Salvatore Tessio

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caporegime fictional character mobster

Salvatore Tessio is a trusted Corleone family caporegime in Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" who ultimately betrays Michael Corleone in a failed assassination plot.

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Salvatore "Sal" Tessio 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf caporegime ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
mobster ⓘ
affiliation Michael Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vito Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn The Godfather NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Godfather Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInMedium film ⓘ
novel ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
betrays Michael Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdFor The Godfather (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Mario Puzo NERFINISHED ⓘ
fate executed by the Corleone family for treason ⓘ
firstAppearance The Godfather (film, 1972) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Godfather (novel, 1969) NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
hasAssociate Peter Clemenza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Hagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBoss Michael Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vito Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn Corleone family business operations ⓘ
knownFor being considered the smarter of the Corleone caporegimes ⓘ
organizing the meeting that is a setup to kill Michael Corleone ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
laterLoyalty Barzini family NERFINISHED ⓘ
loyalty Corleone family (initially) NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf Corleone crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFunction illustrates themes of betrayal and power transition in The Godfather ⓘ
nationality Italian-American ⓘ
occupation caporegime ⓘ
participatesIn assassination plot against Michael Corleone ⓘ
portrayedBy Abe Vigoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
rivalOf Barzini family NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInStory trusted lieutenant who ultimately betrays the Corleone family ⓘ
universe The Godfather universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
worksFor Michael Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vito Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo → mainCharacter → Salvatore Tessio ⓘ
subject surface form: The Godfather
Abe Vigoda → notableRole → Salvatore Tessio ⓘ
this entity surface form: Salvatore "Sal" Tessio