Joseph Mascolo

Joseph Peter Mascolo (March 13, 1929 – December 8, 2016) was an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He played villain Stefano DiMera on NBC's soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also starred as Massimo Marone on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2001 to 2006.

Early life

Mascolo was born on March 13, 1929,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="NYT" /> and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut.<ref name="CNN" /> His parents, Anna Mascolo (née DeTuccio; 1910–2010) and Peter Mascolo (1901–2008), were immigrants from Naples, Italy, and had their 80th wedding anniversary shortly before his father died.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mascolo had one sister, Marie LaVoie.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He attended the United States Military Academy after graduating high school.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mascolo attended the University of Miami.<ref name="PDN">Template:Cite news</ref> To support himself financially, he studied acting under famed acting coach Stella Adler in New York City.<ref name="NYT">Template:Cite news</ref> He originally was trained in classical music and opera.<ref name="NYT" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Theatre

Mascolo was in the 1962 production of Night Life as Kazar and the understudy of Neville Brand.<ref name="Night Life" /> He was in the 1966 production of Dinner at Eight as Ricci.<ref name="Dinner at Eight" /><ref name="SF Gate" /> Mascolo was in the 1969 production of The Time of Your Life as Blick.<ref name="Life" /> His final theatrical appearance was in 1972's That Championship Season as Phil Romano.<ref name="SF Gate" /><ref name="Season" />

Film

Mascolo's first film appearance was in 1968's Hot Spur as Carlo.<ref name="Hot Spur" /> He was in 1972's neo-noir action crime–drama film Shaft's Big Score! as Gus Mascola.<ref name="Shaft's Big Score!" /> Mascolo was in 1973's The Spook Who Sat by the Door<ref name="The Spook Who Sat by the Door" /> and 1978's Jaws 2 as Len Peterson.<ref name="Jaws 2" /> He was in 1981's Sharky's Machine as JoJo Tipps<ref name="Sharky's Machine" /> and 1982's Yes, Giorgio<ref name="People" /><ref name="Yes, Giorgio" /> Mascolo's last film appearance was in 1986's Heat as Baby.<ref name="Heat" />

Television

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,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and won three Soap Opera Digest Awards.<ref name="CNN">Template:Cite news</ref> He has also played a wide range of roles on many different series including (but not limited to) a Stefano-like villain named Nicholas Van Buren on General Hospital, and Carlos Alvarez on Santa Barbara. Before achieving his fame, he was seen in the earlier soap operas Where the Heart Is and From These Roots. He also made primetime television appearances on All in the Family, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Lou Grant and The Rockford Files.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Mascolo portrayed Massimo Marone on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful beginning August 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Mascolo also appeared in The Incredible Hulk in October 1979, as Mr. Arnold in the episode "Brain Child". 10 years later, he would appear again in NBC's The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, as Albert G. Tendelli, a police confidant of Daredevil.<ref name="The Trial of the Incredible Hulk" /> He also appeared in an episode of Hart to Hart on 1/3/84 as villain Mr. Rhodes.

Personal life and death

Mascolo married Rose Maimone in 1953. They had a son named Peter. Maimone died in 1986. In 2005, Mascolo married his second wife, Patricia Schultz.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In January 2016, he told Soap Opera Digest that he had suffered a stroke in the spring of 2015. "During my rehab, I thought this would be a good time for Stefano to leave."<ref name="CNN" />

Mascolo died on December 8, 2016, in Santa Clarita, California at 87 after years of battling Alzheimer's disease.<ref name="NYT" /> He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).

Theatre

Year	Title	Venue	Role	Dates	Notes	Template:Abbr
1962	Night Life	Brooks Atkinson Theatre	Kazar	October 23, 1962 – December 15, 1962	Template:Plain list	<ref name="Night Life">Template:Cite web</ref>
1966	Dinner at Eight	Alvin Theatre	Ricci	September 27, 1966 – January 14, 1967	Directed by Tyrone Guthrie, written by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber, and produced by Elliot Martin, Lester Osterman, Jr., Alan King & Walter A. Hyman, Ltd.	<ref name="Dinner at Eight">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="SF Gate">Template:Cite news</ref>
1968	West Side Story	Lincoln Center	Schrank	June 24, 1968 – September 7, 1968	Directed and choreography by Lee Theodore and produced by The Musical Theater of Lincoln Center & Richard Rodgers.	<ref name="Story">Template:Cite web</ref>
1969	The Time of Your Life	Vivian Beaumont Theatre	Blick	November 6, 1969 – December 20, 1969	Directed by John Hirsch, written by William Saroyan, and produced by Jules Irving.	<ref name="Life">Template:Cite web</ref>
1970	Camino Real		Officer	January 8, 1970 – February 21, 1970	Directed by Milton Katselas, written by Tennessee Williams, and produced by Jules Irving.	<ref name="Camino Real">Template:Cite web</ref>
	Operation Sidewinder		Colonel Warner	March 12, 1970 – April 25, 1970	Directed by Michael Schultz, written by Sam Shepard, music composed and performed by The Holy Modal Rounders, and produced by Jules Irving.	<ref name="Operation Sidewinder">Template:Cite web</ref>
	The Good Woman of Setzuan		Policeman	November 5, 1970 – December 13, 1970	Directed by Robert Symonds, written by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim, featuring songs by John Lewin & Herbert Pilhofer, and produced by Jules Irving.	<ref name="Good">Template:Cite web</ref>
1971	Murderous Angels	Playhouse Theatre	Col. Alcibiade Zbyre	December 20, 1971 – January 9, 1972	Template:Plain list	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Angels">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Sfn
1972	That Championship Season	Booth Theatre	Phil Romano	September 14, 1972 – April 21, 1974	Template:Plain list	<ref name="SF Gate" /><ref name="Season">Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Hot Spur	Jason O'Hara	Western film written and directed by R.L. Frost.<ref name="Hot Spur">Template:Cite web</ref>
1972	Shaft's Big Score!	Gus Mascola	Neo-noir action crime–drama film directed by Gordon Parks.<ref name="Shaft's Big Score!">Template:Cite web</ref>
1973	Happy Mother's Day, Love George	Piccolo	Template:Plain list
	The Spook Who Sat by the Door	Senator Hennington	Template:Plain list
1978	Jaws 2	Len Peterson	Horror thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc.<ref name="Jaws 2">Template:Cite web</ref>
1981	Gangster Wars	Salvatore Maranzano	Template:Plain list
	Sharky's Machine	Detective Joe "Joe-Joe" Tipps	Template:Plain list
1982	Yes, Giorgio<ref name="People" />	Dominic Giordano	Template:Plain list
1986	Heat	"Baby"	Template:Plain list

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	True Story	Tony Brenner	Episode: "The Accident" Template:Small
1961	From These Roots	Jack Lander	American soap opera
	True Story	Tony Brenner	Episode: "6 May 1961" Template:Small
1967	Coronet Blue	Bodyguard	Episode: "A Dozen Demons" Template:Small
1969	The Good Guys	Chauffeur	Episode: "The World's Second Greatest Lover" Template:Small
	The Doctors	Policeman	Episode: "#1.1668" Template:Small
			Episode: "#1.1669" Template:Small
1973	The Resolution of Mossie Wax	Template:CGuest	TV movie. Drama film directed by Bob Walsh.
	Where the Heart Is	Ed Lucas	Episode: "#1.868"
			Episode: "#1.873"
1974	All in the Family	Pat Bushmill	Episode: "Gloria's Boyfriend" Template:Small
	Dominic's Dream	Dominic Bente	Pilot sitcom written and directed by Garry Marshall.<ref name="Dominic's Dream">Template:Cite web</ref>
1975	Baretta	Frank Cassell	Episode: "He'll Never See Daylight" Template:Small
1975–1976	Bronk	Mayor Pete Santori	Contract role
1976	NBC Special Treat	Papa	Episode: "Papa and Me" Template:Small
	Kojak	Detective Jeff Braddock	Episode: "A Summer Madness" Template:Small
	Monster Squad	Lawrence of Moravia	Episode: "Lawrence of Moravia" Template:Small
	ABC Afterschool Special	Mr. Singleton	Episode: "Mighty Moose and the Quarterback Kid" Template:Small
1977	Switch	Phillip Aspen / Martin Lorrimer	Episode: "Portraits of Death" Template:Small
	Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?	Max Pierce	TV movie. Mystery film directed by Russ Mayberry.<ref name="Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?">Template:Cite web</ref>
	The Rockford Files	Gibby	Episode: "Crack Back" Template:Small
1978	The Eddie Capra Mysteries	Joe Callen/Dr. David Weller	Episode: "Dirge for a Dead Dachshund" Template:Small
	Lou Grant	McIntyre	Episode: "Babies" Template:Small
1979	The Incredible Hulk	Mr. Arnold	Episode: "Brain Child" Template:Small
1981	The Gangster Chronicles	Salvatore Maranzano	Miniseries directed by Richard C. Sarafian.<ref name="People">Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Sfn
1982–2017	Days of Our Lives	Stefano DiMera	Template:Plain list
1984	Hart to Hart	Nick Rhodes	Episode: "Harts on the Run" Template:Small
	Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter	Richards	TV movie. Biographical film directed by Lamont Johnson<ref name="Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter">Template:Cite web</ref> and written by April Smith.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
1985	Comedy Factory	Peter Wagner	Episode: "Side by Side" Template:Small
	Brothers	Howard Dovall	Episode: "A House Divided" Template:Small
	Crazy Like a Fox	Template:CGuest	Episode: "Fox in 3/4 Time" Template:Small
	Santa Barbara	Carlo Alvarez	Template:CRecurring
1986	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Ed Martinson	Episode: "Have You Tried Talking to Patty?" Template:Small
	Hill Street Blues	Melvin Jardino	Episode: "I Want My Hill Street Blues" Template:Small
	Joe Bash	Captain Charles Taylor	Episode: "Joe's First Partner Template:Small
1987	Hunter	Mick Shaughnessy	Episode: "Shades" Template:Small
	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Lieutenant Gerard	Episode: "The Fugitive" Template:Small
	Rags to Riches	Viktor Leskov	Episode: "Russian Holiday" Template:Small
1988	The Equalizer	Tony Costa	Episode: "Always a Lady" Template:Small
1989	General Hospital	Nicholas Van Buren	Template:CRecurring
	The Trial of the Incredible Hulk	Albert G. Tendelli	TV movie. Superhero film directed by Bill Bixby.<ref name="The Trial of the Incredible Hulk">Template:Cite web</ref>
2001–2006	The Bold and the Beautiful	Massimo Marone IV	Contract role Template:Small

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