Joseph Mascolo
Biography
Joseph Mascolo was an American actor and musician who was trained in classical music and opera and studied acting under Stella Adler. He began in the theater in the 1960s, taking roles in plays such as Night Life, Dinner at Eight and That Championship Season, and made his first film appearance in Hot Spur in 1968. His movie work ranged from Shaft's Big Score! (1972) and Jaws 2 (1978), in which he played Len Peterson, to Sharky's Machine (1981) and Heat (1986). On television he became best known as the villain Stefano DiMera on Days of Our Lives, a part he played from 1982 to 2016, and he starred as Massimo Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful from 2001 to 2006. Earlier soap roles came on Where the Heart Is and From These Roots, and he won three Soap Opera Digest Awards.
87years old at death
- Born West Hartford
- Died Santa Clarita
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Joe Mascolo and Joseph Peter Mascolo
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 17 years1972 to 1989
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Early training
Mascolo studied acting under famed coach Stella Adler in New York City to support himself financially, after originally training in classical music and opera.
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Worked with
Joseph Mascolo shares two films with Burt Reynolds, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Jeannot Szwarc
All films by Gordon Parks
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