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He later secured a recurring role as the nephew of Richie Aprile, Vito Spatafore, in the season two episode "The Happy Wanderer". Along with Dan Grimaldi playing identical twins Patsy and Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi and Saundra Santiago playing identical twins Jeannie and Joannie Cusamano , it was one of the three times that the show used a ...
Vito Spatafore: Beaten to death with a pool cue by Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello and Gerry Torciano on orders from Phil Leotardo. Dominic "Fat Dom" Gamiello : Stabbed to death by Carlo Gervasi while being held by Silvio Dante in the back room of Satriale's.
Vito Spatafore is played by Joseph R. Gannascoli. Vito was a soldier in the DiMeo crime family and a subordinate of Tony Soprano. He was married to Marie Spatafore, who was a second cousin to high-ranking member of the Lupertazzi family, Phil Leotardo, and had two children, Vito Jr., and Francesca.
John A. Costelloe (November 8, 1961 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor best known for his role as Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski, the lover of Vito Spatafore, in the HBO television series The Sopranos. Costelloe, a former FDNY firefighter, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on December 16, 2008, at the age of 47.
Frank Vincent (Phil Leotardo), Dan Grimaldi (Patsy Parisi), Joseph Gannascoli (Vito Spatafore), and Toni Kalem (Angie Bonpensiero) are promoted to starring cast and are now billed in the opening credits but only for the episodes in which they appear. Of the four, only Frank Vincent is billed in an individual credit; the others are paired ...
Vito says Junior "Marvin Gayed" his nephew, a reference to the murder of the singer Marvin Gaye by his own father. As a comment on A.J.'s long hair, Paulie Walnuts addresses him as " Van Helsing ," (a reference to the vampire hunter in the 2004 film ) and Rosalie Aprile greets him as " Fabio " (the model and advertising spokesperson of the '80s ...
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The revelation that Vito Spatafore was a closeted gay man has been analyzed by critics. George De Stefano found it to be the "boldest subversion" in The Sopranos regarding gender. [3] Franco Ricci, professor of Italian studies, observed a "bridge between his publicly straight and privately gay natures" that "flaunts mobster proscriptions." [4]