Fred Roos, casting director who ‘jump-started’ the career of Jack Nicholson, has sadly died at the age of 89. The star was a casting director, turned producer in Hollywood, who won an Oscar Award for best picture with Francis Ford Coppola for the movie The Godfather: Part II, and Apocalypse Now. Fred Roos’ death at 89 after long career The movie icon’s death has been confirmed by his publicist, with Fred Roos passing away at his home in Beverley Hills on Saturday. Roos was the ‘brain’ in helping Francis Ford Coppola decide on Al Pacino and James Caan to play Michael and Sonny Corleone in the f…