Marlon Brando played Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather...

May 13, 1991|By World Features Syndicate.

Marlon Brando played Don Vito Corleone in ``The Godfather,`` but, according to Peter Biskind`s ``The Godfather Companion,`` (HarperPerennial, 1990), seven others were considered:

1. George C. Scott

2. Ernest Borgnine

3. Laurence Olivier

4. Raf Vallone

5. Carlo Ponti

6. Richard Conte

7. Anthony Quinn