(Zoine) (1928–1996) actor, director, and singer Sergio Franchi (1926–1990) Italian-born film, television and theatre actor, musician and singer Anthony Franciosa (Papaleo) (1928–2006) film/television actor, often billed as "Tony Franciosa" Vincent Gardenia (Scognamiglia) (1922–1992) stage, film, and television actor Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995) actor and Broadway playwright Harry Guardino (1925–1995) actor Mario Lanza (Alfredo Cocozza) (1921–1959) tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the late 1940s and 1950s Al Lettieri (1928–1975) film/television actor (The Godfather) Guy Marks (1923–1987) (Mario Scarpa) actor, comedian, singer and impressionist Al Martino (1927–2009) son of Sicilian parents – actor and singer (The Godfather) Lenny Montana (Passafaro) (1926–1992) wrestler turned film and television actor who featured in several films and TV shows in the 1970s and early 1980s Felice Orlandi (1925-2003) actor (Killer's Kiss) Paul Picerni (1922–2011) film actor (To Hell and Back) Aldo Ray (Da Re) (1926–1991) actor Tom Rosqui (1928–1991) Italian father and Portuguese mother – actor (The Godfather) Johnny Seven (John Anthony Fetto, II) (1926-2010) son of Italian immigrants - actor (Cop Hater) Henry Silva (1926–2022) actor of Sicilian and Spanish descent Dick Van Patten (1928–2015) mother of Italian ancestry – TV actor Jackie Vernon (Ralph Verrone) (1924–1987) stand-up comedian, cartoon voice of Frosty the Snowman Fritz Weaver (1926-2016) mother of Italian ancestry - actor (Creepshow) Guy Williams (Armando Catalano) (1924–1989) son of Sicilian parents – film actor 1930s Anna Maria Alberghetti (born 1936) actress and soprano (Ten Thousand Bedrooms) F. Murray Abraham (born 1939) Oscar-winner for Best Actor – mother of Italian descent Danny Aiello (1933–2019) film/television actor Alan Alda (born 1936) actor, writer, director and political activist – father of Italian descent Frankie Avalon (Avallone) (born 1939) actor and teen idol in the 1950s and early 1960s Anne Bancroft (Italiano) (1931–2005) Academy Award-winning actress Robert Blake (Gubitosi) (born 1933) film actor, perhaps most famous for starring in the U.S. television series Baretta, and for being found not guilty of the murder of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley Joseph Bologna (1934–2017) film/television actor Sonny Bono (1935–1998) son of Sicilian parents – actor and pop singer (Airplane II) Philip Bosco (1930-2018) father of Italian descent - actor (Suspect) Julie Bovasso (Julia Anne Bovasso) (1930-1991) daughter of Italian parents - actress (Wise Guys) Victor Buono (1938–1982) Italian father and German mother – film and television actor, poet Ruth Buzzi (born 1936), actress, comedian, and singer Ron Carey (Cicenia) (1935–2007) film and television actor (Barney