In a case of art imitating life, Leonardo Passafaro was an 'enforcer' for the Columbo family - the youngest of the 'Five Families' that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide Italian - American criminal organization known as the American Mafia
He would later play the part of Luca Brasi - Vito Corleone's personal enforcer, and the only man Vito fears - in the Francis Ford Coppola film 'The Godfather' (1972)
Before his Mafia connections, however, during 1950's and 60's he wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the American Wrestling Alliance
He would later appear as the school cook in the former 'video nasty' 'Evilspeak' (1981)