Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in the film The Godfather
First appearance
The Godfather
Last appearance
The Godfather: The Game
Created by
Mario Puzo
Portrayed by
Marlon Brando (age 53–68), Robert De Niro (age 25–30), Oreste Baldini (child)
In-universe information
Full name
Vito Andolini Corleone
Gender
Male
Title
Godfather Don
Occupation
Olive oil importer Crime boss
Affiliation
Corleone family
Family
Antonio Andolini (father) Paolo Andolini (brother) Stefano Andolini (cousin)
Spouse
Carmela Corleone (m. 1915–1955)
Children
Santino "Sonny" Corleone (1916–1948)
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone (1919–1959)
Michael Corleone (1920–1997)
Constanzia "Connie" Corleone (1922–?)
Religion
Catholic Church
Nationality
Italian, American
Vito Corleone (born Vito Andolini) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's film trilogy. Vito is originally portrayed by Marlon Brando in the 1972 film The Godfather, and later by Oreste Baldini as a boy and by Robert De Niro as a young man in The Godfather Part II (1974). He is an orphaned Sicilian immigrant who builds a Mafia empire.
He and his wife Carmela have four children: Sons, Santino ("Sonny"), Frederico ("Fredo") and Michael ("Mike"), and one daughter, Constanzia ("Connie"). Vito informally adopts Sonny's friend, Tom Hagen, who becomes his lawyer and consigliere. Upon Vito's death, Michael succeeds him as Don of the Corleone crime family.
Vito oversees a business founded on gambling, bootlegging, prostitution, and union corruption, but he is known as a kind, generous man who lives by a strict moral code of loyalty to friends and, above all, family. He is also known as a traditionalist who demands respect commensurate with his status; even his closest friends refer to him as "Godfather" or "Don Corleone" rather than "Vito".
VitoCorleone (born Vito Andolini) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's film...
son of VitoCorleone, a Sicilian immigrant who builds a Mafia empire. Upon his father's death, Michael succeeds him as the don of the Corleone crime family...
film adaptation. He is the eldest son of the mafia boss don VitoCorleone and Carmela Corleone. He has two brothers, Fredo and Michael, and a sister, Connie...
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and Bonanno crime families. The fictional Corleone crime family traces its roots to 1920, when VitoCorleone assassinated Little Italy's padrone, Don Fanucci...
also played Carmela Corleone in the 1977 television mini-series, The Godfather Saga. The character of Carmela and her husband Vito, a crime boss, have...
the daughter of Michael Corleone and Kay Adams and sister of Anthony VitoCorleone. Mary first appears in The Godfather Part II as the younger child of...
sequel, The Godfather Part II. Fredo is the second son of the Mafia don VitoCorleone (Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro). Fredo is the younger brother of...
the Corleone family, and is an informally adopted member of the family. Hagen is the informally adopted son of the mafia boss Don VitoCorleone (Marlon...
the Corleone family under patriarch VitoCorleone (Brando) from 1945 to 1955. It focuses on the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino)...
said that Vincent is an amalgamation of the five Corleone family males, having his grandfather Vito's cunning, his father Sonny's fiery temper, his uncle...
Anthony Vito "Tony" Corleone is a fictional character in The Godfather film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He is the son of Michael Corleone (Al...
Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather, including the eponymous Vito (Andolini) Corleone. The local mafia clan, the Corleonesi, led the Mafia in the 1980s...
attempt on his life; the prequel covers the journey of his father, VitoCorleone (Robert De Niro), from his Sicilian childhood to the founding of his...
tells of how VitoCorleone consolidated his power to become the most powerful Don in New York City. Also, it tells of Sonny Corleone's inauguration into...
underachieving and markedly diminished interest in his films, he starred as VitoCorleone in The Godfather (1972), which helped him win his second Academy Award...
II (1974). Born near Trapani, Sicily, Peter Clemenza is one of Don VitoCorleone's caporegimes and oldest friends, as well as the godfather of his eldest...
guest at Connie Corleone's wedding. Soon after, he arranges for his associate, drug lord Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo, to meet Don VitoCorleone with an offer...
he lost to Robert De Niro, his co-star from the same film (as young VitoCorleone). He is nicknamed "Frankie Five Angels" from his last name, which is...
Jewish mobster and investor, and a business partner of VitoCorleone and later his son Michael Corleone. He is based on notorious mobster and gambling kingpin...
Don Corleone may refer to: VitoCorleone, the original Don in The Godfather, played by Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro Michael Corleone, Vito's son, played...
After ten years of underachieving, he agreed to do a screen test as VitoCorleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972). The Godfather became...
earned two Academy Awards, one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as VitoCorleone in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974) and the other...
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