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Joseph Pilato is a Actor and Assistant Makeup Artist American born on 16 march 1949 at Boston (USA)

Joseph Pilato

Joseph Pilato
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Nationality USA
Birth 16 march 1949 at Boston (USA)
Death 24 march 2019 (at 70 years)

Joseph Pilato (born March 16, 1949) is an American film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his performance as the psychopathic Captain Rhodes in the 1985 film Day of the Dead.

Biography

He was originally planning on being a lawyer before he discovered he had a talent for acting. He is left-handed and enjoys to play golf in his spare time. Pilato plays the guitar, accordion, and taught himself the trombone. He does not own a computer. He is close friends with Dawn of the Dead stars David Emge and Ken Foree. He often attends horror conventions and loves to meet his fans, often posing for pictures and signing autographs. He was most recently seen at the Dallas Comic Con.

Usually with

George A. Romero
George A. Romero
(3 films)
Tom Savini
Tom Savini
(5 films)
Dario Argento
Dario Argento
(1 films)
John Amplas
John Amplas
(3 films)
Taso N. Stavrakis
Taso N. Stavrakis
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joseph Pilato (14 films)

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Actor

Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn
Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn (2015)

Origin USA
Genres Action, Horror, Animation
Actors Tony Todd, Danielle Harris, Tom Sizemore, Bill Moseley, Alona Tal, Joseph Pilato
Roles Harry Cooper
Rating39% 1.9561351.9561351.9561351.9561351.956135
An animated re-telling of the original Night of the Living Dead film. Set in modern day New York City rather than 1960s rural Pennsylvania. Centers on a group of desperate survivors fighting to stay alive barricaded in an abandoned apartment building. Confined, cut off from the world, and under constant attack from the undead hordes closing in around them, the six main characters struggle to survive while also confronting their own sense of compassion and humanity.
Someone's Knocking at the Door
Someone's Knocking at the Door (2009)
, 1h20
Directed by Chad Ferrin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Ezra Buzzington, Noah Segan, Lew Temple, Vernon Wells, Elina Madison, Trent Haaga
Roles Dr. Ottie
Rating40% 2.014462.014462.014462.014462.01446
The film follows a group of drug-addled medical school students, Justin, Meg, Sebastian, and Joe, getting targeted by John and Wilma Hopper, a married sexually sadistic serial killer couple from the 1970s who rape their victims to death.
The Ghouls
The Ghouls (2003)
, 1h21
Directed by Chad Ferrin
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors James Gunn, Trent Haaga, Stephen Blackehart, Joseph Pilato, Tiffany Shepis, Chad Ferrin
Roles Lewis
Rating38% 1.9257251.9257251.9257251.9257251.925725
Eric Hayes (Muskatell) makes his living as a news stringer finding gruesome atrocities and filming them to sell to the media. One night, he stumbles upon some ghouls devouring a young woman in an alley. After discovering that he didn't have any film in his camera, Hayes convinces his friend Clift (Haaga) to help him track down the ghouls again.
Digimon: The Movie
Digimon: The Movie (2000)
, 1h25
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Lara Jill Miller, Joshua Seth, Annabelle Roux, Michael Lindsay, Mona Marshall, Doug Erholtz
Roles MetalGreymon (voice)
Rating60% 3.0079753.0079753.0079753.0079753.007975
A four-minute short film featuring characters from the Angela Anaconda series appeared before the film in the theatrical and home media releases. In this segment, Angela and her friends line up to watch Digimon: The Movie, but Nannette and her friends cut in line since they have passes. As Angela makes a mad dash to save seats for her friends, Mrs. Brinks (with help from Nannette) sits in front of her, blocking her view. Angela scornfully imagines herself Digivolving into Angelamon to defeat Mrs. Brinks and Nannette, removing all obstacles in enjoying her movie. However, everyone in the audience realizes they are in the wrong movie, so they quickly leave to go to the correct theater, leaving Mrs. Brinks and Nannette behind with the latter covered in food.
The Last Seduction II
The Last Seduction II (1999)

