1. Joseph Peter Mascolo was an American musician and dramatic actor.
18 Facts About Joseph Mascolo
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Joseph Mascolo played villain Stefano DiMera on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 2016.
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Joseph Mascolo starred as Massimo Marone on the CBS' soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2001 to 2006.
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Joseph Mascolo attended the United States Military Academy after graduating high school.
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Joseph Mascolo originally was trained in classical music and opera.
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Joseph Mascolo was in the 1962 production of Night Life as Kazar and the understudy of Neville Brand.
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Joseph Mascolo was in the 1966 production of Dinner at Eight as Ricci.
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Joseph Mascolo was in the 1969 production of The Time of Your Life as Blick.
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Joseph Mascolo was in 1973's The Spook Who Sat by the Door and 1978's Jaws 2 as Len Peterson.
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Joseph Mascolo was in 1981's Sharky's Machine as JoJo Tipps and 1982's Yes, Giorgio Mascolo's last film appearance was in 1986's Heat as Baby.
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Joseph Mascolo was best known in the recurring role of Stefano DiMera on Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1985, returning briefly in 1988, again from 1993 to 2001, and making appearances again since 2007 until Stefano's death in 2016, making his final appearance on February 9,2017, airing 2 months after his death, and won three Soap Opera Digest Awards.
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Joseph Mascolo has played a wide range of roles on many different series including a Stefano-like villain named Nicholas Van Buren on General Hospital, and Carlos Alvarez on Santa Barbara.
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Joseph Mascolo made primetime television appearances on All in the Family, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Lou Grant and The Rockford Files.
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Joseph Mascolo portrayed Massimo Marone on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful beginning August 2001.
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Joseph Mascolo decided not to renew his contract with the show in July 2006, due to a lack of storyline and decided to return to Days of Our Lives, where his character Stefano DiMera was resurrected after six years.
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Joseph Mascolo appeared in The Incredible Hulk in October 1979, as Mr Arnold in the episode "Brain Child".
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Joseph Mascolo died on December 8,2016, in Santa Clarita, California at 87 after years of battling Alzheimer's disease.
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Joseph Mascolo was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.