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ACTOR ALEX ROCCO IS 76 TODAY

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Alex Rocco ( born Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr.) has portrayed
characters from comedy to gangsters in Mafia movies such as
The
Godfather
in 1972 where he played the part of Moe Greene, a Las
Vegas casino owner.   

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Rocco as seen in The Godfather

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Alex Rocco in Detroit 9000 (1973)

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BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNER ~ 1994

Forrest Gump [1994]

Forrest Gump
is one of the early movies to showcase the many 
possibilities of using CGI (computer-generating images),
demonstrating that it isn’t just science-fiction films.

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Forrest with President Johnson

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1906

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             Gale Gordon
(February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995)

Character actor Gale Gordon is probably best remembered as Lucille
Ball’s longtime TV foil and bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball’s
second TV sitcom, The Lucy Show on CBS from 1962-1968. Prior to his
television career, Gordon was a respected radio actor.

 

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Gale Gordon with co-star Lucille Ball

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Gale Gordon co-starred with Eve Arden on the CBS
television show Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956). The
show began as a CBS radio program from 1948 to
1957.

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COMEDIC ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1927

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HARVEY KORMAN
at the 3rd Annual 'TV Land Awards' - Arrivals - held in the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica airport
Santa Monica, California - 13.03.05
Credit: George Brandon / WENN

It was his work on The Carol Burnett Show (CBS-TV, 1967-1978) that
brought comedian Harvey Korman his greatest fame. He was nominated
for six Emmy Awards for his work on the show, and won four times – in
1969, 1971 (for “Outstanding Achievement” by a performer in music or
variety), in 1972 and 1974. Korman was also nominated for four Golden
Globes for the series, winning in 1975.

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JACK BENNY WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN

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                     Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky)   

                   (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974)

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