Directed by Terry Marcel
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Joan Severance, Con O'Neill, Joseph Pilato, Beth Goddard
Roles Marvin Dishman
Rating42% 2.1250352.1250352.1250352.1250352.125035
Bridget Gregory, a femme fatale hiding from the law in Spain, cons a phone-sex entrepreneur while being pursued by a relentless private investigator.
Music from Another Room
Music from Another Room (1998)
, 1h44
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jude Law, Jennifer Tilly, Gretchen Mol, Martha Plimpton, Brenda Blethyn, Jon Tenney
Roles Carlo
Rating62% 3.1468053.1468053.1468053.1468053.146805
The film begins with 5-year-old Danny (Jude Law) and his military father visiting a family friend's, Grace's (Brenda Blethyn), house at Thanksgiving. When Grace goes into labor, Danny's father asks him to unwrap the umbilical cord from the baby. After a successful birth, Danny decides to himself that the baby girl born, Anna (Gretchen Mol), is meant to be with him forever, and states that he will marry her.
Wishmaster
Wishmaster (1997)
, 1h30
Directed by Robert Kurtzman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Tammy Lauren, Andrew Divoff, Chris Lemmon, Wendy Benson-Landes, Tony Crane, Jenny O'Hara
Roles Mickey Torelli
Rating58% 2.902252.902252.902252.902252.90225
A narrator, Angus Scrimm, explains that when "God breathed life into the universe…the light gave birth to Angels…the earth gave birth to man..the fire gave birth to the djinn, creatures condemned to dwell in the void between the worlds." If a person wakes a djinn, that person will receive three wishes but the third wish will free legions of djinn on Earth. In 1127, the djinn (Andrew Divoff) asks a Persian emperor to make his second wish. When the emperor wishes to see wonders, the djinn uses his powers to torture and mutilate people in the palace. Before the emperor can make his third wish, Zoroaster (Ari Barak), a sorcerer, explains the consequences of the third wish and reveals a fire opal, which pulls the djinn inside and traps him.
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction (1994)
, 2h34
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Mob film, Crime, Black comedy
Themes Assassinat, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Films about psychiatry, Gangster films
Actors John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer
Roles Dean Martin
Rating85% 4.2585954.2585954.2585954.2585954.258595
"Pumpkin" (Tim Roth) and "Honey Bunny" (Amanda Plummer) are having breakfast in a diner, and discussing their life as robbers. They decide to rob the restaurant after realizing they could make money off the customers as well as the business, as they did during their previous heist. Moments after they initiate the hold-up, the scene breaks off and the title credits roll.
Alienator
Alienator (1990)
, 1h33
Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Robot films
Actors Jan-Michael Vincent, John Phillip Law, Teagan Clive, Ross Hagen, P. J. Soles, Dyana Ortellí
Roles Tech #2
Rating32% 1.6166251.6166251.6166251.6166251.616625
Kol (Ross Hagen), an alien criminal, escapes from a spaceship into the woods of an American suburb. The commander (Jan-Michael Vincent) of the spaceship dispatches The Alienator (Teagan Clive) -- a deadly female gynoid, to capture Kol. He meets up with some teenagers as they are all running from fiery death at the hands of The Alienator. She relentlessly pursues Kol and the teens through a series of action sequences and low budget special effects. Kol must face the toughest decision of his life: kill or be killed.
Gung Ho
Gung Ho (1986)
, 1h52
Directed by Ron Howard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films
Actors Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, Clint Howard
Roles Union Member
Rating62% 3.1480153.1480153.1480153.1480153.148015
The local auto plant in fictional Hadleyville, Pennsylvania, which supplied most of the town's jobs, has been closed for nine months. The former foreman Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) goes to Tokyo to try to convince the Assan Motors Corporation to reopen the plant. The Japanese company agrees and, upon their arrival in the U.S., they take advantage of the desperate work force to institute many changes. The workers are not permitted a union, are paid lower wages, are moved around within the factory so that each worker learns every job, and are held to seemingly impossible standards of efficiency and quality. Adding to the strain in the relationship, the Americans find humor in the demand that they do calisthenics as a group each morning and that the Japanese executives eat their lunches with chopsticks and bathe together in the river near the factory. The workers also display a poor work ethic and lackadaisical attitude toward quality control.
Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead (1985)
, 1h42
Directed by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Terry Alexander, Richard Liberty, Jarlath Conroy, Sherman Howard
Roles Rhodes
Rating70% 3.5495153.5495153.5495153.5495153.549515
Cannibalistic zombies have overrun the entire world. The remaining fragments of the U.S. government and military hide out in fortified military bases and colonies, attempting to find a solution to the zombie pandemic. Sarah, Private Miguel Salazar, radio operator William "Bill" McDermott, and helicopter pilot John fly from their base to Fort Myers, Florida, in an attempt to locate additional survivors. They encounter a large horde of the undead, and return to their army base in the Everglades, where a small group of scientists, supported by a skeleton crew of soldiers, is searching for a way to stop or reverse the re-animation process.
Knightriders
Knightriders (1981)
, 2h25
Directed by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Transport films, Motocyclette
Actors Ed Harris, Tom Savini, Patricia Tallman, Martin Ferrero, Scott Reiniger, Brother Blue
Roles Disgruntled Fair Worker
Rating62% 3.148773.148773.148773.148773.14877
Billy (Ed Harris) leads a traveling troupe that jousts on motorcycles. "King William", as he styles himself, tries to lead the troupe according to his Arthurian ideals. However, the constant pressure of balancing those ideals against the modern day realities and financial pressures of running the organization are beginning to strain the group. Billy is also plagued by a recurring dream of a black bird. Tensions are exacerbated by Billy's constantly pushing himself despite being injured and the arrival of a promoter named Bontempi (Martin Ferrero), who wants to represent the troupe.
Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
, 1h57
Directed by George A. Romero, Dario Argento
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Motocyclette, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, James A. Baffico, David Early
Roles Officer at Police Dock
Rating77% 3.8975353.8975353.8975353.8975353.897535
The United States is devastated by a mysterious phenomenon which reanimates recently deceased unburied human beings as flesh-eating zombies. Despite the best efforts by the U.S. government and local authorities to control the situation, society is beginning to collapse and the remaining survivors are given to chaos. Some rural communities and the military have been effective in fighting the zombies in open country, but cities are helpless and largely overrun. Confusion reigns at the WGON television studio in Philadelphia by the phenomenon's third week, where staff members Stephen Andrews and Francine Parker are planning to steal the station's traffic helicopter to escape the zombies. Meanwhile, police SWAT officer Roger DiMarco and his team raid an apartment building where the residents are defying the martial law of delivering their dead to National Guardsmen. Some residents fight back with handguns and rifles, and are killed by both the overzealous SWAT team and their own reanimated dead. During the raid, Roger meets Peter Washington, part of another SWAT team, and they partner up together. Roger tells Peter that his friend Stephen intends to take his network's helicopter, and suggests that Peter come with them. The matter is decided when they are informed of a group of zombies sheltered in the basement, which they execute with grim determination.

