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Alexander (Bobo) Petricone
| Alexander F. Petricone, DOB 2-29-36. He was a hanger-on in the original Winter Hill gang of the early 60’s. According to Vincent Teresa in “My Life in the Mafia,” it was Rocco whose girlfriend Charlestown mobster Georgie McLaughlin tried to pick up on Labor Day weekend 1961, setting off the Irish Gang War. Petricone was picked up as a suspect in the October 1961 slaying of Bernie McLaughlin, but was never formally charged. He fled – to Hollywood, where he shed weight and became the actor “Alex Rocco” playing gangsters in, among many other movies, “The Godfather,” and “The Friends of Eddie Coyle.” He is now a Ba’hai. |
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Alex Petricone, the Winter Hill hanger-on who later fled to Hollywood and portrayed gangsters in various movies, including “The Godfather.” Above are two photos of his booking in November 1961 in Charlestown after he was arrested along with Winter Hill gang boss Buddy McLean. They were picked up after the daylight murder of Charlestown hoodlum Bernie McLaughlin. The charges were eventually dismissed, and Alex Petricone got out of the city, lost maybe 40 pounds, became Alex Rocco and played “Moe Gr, eene,” the Las Vegas-based Bugsy Siegel figure who tells Michael Corleone (Al Pacino): “I was makin’ my bones while you were bangin’ cheerleaders.” Note the pack of Philip Morris cigarettes to the right of the phone. How long’s it been since you’ve seen a pack of “Commanders?” |
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