Lenny Montana

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 knife; however, he caught the eye of casting agents and over the next ten years racked up roles in 16 movies. Usually cast as "muscle for hire", he was equally good at playing the intimidating thug or a buffoonish hoodlum, such as in Battle Creek Brawl (1980) and The Jerk (1979). His last film appearance was in the B-thriller Blood Song (1982), which he also co-wrote. He died in May 1992 of a heart attack while in Italy.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1926-03-13

Died: 1992-05-12

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	Change of Habit	Grocer (uncredited)	54
2	1972	The Godfather	Luca Brasi	87
3	1973	The Funny Face of the Godfather	Saro	20
4	1975	Strike Force	Italian Dockworker	56
5	1976	Patty	The Racketeer	0
6	1977	Contract on Cherry Street	Phil Lombardi	63
7	1978	Fingers	Luchino	64
8	1978	Matilda	Hood #1	52
9	1978	They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way	Brick	40
10	1979	Seven	The Kahuna	59
11	1979	The Jerk	Con Man	69
12	1980	Defiance	Whacko	64
13	1980	The Big Brawl	John	59
14	1980	Below the Belt	The Geek	47
15	1981	...All the Marbles	Jerome	62
16	1981	The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic	Luca Brasi (uncredited)	94
17	1981	Evilspeak	Jake	53
18	1982	Pandemonium	Coach	44
19	1982	Blood Song	Skipper	48
20		Patty	The Racketeer	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Search		69
2	1973	Kojak	McCoy	70
3	1977	Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television	Luca Brasi (uncredited)	86
4	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Marquis' Bodyguard	73

Lenny Montana

Film

Television