of a heart attack in 1988, at the age of 55.
