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 2...
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Rocky
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Rocky II
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Farewell, My Lovely
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Stay Hungry
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Starcrash
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Nighthawks
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Exorcising 'Cruising'
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The History of 'Cruising'
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Vigilante
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village
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The Seven-Ups
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Melvin and Howard
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Forbidden Zone
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
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Maniac
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Cruising
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Night Shift
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Sorcerer
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The Ninth Configuration
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The American Nightmare
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The Last Horror Film
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The Godfather
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Operation Warzone
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Nunzio
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The Big Score
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Walking the Edge
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The Messenger
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Rapid Fire
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Thriller Zone
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40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
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Eureka
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Married to the Mob
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One Down, Two to Go
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Maniac II: Mr. Robbie
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The Whoopee Boys
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Taxi Driver
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Big Wednesday
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Rancho Deluxe
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Winter Kills
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Paradise Alley
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Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter
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Nightside
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The Godfather Part II
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Vampire
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Hollywood Harry
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K.O. Kippers
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Losin' It
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Brubaker
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The Pick-up Artist
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Monsignor
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FantastiCozzi
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92 in the Shade
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Last Embrace
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The First Deadly Sin
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Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
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The Children of Times Square
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Cops and Robbers
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The Ransom of Red Chief
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The Joe Spinell Story
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Blood Ties
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Out of the Darkness
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A Question of Honor
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Deadly Illusion
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National Lampoon's Movie Madness
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The Equalizer
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Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
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