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He was born in 1932 or 1933 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Sonny Grosso
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Egan and Grosso were technical advisers to the movie and played small roles. Like the character, Grosso"s nickname as a detective was "Cloudy." This was due to his pessimism, as well as the fact that "Cloudy" is the opposite of "Sonny."
Grosso subsequently became a movie and television producer and technical advisor, involved in 36 productions including the 1970s cop show Kojak. He also played small roles in a number of movies including playing a cop in The Godfather.
In October 2007, Grosso produced a limited engagement performance of Richard Vetere"s Be My Love: The Mario Lanza Story.
The play was directed by Charles Messina and co-produced by Philosophy Ramone. lieutenant premiered at The Tilles Center in Greenvale, New New York Grosso also produced a series filmed in Canada entitled Night Heat, starring Jeff Wincott and Scott Hylands.
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The investigation was the subject of a book by Robin Moore and an Academy Award-winning motion picture. The movie was highly fictionalized, and a character based on Grosso, called "Buddy Russo", was played by actor Roy Scheider, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
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