Joe Spinell
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-10-28 (53 years old)
Deathday
1989-01-13
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York
Also known As
Joseph J. Spagnuolo
Joseph Spagnuolo
Joe Spinell
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. Sp...
Acting
1976
as Tony Gazzo
1979
as Tony Gazzo
1975
as Nick
1976
as Jabo
1978
as Count Zartharn
1981
as Lt. Munafo
2007
as Self (archive footage)
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1982
as Eisenberg
1976
1973
as Toredano
1980
as Go-Go Club Owner #2 (uncredited)
1980
as Drunken Sailor
1981
as William "Willie" Cicci
1980
as Frank Zito
1980
as Patrolman DiSimone
1982
as Manetti
1977
as Spider
1980
as Lt. Spinell
2000
as Self
1982
as Vinny Durand
1972
as Willi Cicci (uncredited)
1988
as Brig. Gen. George Delevane
1978
as Angelo
1983
as Mayfield
1985
as Brusstar
1986
as Rico
1989
as Hansen
1995
as Vinny Durand (segment "Fanatical Extremes") (archive footage)
1978
as Mike Abatino
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1980
as Yancey
1983
as Pete
1988
as Leonard 'Tiptoes' Mazzilli
1975
as Sol Terranova
1988
as Uncle Roscoe
1983
as Angelo
1982
as Joe Spangler
1986
as Mr. Robbie
1986
as Guido Antonucci
1976
as Personnel Officer
1978
as Psychologist
1975
as Mr. Colson
1979
as Arthur Fletcher
1978
as Burp
1981
as Door Guard
1980
as Michael Vincent
1974
as William 'Willie' Cicci
1979
as Capt. Desher
1986
as Max Caldwell
1988
as Tony Larosa
1983
as Border Patrolman
1980
as Floyd Birdwell
1987
as Eddie
1982
as Bride's Father
2016
as Count Zarth Arn (archive footage)
1975
as Ollie Slatt
1979
as Man in Cantina
1980
as Charles Lipsky
1983
as Escobar
1986
as Street Vendor
1973
as Marty
1975
as Bill
2001
as (archive footage)
1986
as Joey, New York Goon #1
1985
as Jim Halsey
1982
as Masked witness (uncredited)
1987
as Crazy Man in Gun Bureau
1982
as Agent / M.C. ("Success Wanters")
Production
1980
as Screenplay
1980
as Executive Producer
2012
as Original Film Writer
1986
as Producer
1986
as Story
1980
as Story
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