Career
His most notable film roles are Albert Volpe in The Godfather Part III and Carmine Rosato in The Godfather Part II. He is one of three actors to play two different roles in the Godfather films (the others being Frank Sivero, who played a young Genco Abbandando in Godfather Part II, and a bystander to the fight between Sonny Corleone and Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather, and Sofia Coppola, who played Mary Corleone in Godfather Part III, and the infant son of Carlo and Connie baptized in the final scenes of The Godfather). According to studio executive Robert Evans in his 1994 memoir The Kid Stays in the Picture, Caridi was director Francis Ford Coppola's first choice for the role of Sonny Corleone, but Evans insisted on James Caan because Caridi was too tall to play opposite Al Pacino.
Caridi also appeared in the cult movie classic Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, playing amusement park manager Calvin Richards.
On television he portrayed Dan Valenti, the boss of Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman) on the TV series Phyllis from 1976-1977. Between 1982 and 1983, Carmine played Angelo Martelli, Bruno Martelli's father, in the TV series Fame. Caridi went on to play Detective Vince Gotelli in the television series NYPD Blue from 1993-1999.
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