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
Rocky II
⭐ 7.3Rocky
⭐ 7.8Farewell, My Lovely
⭐ 6.61Stay Hungry
⭐ 5.7Starcrash
⭐ 4.203Nighthawks
⭐ 6.4Exorcising 'Cruising'
⭐ 6.5The History of 'Cruising'
⭐ 6.5Vigilante
⭐ 6.3Next Stop, Greenwich Village
⭐ 6.4The Seven-Ups
⭐ 6.3Melvin and Howard
⭐ 6.4Forbidden Zone
⭐ 6.3The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
⭐ 9.3Maniac
⭐ 6.4Cruising
⭐ 6.6Night Shift
⭐ 6Sorcerer
⭐ 7.4The Ninth Configuration
⭐ 6.5The American Nightmare
⭐ 6.926The Last Horror Film
⭐ 5.336The Godfather
⭐ 8.686Operation Warzone
⭐ 2Nunzio
⭐ 4.8The Big Score
⭐ 5Walking the Edge
⭐ 5.6The Messenger
⭐ 5.2Rapid Fire
⭐ 4.1Thriller Zone
⭐ 5.5The One Man Jury
⭐ 5.440 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
⭐ 7.7The Little Dragons
⭐ 4.7Eureka
⭐ 5.3Married to the Mob
⭐ 6Strike 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
⭐ 8.134Big Wednesday
⭐ 6.913Rancho Deluxe
⭐ 5.4Winter Kills
⭐ 5.813Paradise Alley
⭐ 5.839Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter
⭐ 0Nightside
⭐ 0The Godfather Part II
⭐ 8.568Vampire
⭐ 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
⭐ 5.4Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
⭐ 0Cops and Robbers
⭐ 6.2The Children of Times Square
⭐ 6The First Deadly Sin
⭐ 5.8The Ransom of Red Chief
⭐ 0The Joe Spinell Story
⭐ 5.7Blood Ties
⭐ 5.8Out of the Darkness
⭐ 7.1Deadly Illusion
⭐ 5.6A Question of Honor
⭐ 7National Lampoon's Movie Madness
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