Joseph Sirola | |
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Cast of The Montefuscos (1975).
Sal Viscuso,
John Aprea,
Linda Dano,
Bill Cort. Middle row: Phoebe Dorin,
Naomi Stevens, Joseph Sirola,
Ron Carey. Front: Dominique Pinassi, Jeffrey Palladini, Damon Raskin and Robby Paris. | |
Born | Joseph Anthony Sirola October 7, 1929
Carteret, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | February 10, 2019[1] New York, U.S. | (aged 89)
Alma mater | Columbia University [2] |
Occupation(s) | Commercial, film, television, theatre actor and theatre producer |
Years active | 1959–2015 |
Joseph Anthony Sirola (October 7, 1929 – February 10, 2019) [3] [4] was an American commercial, film, television, theatre actor and theatre producer.
Sirola was born in Carteret, New Jersey to Croatian parents Anton, a carpenter and Ana (née Dubrovich), who ran a boardinghouse at 363 West 19th Street in Chelsea. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1947 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from Columbia University in 1951. [5] [6] He then worked as a sales promotion manager at the multinational personal care corporation Kimberly-Clark, at the age of 28. [7]
Sirola began his acting career in 1959, appearing as Peter Nino in the television soap opera The Brighter Day. [8] In 1960 he co-starred in the Broadway play, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. [9] [10] Sirola co-starred in another Broadway play, Golden Rainbow, in 1968. [11] [10] During the 1960s he also appeared in a few films and television programs including Gunsmoke, Hang 'Em High, The Andy Griffith Show, [12] [13] Chuka, Get Smart, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Perry Mason, Strange Bedfellows and The Greatest Story Ever Told. [7] [14] [15] His work on television commercials, for which he won over 20 Clio Awards, led to The Wall Street Journal nicknaming him “The King of the Voice-Overs” in 1970. [7]
Over the next 30 years Sirola appeared and guest-starred in numerous film and television programs including Hawaii Five-O; The Super Cops; Mannix; Kolchak: The Night Stalker; Wonder Woman; Quincy, M.E.; Seizure; The Rockford Files; Spin City; Love, American Style; Charlie's Angels; Terrible Joe Moran; Diagnosis: Murder; The Ellen Burstyn Show and Washington: Behind Closed Doors. [14] [15] He was recurring in the short-lived TV series, The Magician, and he also starred in two short-lived television programs, The Montefuscos [16] and Wolf. [17] Sirola continued in voice-over work for television commercials including ads for Ford, Mobil, Wendy's and Nyquil. [2]
In the 21st century Sirola began producing Broadway plays, including, Time Stands Still, Stick Fly, The Trip to Bountiful, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and Love Letters. [10] He also won and was nominated for Drama Desk Awards and Tony Awards. [10] [18] Sirola retired in 2015.[ citation needed]
Sirola died in February 2019 of complications from respiratory failure at the hospital in New York, at the age of 89. [2] [7] [19] [14] [20]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1959 | Happy Anniversary | Waiter at El Morocco | Uncredited |
1965 | Strange Bedfellows | Petracini | |
1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Dumah | |
1967 | Chuka | Jake Baldwin | |
1968 | Hang 'Em High | Reno, Cooper Hanging Party | |
1969 | Three | ||
1970 | The Delta Factor | Sal Dekker | |
1972 | Hail | Rev. Jimmy Williams | |
1974 | The Super Cops | Police Lt. O'Shaughnessy | |
1974 | Seizure | Charlie Hughes | |
1994 | Love Is a Gun | Al Kinder | |
1997 | Sunday | Joe Subalowsky |
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Joseph Sirola | |
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Cast of The Montefuscos (1975).
Sal Viscuso,
John Aprea,
Linda Dano,
Bill Cort. Middle row: Phoebe Dorin,
Naomi Stevens, Joseph Sirola,
Ron Carey. Front: Dominique Pinassi, Jeffrey Palladini, Damon Raskin and Robby Paris. | |
Born | Joseph Anthony Sirola October 7, 1929
Carteret, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | February 10, 2019[1] New York, U.S. | (aged 89)
Alma mater | Columbia University [2] |
Occupation(s) | Commercial, film, television, theatre actor and theatre producer |
Years active | 1959–2015 |
Joseph Anthony Sirola (October 7, 1929 – February 10, 2019) [3] [4] was an American commercial, film, television, theatre actor and theatre producer.
Sirola was born in Carteret, New Jersey to Croatian parents Anton, a carpenter and Ana (née Dubrovich), who ran a boardinghouse at 363 West 19th Street in Chelsea. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1947 and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from Columbia University in 1951. [5] [6] He then worked as a sales promotion manager at the multinational personal care corporation Kimberly-Clark, at the age of 28. [7]
Sirola began his acting career in 1959, appearing as Peter Nino in the television soap opera The Brighter Day. [8] In 1960 he co-starred in the Broadway play, The Unsinkable Molly Brown. [9] [10] Sirola co-starred in another Broadway play, Golden Rainbow, in 1968. [11] [10] During the 1960s he also appeared in a few films and television programs including Gunsmoke, Hang 'Em High, The Andy Griffith Show, [12] [13] Chuka, Get Smart, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Perry Mason, Strange Bedfellows and The Greatest Story Ever Told. [7] [14] [15] His work on television commercials, for which he won over 20 Clio Awards, led to The Wall Street Journal nicknaming him “The King of the Voice-Overs” in 1970. [7]
Over the next 30 years Sirola appeared and guest-starred in numerous film and television programs including Hawaii Five-O; The Super Cops; Mannix; Kolchak: The Night Stalker; Wonder Woman; Quincy, M.E.; Seizure; The Rockford Files; Spin City; Love, American Style; Charlie's Angels; Terrible Joe Moran; Diagnosis: Murder; The Ellen Burstyn Show and Washington: Behind Closed Doors. [14] [15] He was recurring in the short-lived TV series, The Magician, and he also starred in two short-lived television programs, The Montefuscos [16] and Wolf. [17] Sirola continued in voice-over work for television commercials including ads for Ford, Mobil, Wendy's and Nyquil. [2]
In the 21st century Sirola began producing Broadway plays, including, Time Stands Still, Stick Fly, The Trip to Bountiful, A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder and Love Letters. [10] He also won and was nominated for Drama Desk Awards and Tony Awards. [10] [18] Sirola retired in 2015.[ citation needed]
Sirola died in February 2019 of complications from respiratory failure at the hospital in New York, at the age of 89. [2] [7] [19] [14] [20]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1959 | Happy Anniversary | Waiter at El Morocco | Uncredited |
1965 | Strange Bedfellows | Petracini | |
1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Dumah | |
1967 | Chuka | Jake Baldwin | |
1968 | Hang 'Em High | Reno, Cooper Hanging Party | |
1969 | Three | ||
1970 | The Delta Factor | Sal Dekker | |
1972 | Hail | Rev. Jimmy Williams | |
1974 | The Super Cops | Police Lt. O'Shaughnessy | |
1974 | Seizure | Charlie Hughes | |
1994 | Love Is a Gun | Al Kinder | |
1997 | Sunday | Joe Subalowsky |
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link)