- In director Francis Ford Coppola's commentary for The Godfather, he said that Al Lettieri's performance helped bring out the incredible performance by then-newcomer Al Pacino, quoting the adage that a great villain helps make a great hero. Coppola also said that Lettieri being able to speak fluent Sicilian added to the character during the game-changing Italian restaurant scene.
- Only actor credited as starring in The Godfather (1972) who is not on the poster.
- In his two most remembered roles, "The Godfather" and "The Getaway", he plays a villain to characters who are also "bad guys" (the mafia in "The Godfather" and bank robbers in "The Getaway").
- Played the villain to two of the most popular action-movie tough-guy-actors of the 1970's: Steve McQueen in The Getaway and Charles Bronson in Mr. Majestyk.
- Francis Ford Coppola said that Al was the only actor besides John Wayne who was completely barrel-chested.
- Name is recorded as "Alfredo Lettieri" on the Social Security Death Index.
- He appeared in two movies starring Marlon Brando: The Godfather, and three years prior, The Night of the Following Day.
- Died at St. Vincent Hospital in New York.
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