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Salvatore "Sal" Tessio is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather, as well as two of the films based on it: The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). His given name was created for the films; in the novel he is referred to only as "Tessio".
The Godfather (1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
It was Tessio who played a major part in the Olive Oil War, personally executing enemy Don Giuseppe Mariposa. As Vito rose to prominence in the Mafia underworld, Tessio and Clemenza rose with him, each eventually settling into the Caporegime roles.
- Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone. The patriarch of the Corleone family, Vito Andolini first came to America from his homeland of Corleone, Sicily, at the age of 10 years old.
- Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. The youngest son of the Corleone family and a veteran of WWII, Michael would become the eventual successor to his father Vito.
- James Caan as Sonny Corleone. Vito’s eldest son Sonny also had the fieriest temperament and quickest trigger finger. His time as the underboss of the Corleone crime family often led to rash and impulsive decisions that eventuated in his own bombastic death, one of the greatest in cinema history.
- Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen. Adopted by the Corleone family at a young age, Tom Hagen would go on to become the family lawyer and consigliere to Don Vito, often straddling the line between the family’s legitimate and criminal business worlds.
The Godfather Part II (1974) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Tessio : Forgive me, Godfather, but with you gone me and Pete will come under Barzini's thumb sooner or later. Clemenza : And I hate that Goddamn Barzini. In six months time there won't be nothin' left to build on.
