Peter Clemenza is a fictional character who first appeared in Mario Puzo 's 1969 novel The Godfather. He is played by Academy Award -nominee Richard Castellano [1][2] in Francis Ford Coppola 's 1972 film adaptation of the novel, and by Bruno Kirby (as a young man) in The Godfather Part II (1974).

Peter "Pete" Clemenza was one of the two original caporegimes in the Corleone family (the other being Salvatore Tessio), ruling over the family's territory in The Bronx and later Brooklyn. Peter Clemenza and Vito Corleone in their youth, 1917.

Richard Salvatore Castellano (September 4, 1933 – December 10, 1988) was an American actor who is best remembered for his role in Lovers and Other Strangers and his subsequent role as Peter Clemenza in The Godfather. [1]

2018年6月7日 · Peter Clemenza has been assigned the grim duty of assuring that Paulie is punished for the attack on Vito Corleone, and this is where the sequence leading up to the cannolis begins.

Clemenza is a powerful caporegime —a Mafia captain who controls his own territory, acts on orders from the Don, and directs a group of mob soldiers who carry out those orders—in the …

2024年5月26日 · Clemenza was written out of Godfather Part II due to actor disagreements. The film gave closure to Clemenza's character and mentioned his off-screen death. Coppola found a way to fill in Clemenza's absence with new character Frank Pentangeli.

Clemenza : Don Corleone, you once said the day would come when me and Tessio could form our own families. Until today I would never think of such a thing but now I must ask your permission.

Peter Clemenza is a character from The Godfather novel and films. He was one of the two original caporegimes of the Corleone Family, the other being Salvatore Tessio. He was portrayed by the late Richard S. Castellano in The Godfather, and as a …

2021年8月11日 · Among the many great characters in The Godfather is Clemenza, the first capo of the Corleone Crime Family. Clemenza is close to both Vito and Michael, having known the former since he arrived from Italy as an immigrant. In fact, so close was he to the bosses that he was trusted to pick new capos.

Clemenza: Don Corleone, you once said the day would come when me and Tessio could form our own families. Until today I would never think of such a thing but now I must ask your permission.