Joseph Sirola, the genial actor and Tony Award-winning producer who was known as "The King of the Voice-Overs," has died. He was 89.
Sirola died of complications from respiratory failure Sunday at a rehabilitation hospital in New York City, his longtime companion, Claire Gozzo, said.
On the big screen, Sirola appeared in Strange Bedfellows (1965) opposite Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida; in George Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); with Clint Eastwood in Hang 'Em High (1968); and in The Super Cops (1974), directed by Gordon Parks.
Sirola portrayed bandleader Freddy Fleet on a season-three episode ...
Sirola died of complications from respiratory failure Sunday at a rehabilitation hospital in New York City, his longtime companion, Claire Gozzo, said.
On the big screen, Sirola appeared in Strange Bedfellows (1965) opposite Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida; in George Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); with Clint Eastwood in Hang 'Em High (1968); and in The Super Cops (1974), directed by Gordon Parks.
Sirola portrayed bandleader Freddy Fleet on a season-three episode ...
- 2/10/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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