Emerging from a Manhattan upbringing as the son of an Italian-immigrant actress, Spinell cut his teeth on Broadway and off-Broadway stages with the experimental troupe Theater of the Forgotten before taking assorted jobs that reinforced his tough-looking screen persona. He broke into film as the hitman Willi Cicci in The Godfather, a role he reprised in its sequel, and went on to appear in landmar… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Godfather 1972 The Godfather Part II 1974 Taxi Driver 1976 Rocky 1976 ★ 8.9 The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 1992
Will Cicci Series ★ 8.6 Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television 1977
William "Willie" Cicci ★ 7.1 Brubaker 1980
Birdwell ★ 6.9 Big Wednesday 1978
Psychologist ★ 6.6 Cruising 1980
Patrolman DiSimone ★ 6.7 Farewell, My Lovely 1975
Nick ★ 6.5 Melvin and Howard 1980
Go-Go Club Owner #2 (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Nighthawks 1981
Lt. Munafo ★ 6.4 The Ninth Configuration 1980
Lt. Spinell ★ 6.4 Next Stop, Greenwich Village 1976
Cop ★ 6.4 Maniac 1980
Frank Zito ★ 6.3 Cops and Robbers 1973
Marty ★ 6.3 The Seven-Ups 1973
Toredano ★ 6.2 Forbidden Zone 1982
Drunken Sailor ★ 5.9 The First Deadly Sin 1980
Charles Lipsky ★ 6.1 Vigilante 1983
Eisenberg ★ 5.2 The Undertaker 1988
Uncle Roscoe ★ 5.3 Rancho Deluxe 1975
Mr. Colson ★ 6.1 Night Shift 1982
Manetti ★ 4.5 Monsignor 1982
Bride's Father ★ 5.7 Winter Kills 1979
Arthur Fletcher ★ 5.9 Paradise Alley 1978
Burp ★ 5.6 Stay Hungry 1976
Jabo ★ 6 Married to the Mob 1988
Leonard 'Tiptoes' Mazzilli ★ 5.5 Last Embrace 1979
Man in Cantina ★ 5.3 The Last Horror Film 1982
Vinny Durand ★ 5.3 Eureka 1983
Pete ★ 5.6 The Pick-up Artist 1987
Eddie ★ 3.5 National Lampoon's Movie Madness 1982
Agent / M.C. ("Success Wanters") ★ 5 Losin' It 1983
Border Patrolman ★ 4.3 Starcrash 1978
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