ALEX ROCCO BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Alex Rocco was born on February 29th, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts with the birth name Alexander Federico Petricone Jr., born to Mary and Alexander Sam Petricone.
When he moved to Hollywood in the 60's to pursue a career in the entertainment industry he supported himself by working as a bartender while also auditioning for roles. He was lucky enough to receive some acting training from actors, Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Corey. In the late 1960's he began appearing on such television series as, "Run for Your Life", "Batman" and "Get Smart" all 1967.
Soon he also began breaking into the film industry with some of his more well known roles being on, "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (1967) Jason Robards as Al Capone, George Segal as Peter Gusenberg, David Canary as Frank Gusenberg and Ralph Meeker as Bugs Moran, Harold J. Stone as Frank Nitti, Jack Nicholson as hitman Gino, David Canary as Frank Gusenberg, Jan Merlin as Willie Marks, Buck Taylor as interviewer, John Agar as Dion O'Bannion, Joseph Campanella as Albert Wienshank, Bruce Dern as Johnny May, Clint Ritchie as Machine Gun Jack McGurn, Jean Hale as Myrtle, Leo Gordon as Heitler and Reed Hadley as Hymie Weiss, "Wild Riders" (1971), "The Godfather" (1972) with an ensemble cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Sterling Hayden, Richard S. Castellano, John Cazale, Abe Vigoda, Richard Conte and a host of others, "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" (1973) starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats and Joe Santos, "Freebie and the Bean" (1974) co-starring James Caan, Alan Arkin, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Mike Kellin, Linda Marsh and Valerie Harper, "The Stunt Man" (1980) starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback and Barbara Hershey, "Stick" (1985), "Scenes from the Goldmine" (1987), "Lady in White" (1988) also starring Lukas Haas, Len Cariou and Katherine Helmond, "Dream a Little Dream" (1989) Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie, Susan Blakely and Harry Dean Stanton, "Get Shorty" (1995) starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Bette Midler, Dennis Farina and Danny DeVito and "Just Write" (1997) starring Jeremy Piven, Sherilyn Fenn, JoBeth Williams, Yeardley Smith, Holland Taylor and Wallace Shawn.
Along with his film work he also made quite a name for himself as a television actor appearing in, "Sibs", "The Facts of Life", "Home Improvement", "Get Christie Love!", "Barnaby Jones", "Rockford Files", "Starsky and Hutch", "CHiPs", "The Love Boat", "The A-Team", "T.J. Hooker", "Rags to Riches", "Sibs", "Hope & Gloria", "Just Shoot Me", "Family Law", "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Touched by An Angel", "The Division", "ER" and "The Wedding Bells".
In addition to his film and television work he has also done voice over work for the television series, "The Simpsons", "The Angry Beavers", "Family Guy" and "The Life 7 Time of Tim".
Rocco also won an Emmy for his role on the series, "The Famous Teddy Z" (1989). Most recently he has starred in the films, "Find me Guilty" (2006) starring with Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Linus Roache, Richard Portnow and Ron Silver, "Jam" (2006) starring Elizabeth Bogush, Dan Byrd, Julie Claire and David DeLuise, "Smokin' Aces" (2007) Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Alicia Keys, Ryan Reynolds, Chris Pine and Matthew Fox, "Ready or Not" (2009), "Now Here" (2010), the television series, "Magic City" (2012), "Private Practice" (2012) and soon to release his latest film role in post-production, "The House Across the Street" (2013).
Alex Rocco has been married twice, first in 1966 to Sandie Elaine Garrett and they had three children and remained happily married until she passed away from cancer in 2002. He is currently married to his second wife, Shannon Wilcox since 2005.
