Al Martino(1927-2009)

Al Martino was born on 7 October 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part III (1990) and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). He was married to Judith Martino. He died on 13 October 2009 in Springfield, Pennsylvania, USA.

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The Batman
7.8
- performer: "I Have But One Heart"
- 2022
(Nie)znajomi
6.8
- performer: "Strangers In The Night"
- 2019
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10
6.9
TV Movie
- performer: "Here in My Heart"
- 2012
Love and Mary
5.4
- performer: "Mary in the Morning"
- 2007
100 Greatest Number One Singles
7.3
TV Special
- performer: "Here In My Heart"
- 2001
Snow Day
5.2
- performer: "Love Letters", "Fascination", "To Each His Own"
- 2000
Eglimata
8.5
TV Series
- performer: "I Have But One Heart"
- 1999
The Godfather Part III
7.6
- performer: "To Each His Own"
- 1990
True Love
6.0
- performer: "Al Di La"
- 1989
Revenge for a Rape
5.7
TV Movie
- performer: "There's Nothing Greater Than Our Love"
- 1976
The Godfather
9.2
- performer: "I Have But One Heart" (1945), "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (1944)
- 1972
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
7.5
- performer: "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
- 1964
Bandstand
8.1
TV Series
- performer: ""I Love You Because", "Painted Tainted Rose"
- 1963

Trivia
Mob-related problems forced him to leave the U.S. for England for a time in the 1950s. He returned to the U.S. in 1958. His character in The Godfather (1972), a mob-backed crooner, was supposedly based on Frank Sinatra, yet contained parallels to his own life--he was dogged throughout his life by allegations that his career was due to his connections to mob bosses, and in fact admitted in an interview that he got the part in "The Godfather" due partly to pressure brought about by his "godfather", New York Mafia don Russell Buffalino.

Quotes
[on how he secured the role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather (1972)] Didn't the Don send Tom Hagen to convince Jack Woltz that Johnny Fontane must be in the movie? Isn't it similar to what I did? Woltz didn't want Johnny, and Coppola [Francis Ford Coppola] didn't want me. There was no horse's head, but I had ammunition... I had to step on some toes to get people to realize that I was in the effing movie. I went to my godfather, [Mafia boss] Russ Bufalino.