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 didnt 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.

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Poster movie ...All the Marbles

...All the Marbles

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Poster movie Matilda

Matilda

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Poster movie Kojak

Kojak

Tv series

Movies unavailable from Lenny Montana

The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic

Luca Brasi (uncredited)

Movie 1981

Strike Force

Italian Dockworker

Movie 1975

The Big Brawl

John

Movie 1980

The Jerk

Con Man

Movie 1979

Change of Habit

Grocer (uncredited)

Movie 1969

Blood Song

Skipper

Movie 1982

The Godfather

Luca Brasi

Movie 1972

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

Brick

Movie 1978

Defiance

Whacko

Movie 1980

Pandemonium

Coach

Movie 1982

The Funny Face of the Godfather

Saro

Movie 1973

Seven

The Kahuna

Movie 1979

Evilspeak

Jake

Movie 1981

Below the Belt

The Geek

Movie 1980

Fingers

Luchino

Movie 1978

Contract on Cherry Street

Phil Lombardi

Movie 1977

Tv series unavailable from Lenny Montana

Magnum, P.I.

Tv 1980

Search

Tv 1972

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Luca Brasi (uncredited)

Tv 1977