Carl Romanelli

Carl Romanelli is an American sculptor noted for his many outdoor sculptures of famous people.

Among his more notable public works are a statue of St. Michael outside St. Michael's Church in Los Angeles; a statue of St. Vincent de Paul in Los Angeles; and a modern art piece outside Temple Shaarei Tikvah in Arcadia, California.

He also designed (but did not execute) the Joseph Scott statue outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse building of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

His most famous work is a likeness of Elvis Presley outside the Las Vegas Hilton hotel.

The statue was dedicated on September 8, 1978, and stood outside the property in a glass case for 28 years.