American character actor
Younger brother of actor Frank Campanella.
Honorary sheriff of Toluca Lake, California
Graduated from Manhattan College in the Bronx, NY
Received a 1962 Tony nomination as Best Supporting or Featured Actor for his performance in "A Gift of Time", which was written and directed by Garson Kanin , and which starred Henry Fonda and Olivia de Havilland.
Shares a birthday with Bjrk , Goldie Hawn , Rachel Rogers , Nicollette Sheridan , & Juliet Mills
His father, a Sicilian immigrant, was an early member of the American Federation of Musicians. As a result, he remained active in liberal "underdog" political causes all his life.
A popular narrator for PBS over the years.
Two of Josephs sons, Rob Campanella and Dominic Campanella, played in the L.A. psychedelic rock band, "The Quarter After".
He went on to attend Columbia University, then began his acting career on the New York stage and in TV soap operas.
Campanella became one of the youngest-ever skippers in the wartime navy.
He appeared in both "Superboy" and "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" .
His son, also named Joe, played college basketball at Columbia University.
