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Joseph Campanella is a Actor American born on 21 november 1924 at New York City (USA)

Joseph Campanella

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Birth name Joseph Anthony Campanella
Nationality USA
Birth 21 november 1924 at New York City (USA)
Death 16 may 2018 (at 93 years)

Joseph Campanella (born November 21, 1924) is an American character actor who has appeared in more than two hundred television and film roles since 1955.

Biography

Campanella's father, an immigrant from Sicily, was an early member of the American Federation of Musicians. Campanella himself served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, becoming one of its youngest commanders. He later graduated from Manhattan College in 1948, and later attended Columbia University.

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Robert Davi
Robert Davi
(1 films)
Stephen Furst
Stephen Furst
(1 films)
James L. Conway
James L. Conway
(2 films)
Gene Levitt
Gene Levitt
(1 films)
Robert Boris
Robert Boris
(1 films)
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Filmography of Joseph Campanella (25 films)

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Magic Kid
Magic Kid (1993)

Directed by Joseph Merhi
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Stephen Furst, Sandra Kerns, Billy Hufsey, Joseph Campanella, Christopher Mitchum, Lauren Tewes
Roles Tony
Rating44% 2.2404652.2404652.2404652.2404652.240465
The film is about Kevin Ryan, an 11-year-old karate-champion from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who spends his summer with his uncle, Bob Ryan and his girlfriend Anita in California. His older sister Megan is coming with him. Bob owns a management bureau for clowns-acts. He has money problems and owes $10,000 to a mafioso named Tony. Because of all his problems he starts and ends his day with a bottle of Jack Daniels, even in his morning-coffee. Tony wants his money back and sends his nephew and two collectors to Bob. Bob is still in bed when the Mafia arrive, but Kevin sees the three thugs entering the house to take $15,000 off Uncle Bob. Tony is very pissed about it, so Bob takes his niece and nephew out of the house. Kevin offers to help his uncle against the bad guys. Megan gets in trouble when she goes to a club to meet her hero Tommy Hart. The bad guys recognize her and want to kidnap her, but Bob and Kevin, who were looking for Megan, arrive just in time. Kevin takes out the thugs, but then comes 'The Animal', a big, very large though guy. And then comes Don 'the Dragon' Wilson to save the day.
Club Fed
Club Fed (1990)
, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Burt Young, Allen Garfield, Judy Landers, Lance Kinsey, Sherman Hemsley, Karen Black
Roles Vince Hooligan
Rating33% 1.650231.650231.650231.650231.65023
A gangster is murdered and all of his holdings are in his girlfriend's (Judy Landers) name. She is convicted and sent to "Club Fed," where all the inmates are rich. While there, she meets and falls in love with an undercover FBI agent (Lance Kinsey), who was sent there to find signs of corruption so that the FBI can shut down the prison.
Down the Drain
Down the Drain (1990)
, 1h45
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Andrew Stevens, Teri Copley, John Matuszak, Joseph Campanella, Stella Stevens, Ken Foree
Roles Don Santiago
Rating39% 1.9610351.9610351.9610351.9610351.961035
A crooked lawyer brings together some of the clients he's gotten off and schemes to rob a bank vault. However, after the robbery, he discovers that the "goods" he's stolen is actually a top-secret microchip that foreign powers are after, and they will stop at nothing to get it.
A Show of Force
A Show of Force (1990)
, 1h29
Directed by Bruno Barreto
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Amy Irving, Andy García, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Duvall, Erik Estrada, Kevin Spacey
Roles Walker Ryan
Rating53% 2.655482.655482.655482.655482.65548
In 1978, Kate Melendez (Amy Irving) is a television news reporter who investigates the mysterious deaths of two radical Puerto Rican activists. The government claims they were terrorists while others claim the two were merely student activists. Despite threats to her own life, Melendez investigates the deaths, gradually leading her to conclude that undercover American agents were responsible for framing the activists as terrorists, and then murdering them.
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers
No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers (1990)
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Loren Avedon, Keith Vitali, Joseph Campanella, Luke Askew, Sherrie Rose, Sherrie Rose
Roles John Alexander
Rating81% 4.0541454.0541454.0541454.0541454.054145
After their CIA agent father is killed, brothers Casey (Keith Vitali) and Will Alexander (Loren Avedon) are forced to put their differences aside as they hunt for the killer. The duo get close to Franco (Rion Hunter), a ruthless terrorist leader. Will, a karate instructor, joins a rogue terrorist organization and, in order to gain Franco's trust, is told that he must kill another CIA agent, who just happens to be his brother Casey. Together, Casey and Will fake the murder and devise a plan to get their revenge while uncovering Franco's plans to assassinate President George H.W. Bush.
Steele Justice
Steele Justice (1987)

