Joseph Pilato

Joseph Pilato
Joseph Pilato
	Pilato in 2008
Born	Josef Francis Anthony Pilato Jr.; March 16, 1949; Fitchburg, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 24, 2019 (aged 70); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Joe Palato, Josef Piato, Joe Pilato, Josef Pilato, Joseph F. Pilato, Joe Pilot, Joseph Rhodes, Joey Pal
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1978–2019

Joseph Pilato (March 16, 1949 – March 24, 2019) was an American film and voice actor. He was perhaps best known for his performance as Captain Rhodes in the 1985 film Day of the Dead.

Early life

He was born in Fitchburg in 1949 to an Italian-American family. His father was a professional trombonist with the Les Brown Orchestra. Joseph was enrolled into Catholic school and became an altar boy, where his talent for acting was developed.

Career

Day of the Dead and success

In 1984, six years after the release of Dawn of the Dead, director George A. Romero was planning a new zombie film called Day of the Dead. Pilato had appeared as a cameo in Dawn of the Dead as a police officer, which had been his first feature film role. Pilato was selected to play United States Army Captain Rhodes. He is perhaps best known for his performance, and the film, along with its predecessors, has become a classic.

Later career and other projects

Pilato later voiced Vexor in Big Bad Beetleborgs under the alias of "Joey Pal" and worked in the English dub of Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02 voicing MetalGreymon. He would later land minor roles in such films as Wishmaster, Pulp Fiction, Digimon: The Movie, and Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D.[1]

Death

Joe Pilato died in his sleep on March 24, 2019, eight days after his 70th birthday.[2]

Filmography

Television and film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Dawn of the Dead	Officer at Police Dock
1980	Effects	Dominic
1981	Knightriders	Disgruntled fair worker
1985	Day of the Dead	Captain Henry Rhodes
1986	Gung Ho	Union Member
1989	Shooters	Sgt. Plato
1990	Alienator	Tech #2
1990	Empire of the Dark	Guy Zupan
1993	The Evil Inside Me	Fulvio
1994	Pulp Fiction	Dean Martin impersonator	Credited as "Josef Pilato"
	Married People, Single Sex	Artie
	Witch Hunt		Uncredited role
1995	The Demolitionist	Boxer	Credited as "Josef Pilato"
1996	Visions	NSA Agent
	Neon Signs	Boto
	Big Bad Beetleborgs	Vexor (voice)	Credited as "Joey Pal"
1997	Wishmaster	Mickey Torreli
1998	Music from Another Room	Carlo
1999	The Last Seduction II	Marvin Dishman
1999	Digimon Adventure	MetalGreymon (voice: English dub)	Recurring role
2000	Digimon: The Movie	MetalGreymon (voice: English dub)
2000	Digimon Adventure 02	MetalGreymon (voice: English dub)	Recurring role
2003	The Ghouls		Uncredited role
2009	Someone's Knocking at the Door	Dr. Ottie
2010	Underground Entertainment: The Movie	Himself
2014	9am	Bernie	Short
2014	Shhhh	Red Harling
2015	Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D	Harry Cooper (voice)
2016	Ilhailed
2016	Parasites	Wilde
2016	The Chair	Security Guard
2018	Attack in LA	Wilde	Final film role

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1995	WarHawk: The Red Mercury Missions	Kneel
1996	Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy	Dr. Garnett, Mayor Waterford
1997	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy	Emdervoss, Klingon Spokesman
2002	Might and Magic IX	Additional voices
2003	Lords of EverQuest	Additional voices

References

"A Friendly Fucking Chat With Horror Icon Joseph Pilato". Retrieved 9 March 2018.
R.I.P. ‘Day of the Dead’ Scene-Stealer Joseph Pilato Has Died at 70 Bloody Disgusting, March 25, 2019

External links

Joseph Pilato at IMDb
Joe Pilato Preservation Page at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2009)

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[1] "A Friendly Fucking Chat With Horror Icon Joseph Pilato". Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[2] R.I.P. ‘Day of the Dead’ Scene-Stealer Joseph Pilato Has Died at 70 Bloody Disgusting, March 25, 2019