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Joseph 'Joe' Pilato

Actor

Born - 16 March 1949, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died - 24 March 2019

Dark-haired, stern-looking American actor, born Josef Pilato Jr to Italian immigrants. After years on stage, he made his film debut at 29 in Dawn of the Dead/Zombies (1978), and became a regular fixture in horror movies thereafter. Later credits include Effects (1980), Knightriders (1981), Day of the Dead (1983), Gung Ho (1986), Shooters (1989), Empire of the Dark (1990), The Evil Inside Me (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Neon Signs (1996), Wishmaster (1997), Music from Another Room (1998), Bloodbath (1999), The Ghouls (2003), Wardog (2007), Someone's Knocking at the Door (2009), The Black Box (2010), Parasites (2016), Shhhh (2018) and Attack in LA (2018), his last. He died in his sleep a few days after his 70th birthday.