Joe Seneca

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-01-14 (77 years old)

Deathday

1996-08-15

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Joe Seneca

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American film and television actor who had a lengthy Hollywood career, portraying bit parts in many major films and television sitcoms spanning from the 1970s to the 1990s. Seneca was born Joel McGhee in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his Hollywood career, Seneca belonged to the R&B singing group "The Three Riffs", performing at upscale supper clubs in New York City. He was also a songwriter and had big hits with "Talk to Me" which was sung by Little Willie John and "Break It to Me Gently", which was a smash twice, once by Brenda Lee in 1962, and onc...

Acting

1982

The Verdict

as Dr. Thompson

1985

Silverado

as Ezra

1988

The Blob

as Dr. Meddows

1991

Mississippi Masala

as Williben Williams

1988

School Daze

as President Harold McPherson

1986

Crossroads

as Willie Brown

1987

Big Shots

as Ferryman

1994

The Vernon Johns Story

as Deacon Wilkes

1977

Wilma

as Ed Rudolph

1984

1989

1992

Malcolm X

as Toomer

1979

Kramer vs. Kramer

as Partygoer

1996

A Time to Kill

as Reverend Isaiah Street

1979

The Tenth Month

as Doorman

1984

Terrible Joe Moran

as Pittsburgh Billy

1997

The Longest Memory

as Whitechapel

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