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Joe Spinell

Joe Spinell
  • Name: Joe Spinell
  • Birthday: 1936-10-28
  • Also known as: Joseph J. Spagnuolo,Joseph Spagnuolo
  • Place of birth: Manhattan, New York
  • Popularity: 5.715
Biography: ​Joe Spinell was born Joseph J. Spagnuolo in Manhattan, New York of Italian immigrant parents, and the last of six children. His father, Pelegrino Spagnuolo (b. 1892, d. 1950), died from liver and kidney disease. His mother Filomena Spagnuolo (b. 1903, d. 1987) was a bit-part actress who acted in a few movies, some of them alongside her son. Spinell stood 5 foot and 11 inches. He was born at his family's apartment in Manhattan's Little Italy on 2nd Avenue in Manhattan. A few years after the death of his father, he moved with his mother and older siblings to Woodside, Queens, New York where he lived off-and-on for the remainder of his life. Spinell suffered most of his life from hemophilia... Read More

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Title Release date
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic   as  Self (archive footage) 2020-06-09
FantastiCozzi   as  Count Zarth Arn (archive footage) 2016-05-21
Exorcising 'Cruising'   as  Self (archive footage) 2007-09-18
The History of 'Cruising'   as  Self (archive footage) 2007-09-18
The Joe Spinell Story   as  (archive footage) 2001-08-21
The American Nightmare   as  Self 2000-09-11
Thriller Zone   as  Vinny Durand (segment "Fanatical Extremes") (archive footage) 1995-01-01
Rapid Fire   as  Hansen 1989-01-01
The Undertaker   as  Uncle Roscoe 1988-11-01
Married to the Mob   as  Leonard 'Tiptoes' Mazzilli 1988-08-19
K.O. Kippers   as  Tony Larosa 1988-08-13
Operation Warzone   as  Brig. Gen. George Delevane 1988-07-01
Deadly Illusion   as  Crazy Man in Gun Bureau 1987-10-16
The Pick-up Artist   as  Eddie 1987-09-18
Blood Ties   as  Joey, New York Goon #1 1986-12-14
The Messenger   as  Rico 1986-12-01
Maniac II: Mr. Robbie   as  Mr. Robbie 1986-11-01
Hollywood Harry   as  Max Caldwell 1986-10-03
The Whoopee Boys   as  Guido Antonucci 1986-08-22
The Children of Times Square   as  Street Vendor 1986-03-03
Out of the Darkness   as  Jim Halsey 1985-10-12
Walking the Edge   as  Brusstar 1985-01-11
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer   as  Escobar 1983-10-15
The Last Fight   as  Angelo 1983-09-07
Eureka   as  Pete 1983-05-01
Losin' It   as  Border Patrolman 1983-04-08
The Big Score   as  Mayfield 1983-03-17
One Down, Two to Go   as  Joe Spangler 1982-11-19
Monsignor   as  Bride's Father 1982-10-22
The Last Horror Film   as  Vinny Durand 1982-08-12
Night Shift   as  Manetti 1982-07-30
Vigilante   as  Eisenberg 1982-05-18
A Question of Honor   as  Masked witness (uncredited) 1982-04-28
National Lampoon's Movie Madness   as  Agent / M.C. ("Success Wanters") 1982-04-23
Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter   as  Door Guard 1981-12-01
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic   as  William "Willie" Cicci 1981-03-24
Nighthawks   as  Lt. Munafo 1981-03-17
The First Deadly Sin   as  Charles Lipsky 1980-10-03
Melvin and Howard   as  Go-Go Club Owner #2 (uncredited) 1980-09-19
The Little Dragons   as  Yancey 1980-07-18
Brubaker   as  Floyd Birdwell 1980-06-20
Nightside   as  Michael Vincent 1980-06-08
Maniac   as  Frank Zito 1980-05-10
Forbidden Zone   as  Drunken Sailor 1980-03-15
The Ninth Configuration   as  Lt. Spinell 1980-02-29
Cruising   as  Patrolman DiSimone 1980-02-15
Vampire   as  Capt. Desher 1979-10-07
Rocky II   as  Tony Gazzo 1979-06-15
Winter Kills   as  Arthur Fletcher 1979-05-11
Last Embrace   as  Man in Cantina 1979-05-04
Starcrash   as  Count Zartharn 1978-12-21
The One Man Jury   as  Mike Abatino 1978-09-29
Paradise Alley   as  Burp 1978-09-22
Big Wednesday   as  Psychologist 1978-05-26
Nunzio   as  Angelo 1978-05-10
Sorcerer   as  Spider 1977-06-24
Rocky   as  Tony Gazzo 1976-11-20
Stay Hungry   as  Jabo 1976-04-23
Taxi Driver   as  Personnel Officer 1976-02-09
Next Stop, Greenwich Village   as  Cop 1976-02-04
The Ransom of Red Chief   as  Bill 1975-11-01
92 in the Shade   as  Ollie Slatt 1975-08-22
Farewell, My Lovely   as  Nick 1975-08-08
Strike Force   as  Sol Terranova 1975-04-12
Rancho Deluxe   as  Mr. Colson 1975-03-14
The Godfather Part II   as  William 'Willie' Cicci 1974-12-20
The Seven-Ups   as  Toredano 1973-12-14
Cops and Robbers   as  Marty 1973-08-15
The Godfather   as  Willi Cicci (uncredited) 1972-03-14