# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-guss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:56:42.116Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-guss"
name: "Louis Guss"
slug: "louis-guss"
description: "Louis Guss was an American character actor with a long line of screen credits, having appeared in hundreds of TV series, feature films and stage productions, specializing in blue-collar ethnic roles, over a five decade career. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Don Zaluchi in The Godfather (1972), Joseph Magliocco in Crazy Joe (1974), Raymond Capomaggi in Moonstruck (1987), Nathan Grodner in The Yards (2000), and Jerry \"the Hammer\" Fungo in The Crew (2000)."
tagline: "American actor (1918-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Guss_in_Decoy_(Blind_Date).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1918-01-04"
deathDate: "2008-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.84
  momentum:             8.915662650602409
  historical:           11.4477
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348927/"
    handle:    "nm0348927"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f01d0483-976b-4cd3-9f96-8c526f55ed22"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Guss"
    title: "Louis Guss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "لويس غوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "لويس جوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "لوئیس قاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "لویس گاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Guss"
    title: "Louis Guss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "لوئیس گاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Guss"
    title: "Louis Guss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Guss"
    title: "Louis Guss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4_%EA%B1%B0%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "루이스 거스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Guss"
    title: "Louis Guss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "لوئس گس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20973"
    title: "Louis Guss"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump