Joe Grifasi

José G. "Joe" Grifasi (born June 14, 1944) is an American character actor de cine, stage and television. Grifasi was born en Buffalo, New York, the son of Patricia (née Gaglione) and Joseph J. Grifasi, a skilled laborer. Grifasi graduated from Bishop Fallon High School, a now defunct Catholic high school en Buffalo. He jugado football and acted en many of the school's plays. Grifasi briefly attended Canisius College en Buffalo before joining the United States Army. He went on to study at the Yale School of Drama. While at the Yale School of Drama, he met his future wife, the jazz, saxofonista soprano Jane Ira Bloom. Grifasi has played two independiente members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played for the Yankees de Nueva York. En el 61, set, en 1961, pp played Phil Rizzuto; en The Bronx Is Burning, establecido en 1977, pp played Yogi Berra. Paul Borghese played Berra en el 61, while actual 1977 difusión recordings of Rizzuto were used in The Bronx Is Burning.