Directed by Robert Boris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Martin Kove, Soon-Tek Oh, Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Joseph Campanella, Bernie Casey
Roles Harry
Rating49% 2.4590452.4590452.4590452.4590452.459045
John Steele is a Vietnam Vet who's had trouble adjusting to life after the war. He hasn't been able to hold on to a job which includes being a cop. When his best friend, Lee who also served with him in Vietnam, and who also became a cop was killed by some drug dealers he was investigating. Steele was able to save his daughter and saw one of the shooters. He later sees him and learns that he is the son of General Kwan, another person he served with in Vietnam who was running his own deals on the side, and who tried to kill Steele and Lee but Steele not only survived but thwarted his last plan. Steele suspects Kwan is involved with Lee's death but unfortunately Kwan's a respected member of the community. And Steele's former boss Bennett is not in a rush to find the killers cause investigation reveals that Lee may have been dirty which Steele knows is not true. Steele sets out to prove Lee's innocence and to get Kwan.
My Body, My Child
My Body, My Child (1982)
, 1h40
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Albertson, Joseph Campanella, Stephen Elliott, James Naughton, Gail Strickland
Roles Joe Cabrezi
Rating80% 4.04924.04924.04924.04924.0492
Leenie (Redgrave) is a middle-aged Irish-American schoolteacher with three grown daughters. Yet she unexpectedly finds herself pregnant again and is delighted. However her doctor rejects this possibility because of an unreliable blood test and her age. Thus her symptoms such as troubled sleeping and sickness are mis-diagnosed as psychogenic. She is prescribed a host of medications to cope with these difficulties. However it later turns out that she is in fact pregnant and that these medications have been causing irreversible damage to her unborn baby. Faced with the truth that her child will be born with defects, she faces a decision to keep the baby or go against her religious beliefs and have an abortion.
Earthbound
Earthbound (1981)
, 1h34
Directed by James L. Conway
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Burl Ives, Todd Porter, Christopher Connelly, Meredith MacRae, Joseph Campanella, John Schuck
Roles Conrad
Rating44% 2.2001152.2001152.2001152.2001152.200115
When a family of aliens is stranded in the Midwest after their spaceship crashes, a kind innkeeper takes them in. Their peace is threatened by a government agent who wants to assure that the aliens cannot intermingle with humankind.
Defiance
Defiance (1980)
, 1h43
Directed by John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Jan-Michael Vincent, Theresa Saldana, Danny Aiello, Rudy Ramos, Art Carney, Joseph Campanella
Roles Karenski
Rating61% 3.0508053.0508053.0508053.0508053.050805
Un marin paumé et sans le sou s'installe provisoirement dans un appartement situé dans un quartier mal famé, gouverné par une bande de loubards. D'abord indifférent à leur sort, il va s'attacher à leurs habitants et tenter de lutter efficacement contre les activités du gang.
Hangar 18
Hangar 18 (1980)
, 1h37
Directed by James L. Conway
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins, James Hampton, Pamela Bellwood, Philip Abbott
Roles Frank Lafferty
Rating52% 2.6493652.6493652.6493652.6493652.649365
Hangar 18 involves a U.F.O. cover-up following an incident aboard the space shuttle. The orbiter is launching a satellite, which collides with a nearby unidentified object. The collision kills an astronaut in the launch bay. The incident is witnessed by astronauts Price and Bancroff.
Meteor
Meteor (1979)
, 1h47
Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Space opera, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau
Roles General Easton
Rating50% 2.5019952.5019952.5019952.5019952.501995
After the asteroid Orpheus is hit by a comet, a five-mile chunk of Orpheus is sent on a collision course towards Earth, which will cause an extinction-level event. While the United States government engages in political maneuvering, smaller asteroid fragments precede the main body, wreaking havoc on the planet. The United States has a secret orbiting nuclear missile platform satellite named Hercules, which was designed by Dr. Paul Bradley (Sean Connery). It was intended to defend Earth against a massive space rock, but instead was demoted to become an orbiting super weapon now aimed at Russia. However, its fourteen nuclear missiles are not enough to stop the meteor.