A fine actor, even if I do agree with PB about his being a trifle miscast in GF3. The remaining body of his work more than made up for it.
Agreed. I loved him. He's one of my ten favorite actors ever.
Re Altobello: Funny story that some GF fans may know:
Eli Wallach was originally cast as Maggio in "From Here to Eternity." Ava Gardner famously begged Harry Cohn to give the role to Sinatra, and he acquiesced (there was no horse's head in anyone's bed, although Ava probably had to, well, you know
).
Anyway, Wallach lost the role to Frank, but 35 years later when Frank wanted to play Altobello, Eli Wallach got the part. Call it karma
.
