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
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⭐ 7.79Rocky II
⭐ 7.3Farewell, My Lovely
⭐ 6.6Stay Hungry
⭐ 5.7Starcrash
⭐ 4.2Nighthawks
⭐ 6.4Exorcising 'Cruising'
⭐ 6.5The History of 'Cruising'
⭐ 7.7Vigilante
⭐ 6.2Next Stop, Greenwich Village
⭐ 6.438The Seven-Ups
⭐ 6.3Melvin and Howard
⭐ 6.421Forbidden Zone
⭐ 6.2The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
⭐ 9.4Maniac
⭐ 6.421Cruising
⭐ 6.616Night Shift
⭐ 6Sorcerer
⭐ 7.4The Ninth Configuration
⭐ 6.5The American Nightmare
⭐ 7The Last Horror Film
⭐ 5.3The Godfather
⭐ 8.686Operation Warzone
⭐ 2Nunzio
⭐ 4.8The Big Score
⭐ 5Walking the Edge
⭐ 5.4The Messenger
⭐ 5.2Rapid Fire
⭐ 3.7Thriller Zone
⭐ 5.5The One Man Jury
⭐ 5.440 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
⭐ 7.6The Little Dragons
⭐ 4.7Eureka
⭐ 5.3Married to the Mob
⭐ 6Strike Force
⭐ 5.6The Undertaker
⭐ 5.3The Last Fight
⭐ 4.4One Down, Two to Go
⭐ 4.5Maniac II: Mr. Robbie
⭐ 5.9The Whoopee Boys
⭐ 5.1Taxi Driver
⭐ 8.135Big Wednesday
⭐ 6.9Rancho Deluxe
⭐ 5.4Winter Kills
⭐ 5.855Paradise Alley
⭐ 5.8Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter
⭐ 0Nightside
⭐ 0The Godfather Part II
⭐ 8.571Vampire
⭐ 5.8Hollywood Harry
⭐ 2.3K.O. Kippers
⭐ 8Losin' It
⭐ 5Brubaker
⭐ 7.08The Pick-up Artist
⭐ 5.7Monsignor
⭐ 4.4FantastiCozzi
⭐ 692 in the Shade
⭐ 5.5Last Embrace
⭐ 5.4The First Deadly Sin
⭐ 5.8Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
⭐ 0The Children of Times Square
⭐ 6Cops and Robbers
⭐ 6.2The Ransom of Red Chief
⭐ 0The Joe Spinell Story
⭐ 5.7Blood Ties
⭐ 5.8Out of the Darkness
⭐ 6.4A Question of Honor
⭐ 7Deadly Illusion
⭐ 5.6National Lampoon's Movie Madness
⭐ 3.1The History of 'Cruising'
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