Abe Vigoda gained fame through his supporting character roles, notably as mobster Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974).
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Godfather Part 1- 3 Oscars Godfather Part 2- 6 Oscars Godfather Part 3- Nominated 7 Oscars
Al Pacino played the Godfather (Michael Corleone) in Godfather 2. Marlon Brando played the Godfather (Vito Corleone) in Godfather 1 Al Pacino is also the Godfather in Godfather 3, until he passes the title to his brother's illegitimate son Vincent (Andy Garcia) towards the end of the movie.
Per www.thegodfathertrilogy.com/gfstats.html, the original budget for the first Godfather movie was $1 million. The actual budget ended up at $6.2 million.
The priest who performed the baptism in Godfather 1 was Father Joseph (Carmelo) Medaglia, O.F.M., a real Franciscan priest who was at the time stationed at the Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua on Houston Street in New York. He also did the First Communion in Godfather II.
William Hurt does not play a part in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.