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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Don Vito Corleone | Don Vito Corleone is the intelligent, ruthless leader of the Corleone family, a Mafia group in the United States, who suffers a setback when shot, but recovers enough to establish his son Michael as his able successor. Read More |
| Michael Corleone | Michael Corleone, the youngest son of Don Vito Corleone, gets drawn into the Mafia world and eventually succeeds his father as the head of the Corleone family. Read More |
| Sonny Corleone | Sonny Corleone, the eldest son of Don Vito Corleone, has a bad temper, which causes him to be a poor leader of his family and ends up getting him killed. Read More |
| Tom Hagen | Tom Hagen, a lawyer and consigliori for Don Vito Corleone, helps the Corleones navigate legal matters for their criminal activities. Read More |
| Kay Adams | Kay Adams, the girlfriend and later wife of Michael Corleone, remains devoted to her husband, despite his involvement in the Mafia. Read More |
| Connie Corleone | Connie Corleone, the only daughter of Don Vito Corleone, marries an abusive husband, Carlo Rizzi. Read More |
| Carlo Rizzi | Carlo Rizzi is the handsome, conceited husband of Connie Corleone. Read More |
| Genco Abbandando | Don Vito Corleone's consigliori, Genco Abbandando fears going to hell as he dies of cancer. |
| Mr. Adams | Mr. Adams is a Baptist pastor and the father of Kay Adams. |
| Mrs. Adams | Mrs. Adams is the mother of Kay Adams. |
| Apollonia | A beautiful young woman, Apollonia marries Michael Corleone in Sicily and is killed by a car bomb. |
| Emilio Barzini | Emilio Barzini is Don Vito Corleone's fiercest Mafia rival; he becomes the most powerful Don in New York before being killed by Michael's hit man, Albert Neri. |
| Felix Bocchicchio | After being condemned to death, Felix Bocchicchio agrees to take the blame for the murders of Virgil Sollozzo and Captain McCluskey, enabling Michael Corleone to return to America from Sicily |
| Amerigo Bonasera | The undertaker Amerigo Bonasera seeks justice from Don Vito Corleone after the two men who beat his daughter get a suspended sentence. |
| Luca Brasi | Luca Brasi, Don Vito Corleone's brutal hit man, is killed by Virgil Sollozzo and Bruno Tattaglia. |
| Calo | Calo is a simpleminded bodyguard of Michael Corleone in Sicily. |
| Peter Clemenza | Peter Clemenza is a longtime friend and caporegime of Don Vito Corleone. |
| Fredo Corleone | Fredo Corleone, the dull middle son of Don Vito Corleone, ends up helping to manage a hotel in Las Vegas. |
| Mama Corleone | The wife of Don Vito Corleone, Mama Corleone knows about her husband's criminal activities but says nothing and says a prayer at mass for him every day. |
| Sandra Corleone | Sandra Corleone endures the many infidelities of her husband, Sonny Corleone. |
| Deanna Dunn | Deanna Dunn is a callous, promiscuous movie star. |
| Enzo | A friend of the baker Nazorine, Enzo stays with Michael Corleone to protect Don Vito Corleone at the hospital. |
| Fabrizzio | Fabrizzio, a bodyguard for Michael Corleone in Sicily, betrays Michael, leading to the death of Apollonia. |
| Frank Falcone | Frank Falcone is the Mafia Don in the Los Angeles area. |
| Fanucci | A hood in Hell's Kitchen of New York, Fanucci tries to take advantage of Don Vito Corleone and ends up being killed by him. |
| Filomena | A servant in Sicily, Filomena tells Michael Corleone how Luca Brasi forced her to kill his baby. |
| Johnny Fontaine | A famous singing star, Johnny Fontaine is Don Vito Corleone's godson who goes to the Don for help to jump start his career. |
| Vincent Forlenza | Vincent Forlenza is the Mafia Don in Cleveland. |
| Paulie Gatto | Don Vito Corleone's bodyguard, Paulie Gatto betrays the Don and, as a result, is killed. |
| Moe Greene | A big roller in Las Vegas, Moe Greene gets furious at Michael Corleone's offer to buy his share of a hotel and ends up being shot to death. |
| Theresa Hagen | Theresa Hagen is the wife of Tom Hagen. |
| Lucy Mancini | Lucy Mancini has a passionate affair with Sonny Corleone and, after his death, gets romantically involved with Jules Segal. |
| Captain McCluskey | Captain McCluskey, a crooked cop, breaks Michael Corleone's jaw and soon after is shot to death by Michael. |
| Nazorine | The baker Nazorine asks Don Vito Corleone for a favor and receives it. |
| Rocco Lampone | Rocco Lampone takes the place of Paulie Gatto after he is killed. |
| Salvatore Maranzano | Salvatore Maranzano, a Mafia leader in New York, is defeated by Don Vito Corleone during a gang war. |
| Anthony Molinari | Anthony Molinari is the Mafia Don in San Francisco. |
| Sharon Moore | Sharon Moore is a would-be actress who dates Johnny Fontaine. |
| Albert Neri | Albert Neri becomes the trusted hit man for Michael Corleone. |
| Domenick Panza | Domenick Panza is the Mafia Don in Boston. |
| Detective Phillips | Detective Phillips questions Kay Adams about the whereabouts of Michael Corleone. |
| Jules Segal | Jules Segal, a surgeon and abortionist, gets romantically involved with Lucy Mancini. |
| Detective Siriani | Detective Siriani questions Kay Adams about the whereabouts of Michael Corleone. |
| Virgil Sollozzo | A big time mobster, Virgil Sollozzo arranges the attempted killing of Don Vito Corleone and tries to force the Corleones to accept a narcotics deal. |
| Anthony Stracci | Anthony Stracci is the Don that runs the Mafia in New Jersey. |
| Bruno Tattaglia | The son of Phillip Tattaglia, Bruno Tattaglia takes part in the murder of Luca Brasi and later is killed by Sonny Corleone's men. |
| Phillip Tattaglia | Phillip Tattaglia, the Don of the Tattaglia family, which backs Virgil Sollozzo and the narcotics deal, is killed by Michael Corleone's men. |
| Dr. Taza | A doctor in Sicily, Dr. Taza allows Michael Corleone to hide at his estate. |
| Salvatore Tessio | Salvatore Tessio, a longtime friend of Don Vito Corleone and one of his caporegimes. betrays Michael Corleone and, as a result, is killed. |
| Don Tommasino | A Mafia leader in Sicily, Don Tommasino oversees the hiding of Michael Corleone. |
| Carlo Tramonti | Carlo Tramonti is a Mafia Don in the southern United States. |
| Nino Valenti | Nino Valenti, a childhood friend of Johnny Fontaine, makes him a movie star, but Nino drinks himself to death. |
| Virginia | Virginia is the embittered ex-wife of Johnny Fontaine. |
| Signora Vitelli | Signora Vitelli is the mother of Apollonia. |
| Signor Vitelli | Signor Vitelli is the father of Apollonia. |
| Jack Woltz | A powerful move studio head, Jack Woltz refuses to give Johnny Fontaine a role in a movie, but later changes his mind after a threat from Don Vito Corleone. |
| Joseph Zaluchi | Joseph Zaluchi is the Mafia Don in Detroit. |
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