Joe Spinell


Actor

About

Also Known As
Joseph J Spagnuolo
Birth Place
New York, USA
Died
January 13, 1989
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

Husky character player, usually in tough Italian roles ranging from petty mobsters to police officers. Spinell wrote, produced and starred in "Maniac" (1980), an unrelenting portrait of a psychopathic killer and the first of two films in which he appeared opposite Caroline Munro....

Biography

Husky character player, usually in tough Italian roles ranging from petty mobsters to police officers. Spinell wrote, produced and starred in "Maniac" (1980), an unrelenting portrait of a psychopathic killer and the first of two films in which he appeared opposite Caroline Munro.

Life Events

1972

Feature film debut as Willy Cicci in "The Godfather"

Family

Mary Spinell
Mother
Actor. Born c. 1904, died July 30, 1987 of natural causes in New York; appeared in "The Last Horror Film" (1984) with son.

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