Lenny Montana
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Lenny Montana (born Leonardo Passofaro) (March 13, 1926 - May 12, 1992) was an American actor.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1926 of Italian American heritage. 6'6" in height and very heavily built, Montana was a professional wrestler during the 1950s and 1960s before he turned to acting.
Montana's first film appearance is probably his most memorable. He played the bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather and despite relatively little on-screen time his performance was quite memorable. Brasi, according to Mario Puzo's novel on which the film is based, is the one man whom his boss Don Corleone fears.
He starred in a number of other movies such as The Jerk (1979) and alongside Jackie Chan in The Big Brawl (1980), but retired after making his final movie, Blood Song, in 1982.
Montana died of a heart attack in 1992, 66 years of age.
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