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Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
, 1h57
Directed by George A. Romero, Dario Argento
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Motocyclette, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, James A. Baffico, David Early
Roles Assistant Makeup Artist
Rating77% 3.8975353.8975353.8975353.8975353.897535
The United States is devastated by a mysterious phenomenon which reanimates recently deceased unburied human beings as flesh-eating zombies. Despite the best efforts by the U.S. government and local authorities to control the situation, society is beginning to collapse and the remaining survivors are given to chaos. Some rural communities and the military have been effective in fighting the zombies in open country, but cities are helpless and largely overrun. Confusion reigns at the WGON television studio in Philadelphia by the phenomenon's third week, where staff members Stephen Andrews and Francine Parker are planning to steal the station's traffic helicopter to escape the zombies. Meanwhile, police SWAT officer Roger DiMarco and his team raid an apartment building where the residents are defying the martial law of delivering their dead to National Guardsmen. Some residents fight back with handguns and rifles, and are killed by both the overzealous SWAT team and their own reanimated dead. During the raid, Roger meets Peter Washington, part of another SWAT team, and they partner up together. Roger tells Peter that his friend Stephen intends to take his network's helicopter, and suggests that Peter come with them. The matter is decided when they are informed of a group of zombies sheltered in the basement, which they execute with grim determination.