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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⭐ 7.789Rocky II
⭐ 7.276Farewell, My Lovely
⭐ 6.6Stay Hungry
⭐ 5.7Starcrash
⭐ 4.2Nighthawks
⭐ 6.4Exorcising 'Cruising'
⭐ 6The History of 'Cruising'
⭐ 6Vigilante
⭐ 6.3Next Stop, Greenwich Village
⭐ 6.4The Seven-Ups
⭐ 6.3Melvin and Howard
⭐ 6.4Forbidden Zone
⭐ 6.2The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
⭐ 9.3Maniac
⭐ 6.4Cruising
⭐ 6.6Night Shift
⭐ 6Sorcerer
⭐ 7.4The Ninth Configuration
⭐ 6.518The American Nightmare
⭐ 6.9The Last Horror Film
⭐ 5.2The Godfather
⭐ 8.691Operation Warzone
⭐ 2Nunzio
⭐ 4.8The Big Score
⭐ 5Walking the Edge
⭐ 5.571The Messenger
⭐ 5.2Rapid Fire
⭐ 3.8Thriller Zone
⭐ 5.5The One Man Jury
⭐ 5.440 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
⭐ 7.6The Little Dragons
⭐ 4.7Eureka
⭐ 5.2Married to the Mob
⭐ 5.916Strike Force
⭐ 6.5The Undertaker
⭐ 5.6The Last Fight
⭐ 4.4One Down, Two to Go
⭐ 4.5Maniac II: Mr. Robbie
⭐ 5.9The Whoopee Boys
⭐ 4.8Taxi Driver
⭐ 8.1Big Wednesday
⭐ 6.9Rancho Deluxe
⭐ 5.4Winter Kills
⭐ 5.8Paradise Alley
⭐ 5.8Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter
⭐ 0Nightside
⭐ 0The Godfather Part II
⭐ 8.575Vampire
⭐ 5.7Hollywood Harry
⭐ 2.3K.O. Kippers
⭐ 8Losin' It
⭐ 5Brubaker
⭐ 7.1The Pick-up Artist
⭐ 5.6Monsignor
⭐ 4.4FantastiCozzi
⭐ 692 in the Shade
⭐ 5.4Last 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
⭐ 7.1A Question of Honor
⭐ 7Deadly Illusion
⭐ 5.6National Lampoon's Movie Madness
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