Sonny Corleone

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fictional character film character literary character

Sonny Corleone is the hot-headed eldest son and heir apparent of Vito Corleone in Mario Puzo’s The Godfather and its film adaptation, known for his violent temper and tragic downfall.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sonny Corleone canonical 8
Santino "Sonny" Corleone 4
Santino Corleone 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedAs character in The Godfather film series ⓘ
affiliation Corleone crime family ⓘ
appearsIn The Godfather ⓘ
surface form: The Godfather (1972 film)

The Godfather (novel) ⓘ
birthOrder eldest son of Vito Corleone ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
child Francesca Corleone ⓘ
Frank Corleone ⓘ
Francesca Corleone ⓘ
surface form: Kathryn Corleone

Sonny Corleone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Santino Corleone Jr.
creator Mario Puzo ⓘ
enemy Carlo Rizzi ⓘ
Emilio Barzini ⓘ
familyName Corleone ⓘ
father Vito Corleone ⓘ
firstAppearance The Godfather (novel) ⓘ
surface form: The Godfather (1969 novel)
firstFilmAppearance The Godfather ⓘ
surface form: The Godfather (1972 film)
fullName Sonny Corleone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Santino Corleone
gender male ⓘ
givenName Santino ⓘ
hasLover Lucy Mancini ⓘ
killedAt Long Island Causeway tollbooth (fictional location) ⓘ
killedBy Barzini family gunmen ⓘ
mannerOfDeath shot multiple times at a tollbooth ⓘ
memberOf Corleone crime family ⓘ
surface form: Corleone family
mother Carmela Corleone ⓘ
narrativeRole foil to Michael Corleone ⓘ
tragic figure ⓘ
nationalityInFiction Italian-American ⓘ
nickname Sonny ⓘ
notableAction brutally beats Carlo Rizzi for abusing Connie ⓘ
occupation mobster ⓘ
personalityTrait hot-headed ⓘ
impulsive ⓘ
violent temper ⓘ
portrayedBy Carmine Caridi (stage production, noted in some sources) ⓘ
James Caan ⓘ
religionInFiction Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic
role heir apparent to Vito Corleone ⓘ
sibling Connie Corleone ⓘ
Fredo Corleone ⓘ
Michael Corleone ⓘ
spouse Sandra Corleone ⓘ
theme consequences of uncontrolled violence ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Godfather → character → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
James Caan → portrayed → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo → mainCharacter → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
subject surface form: The Godfather
Vito Corleone → child → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
Tom Hagen → adoptiveBrother → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
Connie Corleone → sibling → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
Michael Corleone → sibling → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
The Godfather trilogy → mainCharacter → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
Sonny Corleone → fullName → Sonny Corleone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Santino Corleone
Sonny Corleone → child → Sonny Corleone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Santino Corleone Jr.
Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III → father → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
subject surface form: Vincent Mancini
this entity surface form: Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III → illegitimateChildOf → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
subject surface form: Vincent Mancini
this entity surface form: Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III → styleComparedTo → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
subject surface form: Vincent Mancini
this entity surface form: Santino "Sonny" Corleone
Vincent Mancini → father → Sonny Corleone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Santino "Sonny" Corleone