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Occupations. Actor. singer. songwriter. Years active. 1940s–1996. Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) [1] was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for playing Willie Brown in Crossroads (1986), Dr. Meadows in The Blob (1988), and Dr. Hanes in The Cosby Show .
Mar 14, 1986 · Crossroads: Directed by Walter Hill. With Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton. A wannabe blues-guitar virtuoso finds an old blues player and hopes he can teach him a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.
- Walter Hill
- 110
- 2 min
Crossroads is a 1986 American musical drama film inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson. Starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, the film was written by John Fusco and directed by Walter Hill and features an original score by Ry Cooder featuring classical guitar by William Kanengiser and harmonica by Sonny Terry.
TimingEventsSong Name Or DescriptionPerformers0:00:18Opening ThemeHarmonica solo theme0:03:20Robert Johnson Studio session"Crossroads Blues" (Robert Johnson)Ry Cooder, Terry Evans0:06:07Played by "Willie" while "Eugene" leaves ...Harmonica Solo0:07:24Played by "Willie," while Ralph clean the ...Harmonica Solo- $5,839,000 (US)
- March 14, 1986
- Mark Carliner
- Ry Cooder
The movie stars Ralph Macchio as a bright teenager who studied classical guitar at Julliard and worships as his heroes the great old blues musicians of the 1930s and 1940s. One day he tracks down a survivor of that era, a harmonica player named Willie Brown ( Joe Seneca ), in a nursing home.
Mar 14, 1986 · By SHEILA BENSON. March 14, 1986 12 AM PT. Times Film Critic. The urgent, overwhelming reason to go without delay to “Crossroads” (selected theaters) is Joe Seneca as Blind Dog Fulton,...