Filmography
2013 The House Across the Street
2012 Private Practice
2012 Magic City
2011 The Life & Times of Tim
2011 And They're Off
2011 Batman: Year One
2010 Fallout: New Vegas
2010 Now Here
2010 Party Down
2010 Blackbird
2009 Ready or Not
2007 The Wedding Bells
2006 Smokin' Aces
2006 Jam
2006 Find Me Guilty
2005 ER
2005 Crazylove
2001-2004 The Division
2004 One Life to Live
2004 Restive Planet
2003 The Job
2003 Lucky
2003 Touched by an Angel
2002 The Country Bears
2002 Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie
1999-2001 Family Guy
2001 Italian Ties
2001 The Wedding Planner
2000 The Angry Beavers
2000 The Last Producer
2000 Walker, Texas Ranger
2000 The Practice
1999 Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man
1999 Family Law
1999 Dudley Do-Right
1999 Just Shoot Me!
1999 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1998 A Bug's Life
1998 Silk Stalkings
1998 Goodbye Lover
1998 Michael Hayes
1997 Home Improvement
1997 Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher
1997 Early Edition
1997 Just Write
1997 Goode Behavior
1990-1997 The Simpsons
1996 Mad About You
1996 That Thing You Do!
1996 The Flight of the Dove
1996 Pinky and the Brain
1996 Dead of Night
1995 Hope & Gloria
1995 Partners
1995 Can't Hurry Love
1995 Get Shorty
1994-1995 The George Carlin Show
1993 Harmful Intent
1993 Bonkers
1993 Daddy Dearest
1993 Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1991-1992 Sibs
1992 Boris and Natasha
1991 The Pope Must Diet
1991 An Inconvenient Woman
1991 Midnight Caller
1990 A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990 How to Murder a Millionaire
1989-1990 The Famous Teddy Z
1989 Murphy Brown
1989 Wired
1989 Dream a Little Dream
1988 Lady in White
1981-1988 The Facts of Life
1988 Rock 'n' Roll Mom
1987 Hunter
1987 Hotel
1987 Rags to Riches
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 Return to Horror High
1987 Scenes from the Goldmine
1987 P.K. and the Kid
1984-1986 T.J. Hooker
1985-1986 Murder, She Wrote
1985 The Golden Girls
1985 Badge of the Assassin
1985 Gotcha!
1985 Braker
1985 Stick
1985 The A-Team
1985 Stiffs
1983-1984 The Love Boat
1982-1984 Simon & Simon
1984 St. Elsewhere
1984 Hardcastle and McCormick
1984 Cannonball Run II
1984 Matt Houston
1984 Jessie
1983 The Best of Times
1983 Small & Frye
1982 The First Time
1982 The Entity
1981 Nobody's Perfekt
1981 Lily: Sold Out
1980 CHiPs
1980 The Stunt Man
1980 Herbie Goes Bananas
1979 Voices
1978 The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
1978 Rabbit Test
1978 A Question of Guilt
1977 What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977 Starsky and Hutch
1977 The Godfather: A Novel for Television
1977 Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue
1977 Fire Sale
1977 Baretta
1977 Dog and Cat
1977 Barnaby Jones
1977 The Rockford Files
1975-1977 Police Story
1977 Mary Tyler Moore
1976-1977 Delvecchio
1975 Three for the Road
1975 Hearts of the West
1975 A Woman for All Men
1975 The Blue Knight
1972-1975 Cannon
1975 Twigs
1975 Hustling
1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1973-1975 Kojak
1974 Freebie and the Bean
1974 Get Christie Love!
1974 The Rookies
1974 Three the Hard Way
1974 Lotsa Luck
1973 Legend in Granite
1973 Detroit 9000
1973 The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 Slither
1973 Circle of Fear
1973 Bonnie's Kids
1971-1973 Mission: Impossible
1972 The Outside Man
1972 The F.B.I.
1972 Stanley
1972 Brute Corps
1972 The Godfather
1971 Wild Riders
1970-1971 That Girl
1970 Blood Mania
1968 The Boston Strangler
1967 Get Smart
1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967 Batman
1967 Run for Your Life
1965 Motor Psycho
