Joe Viterelli gained widespread recognition for portraying Jelly in Analyze This and Analyze That.
12 Facts About Joe Viterelli
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Joe Viterelli was born on March 10,1937, in New York City and grew up in a tough neighborhood on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
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Joe Viterelli played classical guitar but did not tell his friends about it.
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Years later, Joe Viterelli got a call from Penn's actor son, Sean, who was in New York City to make the 1990 gangster melodrama State of Grace.
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Joe Viterelli had a supporting role in Shallow Hal and played Joseph Valachi in Ruby.
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Joe Viterelli was able to convince De Niro and director Harold Ramis to cast him as Jelly after almost losing the role to a much younger actor.
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The comedy here isn't all on the surface, and Joe Viterelli is one reason why.
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The sequel, Analyze That, in which Joe Viterelli reprised his role, was his final film.
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Joe Viterelli can be seen in a Staples television commercial in which he provides mob-style "muscle" for an office worker who is having a problem dealing with a manager who demands doughnuts and pastry bribes in exchange for dispensing office supplies.
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Joe Viterelli participated in a roast of Magic Johnson, during which he told a joke about finding the former NBA star handcuffed to a tree naked, just after he had gotten robbed.
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Joe Viterelli died on January 28,2004, aged 66, of complications from heart surgery at Valley Hospital in Las Vegas.
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Joe Viterelli is survived by his wife, Catherine, and five children, including his son, the film composer Joseph Vitarelli, who spells his last name differently.