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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.
When Vito leaves for the leather bar, Marie Spatafore is watching the movie Imitation of Life. This is an allusion to the double life Vito is living as a gay man. Christopher suggests that Tony wouldn’t be able to refuse a request from John on the day of his daughter’s wedding, as depicted in The Godfather. Tony then corrects him that it is ...
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.
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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]
Joseph R. Gannascoli, who plays Gino the bakery customer in this episode, returns in season two as Vito Spatafore, a soldier in the Aprile crew. Gannascoli, Saundra Santiago and Dan Grimaldi are the only actors to portray two roles in the series. Santiago portrays twins Jeannie Cusamano and Joan O'Connell.
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.