Tom Rosqui

Thomas Francis "Tom" Rosqui^[1] (12 June 1928 – 12 April 1991) was an American character actor with extensive stage experience.

Rosqui was born in Oakland, California, the son of a Spanish mother Sally (née Fernandes), a homemaker, and an Italian father Thomas A. Rosqui, a traffic manager.^[1] Rosqui appeared on Broadway in "Sticks and Bones," and "The Price," among others. He acted often in television, but his most prominent role was as Corleone family bodyguard Rocco Lampone in the first two Godfather movies. Following a long struggle with cancer, he died at 62 in 1991.

Filmography

• Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - Bettor (uncredited)
• The Crazy-Quilt (1966) - Henry
• Madigan (1968) - Man
• What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) - Radio Cop (uncredited)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) - Pvt. Detective
• The Pursuit of Happiness (1971) - District Attorney Keller
• The Godfather (1972) - Rocco Lampone (uncredited)
• The Godfather Part II (1974) - Rocco Lampone
• The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976) - Jason Morgan
• Raid on Entebbe (1976) - Amos Eran
• Airport '77 (1977) - Hunter
• MacArthur (1977) - General Sampson
• Heroes (1977) - Patrolman #2
• Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys (1978) - Doc
• California Dreaming (1979) - George Booke
• The Night the City Screamed (1980) - Tom Burnham
• Defense Play (1988) - Chief Gill
• Guilty by Suspicion (1991) - Norman (Last appearance)

References

External links

• Tom Rosqui at the Internet Movie Database
• Tom Rosqui at the Internet Broadway Database