1920s
- Kaye Ballard (Balotta) (born 1926) stage and television actress
- Billy Barty (Bertanzetti) (1924–2000) film actor
- Tony Bennett (Benedetto) (born 1926) popular music, standards, jazz singer and actor (The Oscar)
- Joseph Campanella (born 1927) Actor
- Pat Cooper (Pasquale Caputo) (born 1929) film actor and comedian
- Richard Crenna (1926–2003) - film actor (First Blood)
- Cesare Danova (1926–1992) 75% Italian and 25% Swiss- film actor ("Cleopatra")
- Vince Edwards (Zoino) (1928–1996) actor, director, and singer
- Anthony Franciosa (Papaleo) (1928–2006) film/television actor, often billed as "Tony Franciosa"
- Vincent Gardenia (Scognamiglia) (1922–1992) stage, film, and television actor
- Michael V. Gazzo (1923–1995) actor and Broadway playwright
- Harry Guardino (1925–1995) actor
- Mario Lanza (Alfredo Cocozza) (1921–1959) tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the late 1940s and 1950s
- Al Lettieri (1928–1975) film/television actor (The Godfather)
- Al Martino (1927–2009) son of Sicilian parents- actor and singer (The Godfather)
- Lenny Montana (Passofaro) (1926–1992) Wrestler turned Film and Television actor who featured in several films and tv shows in the 1970s and early 1980s
- Paul Picerni (born 1922) film actor (To Hell and Back)
- Aldo Ray (DaRe) (1926–1991) actor
- Tom Rosqui (born 1928) Italian father and Spanish mother- actor (The Godfather)
- Dick Van Patten (born 1928) Italian mother Dutch father TV actor
- Guy Williams (Armando Catalano) (1924–1989) son of Sicilian parents- film actor
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