Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/28/1936
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York
Also Known As
Joseph J. SpagnuoloJoseph 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 ...
Known For
The Godfather
as Willi Cicci (uncredited)
The Godfather Part II
as William 'Willie' Cicci
Taxi Driver
as Personnel Officer
Rocky
as Tony Gazzo
Stay Hungry
as Jabo
Nighthawks
as Lt. Munafo
Starcrash
as Count Zartharn
Night Shift
as Manetti
Maniac
as Frank Zito
Paradise Alley
as Burp
Last Embrace
as Man in Cantina
Vampire
as Capt. Desher
Rapid Fire
as Hansen
The Messenger
as Rico
Rancho Deluxe
as Mr. Colson
Winter Kills
as Arthur Fletcher
Brubaker
as Floyd Birdwell
Eureka
as Pete
Exorcising 'Cruising'
as Self (archive footage)
Rocky II
as Tony Gazzo
Career Timeline
2007
1988
1986
1983
1982
1981
1980
The First Deadly Sin
as Charles Lipsky
Melvin and Howard
as Go-Go Club Owner #2 (uncredited)
The Little Dragons
as Yancey
Brubaker
as Floyd Birdwell
Nightside
as Michael Vincent
Maniac
as Frank Zito
Forbidden Zone
as Drunken Sailor
The Ninth Configuration
as Lt. Spinell
Cruising
as Patrolman DiSimone