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Tom Rosqui
Tom Rosqui, 62, mortal who played the Corleone family guardian Rocco Lampone in depiction first mirror image “Godfather” films, died Apr 11 principal Los Angeles of cancer.
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The City native esoteric many concerning film, tv and legit roles. His films too include “The Crazy Quilt,” “The Apostle Crown Affair,” “MacArthur” stand for “Airport ’77.”
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He confidential been a regular forethought the “All My Children” soap survive also arrived in “General Hospital.”
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Tom Rosqui
Born
June 12, 1928
Oakland, California, U.S.
Died
April 12, 1991 (aged 62)
Tom Rosqui was an American character actor who portrayed Rocco Lampone in The Godfather.
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Born in Oakland, California, he appeared on Broadway in Sticks and Bones, and The Price, among others. He acted often in television and was a prolific character actor in films, but his most prominent role was as Corleone family bodyguard Rocco Lampone in The Godfather, and again in The Godfather Part II. In 1966 he appeared in The Crazy Quilt, a quirky comedy directed by John Korty, an independent director, based on a story by Allen Wheelis and filmed in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Following a long struggle with cancer, he died at 62 in 1991.
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Tom Rosqui
American actor
Thomas Francis Rosqui[2] (June 12, 1928 – April 12, 1991)[3] was an American character actor known for his versatility at portraying a variety of stage and film roles.[4]
Early life
[edit]Born in Oakland, California, the son of a Portuguese mother, Sally (née Fernandes), a homemaker, and an Italian father, Thomas A. Rosqui, a traffic manager,[2] Rosqui grew up in Sacramento[5] and attended Sacramento Junior College and won a drama scholarship to the College of the Pacific, appearing in college productions and winning the school's F. Melvyn Lawson Award in dramatics.
Career
[edit]Rosqui's career as a professional actor began in 1951, when he appeared in St. John Terrell's Music Circus in Sacramento, appearing in a production of Show Boat.[6][7]
He went on to appear in the national touring company production of The Cocktail Party. While serving in the U.S. Navy he appeared in the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco. After discharge he moved to New York, returning to San Francisco to appear in Gift of Fury, a play by Herbert Blau, who had headed the San Francisco Actors' Workshop with Jules Irving. When Blau and Irving formed the Lincoln Center Repertory Compa