Lenny Montana

Acting

Lenny Montana

Born March 13, 1926 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died May 12, 1992 · aged 66

Tall and solidly built, this Italian-American professional wrestler turned actor was born Lenny Passaforo in Brooklyn, New York, and is best remembered for his first on-screen role as the not too bright but ever loyal bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972). Montana didn't get a lot of screen time before being eliminated by the henchmen of opposing gangster Al Lettieri with a garrote and a kn…

Known For

The GodfatherThe Godfather · 1972
The Godfather
★ 8.71972
MovieDramaCrime
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
The Big BrawlThe Big Brawl · 1980
The Big Brawl
★ 5.91980
MovieActionComedy
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.
The JerkThe Jerk · 1979
The Jerk
★ 6.91979
MovieComedy
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
...All the Marbles...All the Marbles · 1981
...All the Marbles
★ 6.11981
MovieComedyDrama
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
EvilspeakEvilspeak · 1981
Evilspeak
★ 5.31981
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Bullied by classmates, a pudgy military-school student fights back by computer with the devil.
Change of HabitChange of Habit · 1969
Change of Habit
★ 5.31969
MovieCrimeDrama
Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to him — are actually nuns in street clothes. The church wants to improve the neighborhood but fears that nuns in full habit would be poorly received. Unaware of her unavailability, John falls for Sister Michelle, serenading her with his guitar — which, luckily for him, effectively wears away at her religious resolve.
DefianceDefiance · 1980
Defiance
★ 6.41980
MovieThrillerCrime
Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the gang and his neighbors, it does not work. Soon he is battling the Souls and not only changing their attitudes, but the attitudes of his previously intimidated neighbors as well.
PandemoniumPandemonium · 1982
Pandemonium
★ 4.81982
MovieComedyHorror
A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.

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