Alex Rocco Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for the 1990 American Comedy Award for funniest supporting male performer in a TV series for "The Famous Teddy Z․"
• Took acting lessons from actor Leonard Nimoy and drama coach Jeff Corey
• Got his big break when he was cast as a criminal on the "Batman" TV series in 1967
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Motorpsycho!" in 1965
• Worked for real-life gangsters briefly during his youth in Boston, but a stay in a correctional institute caused him to leave the crime world and move to Los Angeles
• Quote: "It always seems like if I'm not killing somebody, violently, I'm playing somebody's dad․"
• Best known for playing Moe Greene in "The Godfather" and Al Floss in "The Famous Teddy Z․"