Fredo Corleone
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, and is based on Michael Fiorentino, the real life son of a childhood friend of Puzo's. In the fictional universe of the novel and its film adaptation, he is the second son of Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), head of a powerful Mafia family. He is the second oldest of Vito's four children; he is the younger brother of Sonny (James Caan) and elder brother of Michael (Al Pacino) and Connie (Talia Shire).
Fredo was portrayed by Italian-American actor John Cazale in Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the novel, as well as in The Godfather Part II.
Read more about Fredo Corleone: In The Godfather Returns, In The Godfather's Revenge, Family
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“Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.”
—Mario Puzo, U.S. author, screenwriter, and Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. director, screenwriter. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)