Jasper Cini Net Worth Is $600,000 Jasper Cini Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Al Martino (Born Jasper Cini, October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009)...
Jasper Cini Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Al Martino (born Jasper Cini, October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009) was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid-1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.
Full Name
Jasper Cini
Net Worth
$600,000
Date Of Birth
October 7, 1927
Died
2009-10-13
Place Of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Profession
Singer
Nationality
American
Nicknames
Al Martino, Martino, Al
IMDB
Nominations
Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Vocalist of the Year
Star Sign
Libra
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Quote
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[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.
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Fact
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Was working on a new album at the time of his death.
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The son of Italian immigrants, he was a childhood friend of famed opera singer Mario Lanza.
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Served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was wounded during the invasion of Iwo Jima in the Pacific.
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Began performing in post-war nightclubs in Philadelphia before moving to New York in 1948 and winning a contest on Arthur Godfrey's radio talent show.
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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.
Was the very first artist to have a number one single in the UK. "Here In My Heart" was at the top of the very first chart compiled on 14 November 1952; it stayed there for a total of nine weeks
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His biggest hits as a singer, primarily on the Capitol label in the USA, were "Here in My Heart", "I Love You More and More Every Day", "Spanish Eyes" and "Mary in the Morning".
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He was a popular crooner.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cutout
2006
Short
Sal Stevens
The City
1997
TV Series
Joseph Sirola
Musik liegt in der Luft
1993
TV Series
The Godfather: Part III
1990
Johnny Fontane
Melodien für Millionen
1985
TV Series
Singer
The Godfather: A Novel for Television
1977
TV Mini-Series
Johnny Fontane
Adam-12
1972
TV Series
Paul Stocker
The Godfather
1972
Johnny Fontane
Pauls Silvesterparty
1970
TV Movie
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10
2012
TV Movie documentary performer: "Here in My Heart"
Love and Mary
2007
performer: "Mary in the Morning"
100 Greatest Number One Singles
2001
TV Special documentary performer: "Here In My Heart"
Snow Day
2000
performer: "Love Letters", "Fascination", "To Each His Own"
The Godfather: Part III
1990
performer: "TO EACH HIS OWN"
True Love
1989/I
performer: "Al Di La"
Revenge for a Rape
1976
TV Movie performer: "There's Nothing Greater Than Our Love"
The Godfather
1972
performer: "I Have But One Heart" 1945, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" 1944