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Joe Spinell. Husky character player, usually in tough Italian roles ranging from petty mobsters to police officers. Spinell wrote, produced and starred in "Maniac" (1980), an unrelenting...
From his first film appearance in The Godfather (1972) onward, the powerfully built Spinell thrived in roles calling for heavy-breathing menace and brute strength. As such, he was the ideal "opposite" for the musclebound Sylvester Stallone in such films as Rocky (1975) and Paradise Alley (1978).
Husky character player, usually in tough Italian roles ranging from petty mobsters to police officers. Spinell wrote, produced and starred in "Maniac" (1980), an unrelenting portrait of a psychopathic killer and the first of two films in which he appeared opposite Caroline Munro.
