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Sonny Grosso

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Sonny Grosso was a New York City police officer when his experiences with his partner Eddie Egan during the early 60s became the basis of the film The French Connection. Grosso had a bit part in the film while Egan had a more substantial role. Grosso later appeared in two more feature films, _Report to the Commissioner (1974)_ and Cruising. See full bio »

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2009 Citizen Jane (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2007 Kings of South Beach (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2005 N.Y.-70 (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2003 Red Phone 2 (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2003 Judgment Day: Should the Guilty Go Free (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2002 The Red Phone: Manhunt (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2002 All Around the Town (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2002 Lucky Day (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2002 Haven't We Met Before? (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2002 You Belong to Me (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2002 Pretend You Don't See Her (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2001 Loves Music, Loves to Dance (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2001 Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2000 Mary Kay Letourneau: All American Girl (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2000 LeTourneau Live (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1998 Moonlight Becomes You (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1997 Let Me Call You Sweetheart (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1996-1997 The Big Easy (TV series) (executive producer - 23 episodes)
– Yellow Queen in the Fires of Hell (1997) (executive producer)
– One Little Indian (1997) (executive producer)
– Vamps Like Us (1997) (executive producer)
– Ghost of the Pricky Rose (1997) (executive producer)
– Lafitte Don't Fail Me Now (1997) (executive producer)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1997 While My Pretty One Sleeps (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1995 Remember Me (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994 Moment of Truth (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1994 Bellevue Emergency (TV series) (executive producer)
 
Top Cops (TV series) (executive producer - 3 episodes, 1990-1993) (producer - 1 episode, 1993)
– Officers Danker and Constantine S.F.P.D. (1993) (executive producer, producer)
– Richard Voorhees (1993) (executive producer)
– Connie Higgins/Dick Tracy (1990) (executive producer)
 
1992 Secret Service (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1992 Gangsters (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1990 Counterstrike (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1990 A Family for Joe (TV series) (producer)
 
1990 A Family for Joe (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1989-1990 True Blue (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
– Fire Down Below (1990) (executive producer)
– Caves (1990) (executive producer)
– Tunnel Vision (1990) (executive producer)
– The Beast (1990) (executive producer)
– Hickory, Dickory, Dock (1990) (executive producer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
Night Heat (TV series) (executive producer - 14 episodes, 1985-1988) (producer - 1 episode, 1985)
– Jumper (1988) (executive producer)
– Forgive Me Father (1988) (executive producer)
– Punk (1987) (executive producer)
– Children of the Night (1986) (executive producer)
– The Hit (1986) (executive producer)
See all 15 episodes »
 
1988 Juvenile Justice (TV movie) (producer)
 
1987 The Gunfighters (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1987 Diamonds (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1986 Hot Shots (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1986 Pee-wee's Playhouse (TV series) (producer)
 
1985 Out of the Darkness (TV movie) (producer)
 
1983 Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (TV movie) (producer)
 
1983 Johnny Garage (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1982 A Question of Honor (TV movie) (producer)
 
1982 Baker's Dozen (TV series) (producer)
 
1981 CBS Afternoon Playhouse (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter (1981) (producer)
 
1978 The Dain Curse (TV mini-series) (associate producer)
 
1975 Strike Force (TV movie) (associate producer)
 
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2001 Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' (TV documentary) (photo images provided by)
 
1980 Cruising (technical advisor)
 
1978 The Brink's Job (production service)
 
1978 To Kill a Cop (TV movie) (technical advisor)
 
1977 Contract on Cherry Street (TV movie) (technical advisor)
 
1975 Report to the Commissioner (technical advisor)
 
1973-1974 Kojak (TV series) (technical advisor - 13 episodes)
– Death Is Not a Passing Grade (1974) (technical advisor)
– Last Rites for a Dead Priest (1974) (technical advisor)
– Marker to a Dead Bookie (1974) (technical advisor)
– Cop in a Cage (1974) (technical advisor)
– Conspiracy of Fear (1973) (technical advisor)
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1973 The Seven-Ups (technical advisor)
 
1972 The Godfather (technical advisor - uncredited)
 
1971 The French Connection (technical consultant)
 
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1980 Cruising
Det. Blasio
 
1979 The Country Western Murders (TV movie)
 
1978 To Kill a Cop (TV movie)
Malfitano
 
1977 Contract on Cherry Street (TV movie)
Rhodes
 
1977 The Godfather: A Novel for Television (TV mini-series)
Cop with Capt. McCluskey
 
1975 Report to the Commissioner
Detective
 
1973 The Seven-Ups
Counterfeit Money Courier (uncredited)
 
1973 Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside (TV movie)
Detective
 
1972 The Godfather
Cop Outside Hospital (uncredited)
 
1971 The French Connection
Klein
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1985-1988 Night Heat (TV series)
– Jumper (1988) (creator)
– Forgive Me Father (1988) (creator)
– Obie's Law (1985) (story)
 
1982 A Question of Honor (TV movie) (book "Point Blank")
 
1975 Strike Force (TV movie) (story)
 
1973 The Seven-Ups (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2009 Friedkin and Grosso Remember: The French Connection (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 Inside TV Land: Cops on Camera (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Joe Spinell Story (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' (TV documentary)
Himself - Retired NYPD Detective/Producer
 
2000 The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (TV documentary)
Himself - NYPD Narcotics Agent
 
1997 Hollywood Behind the Badge: A Century of Cops and Detectives (TV documentary)
Himself - Film Producer/NYPD Detective (Ret.)
 
1992 Top Cops (TV series)
Himself
– Ken Osmond/Gerald Petievich (1992) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1992 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (video)
Cop with McCluskey (uncredited)
 

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The Godfather -- The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son. The French Connection -- A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. Cruising -- A police detective goes undercover in the sleazy and underground gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is murdering numerous gay men with S&M tactics.
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In NYPD, he worked in several specialized units. Among them: Narcotics Bureau, Vice unit, Organized Crime and Homicide. See more »

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