Joseph Sirola

Joseph Sirola was an American actor and theater producer who began acting in 1959 with the soap opera The Brighter Day. He was born in Carteret, New Jersey, and served in the Korean War before taking up acting. In the 1960s he appeared on Broadway in The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Golden Rainbow, and he acted in films including Hang 'em High (1968) and Chuka (1967), plus television shows such as Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, and Perry Mason. His commercial voice work brought him more than twenty Clio Awards, and in 1970 The Wall Street Journal called him the King of the Voice-Overs. Later he guest-starred on Hawaii Five-O, Mannix, Charlie's Angels, and Diagnosis: Murder, and he appeared in Seizure (1974). He also starred in the short-lived series The Montefuscos and Wolf. In the 21st century he produced Broadway plays, received Drama Desk and Tony Award wins and nominations, and retired in 2015. He died in 2019.