Joe Dallesandro
Joe Dallesandro | |
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Born | Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro III December 31, 1948 Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |
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Years active | 1967–present |
Spouses | Leslie
(m. 1967; div. 1969)Theresa
(m. 1970; div. 1978)Kim Dallesandro (m. 1987) |
Children | 2 |
Website | joedallesandro |
Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro III (born December 31, 1948) is an American
Dallesandro starred in the
Early life
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Joe Dallesandro was born in
Dallesandro and his brother Bobby were taken to New York by their father, who worked as an electrical engineer. Both boys were eventually placed into the Angel Guardian Home in
Dallesandro began acting out, and became aggressive. He repeatedly ran away from his foster home until the senior D'Allesandro finally relented and allowed Joe to live with him.
At age 15, he was expelled from school for punching the school principal, who had reportedly insulted his father. After this, he began hanging out with gangs and stealing cars. In one such instance, Dallesandro panicked and smashed the stolen car he was driving through the gate of the
In 1965, aged 16, he ran away from the camp, and supported himself by nude modeling, appearing most notably in short films and magazine photos for Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild.[5]
Career
Underground film career
Dallesandro met Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey in 1967 while they were shooting Four Stars, and they cast him in the film on the spot.[6] Warhol would later comment "In my movies, everyone's in love with Joe Dallesandro."[7]
Dallesandro played a
As Dallesandro's underground fame began to cross over into the popular culture, he appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in April 1971. He was also photographed by some of the top celebrity photographers of the time: Francesco Scavullo, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon.[9]
Dallesandro appeared in
Mainstream career
Dallesandro continued to star in films made mainly in
He had roles in Critical Condition (1987) opposite Richard Pryor, Sunset (1988) with Bruce Willis and James Garner, Cry-Baby (1990) with Johnny Depp, Guncrazy (1992) with Drew Barrymore, and Steven Soderbergh's 1999 film The Limey. He has also worked in television. In 1986, he co-starred in the ABC drama series Fortune Dane. The series lasted only five episodes. Dallesandro was also a regular for the first season (1987-1988) of the CBS crime drama series Wiseguy, appeared in three episodes of NBC's Miami Vice, and a two-hour episode of ABC's Matlock in 1990.[11]
A biography, Little Joe: Superstar by Michael Ferguson was released earlier in 2001, and a filmed documentary, Little Joe (2009), was released with Dallesandro serving as writer and producer. His adopted daughter, Vedra Mehagian, also served as a producer of the film.[citation needed]
In February 2009, Dallesandro received the Teddy Award, an honor recognizing those filmmakers and artists who have contributed to the further acceptance of LGBT people, culture and artistic vision.
He appeared in the
In 2018 he starred as himself in Ulli Lommel's Factory Cowboys: Working with Warhol. The film was based on Lommel's own biography and partly on Dallesandro's memories of the period during which he worked with Andy Warhol.[13]
Personal life
Dallesandro is openly
Aged 18, he married his first wife, Leslie, the daughter of his father's girlfriend, in 1967. Their son, Michael, was born December 19, 1968. The marriage was dissolved in 1969. His second marriage was to Theresa ("Terry") in 1970. Their son, Joseph A. Dallesandro, Jr., was born November 14, 1970. The couple divorced in early 1978. In 1987, Dallesandro was married a third time, to Kimberly ("Kim").[citation needed] Dallesandro has a grandson and a granddaughter by his son Michael, as well as a grandson by his son Joseph.[16]
Semi-retired from acting, as of 2009 Dallesandro managed a residential hotel building in Los Angeles.[17]
In popular culture
- In Lou Reed's song, "Walk on the Wild Side", about the characters Reed knew from Warhol's studio, The Factory, the verse about Dallesandro used his nickname, Little Joe.[18]
- A Warhol photograph of the crotch bulge of Dallesandro's tight blue jeans is on the famous cover of the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers. Dallesandro explained to biographer Michael Ferguson, "It was just out of a collection of junk photos that Andy pulled from. He didn't pull it out for the design or anything, it was just the first one he got that he felt was the right shape to fit what he wanted to use for the fly;" the first editions of that album cover physically incorporated a functional metal zipper fly into the photo.[19]
- The 1980s British band The Smiths used a still photograph of Dallesandro from the film Flesh as the cover of their eponymous debut album.[20]
- Norwegian pop band Briskeby had a 2005 single called "Joe Dallesandro".[21]
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1967 | Four Stars | College Wrestler | Alternative title: The 24 Hour Movie |
1968 | San Diego Surf
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Joe | |
1968 | The Loves of Ondine | College Wrestler | |
1968 | Flesh | Joe, The Hustler | Alternative title: Andy Warhol's Flesh |
1968 | Lonesome Cowboys
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Joe "Little Joe" | Alternative title: Ramona and Julian |
1970 | Trash | Joe Smith | Alternative title: Andy Warhol's Trash |
1972 | Heat | Joey Davis | |
1973 | Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
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Nicholas, The Stableboy | Alternative title: Flesh for Frankenstein |
1974 | Blood for Dracula | Mario Balato, The Servant | Alternative title: Andy Warhol's Dracula |
1974 | The Gardener | Carl, The Gardener | Alternative titles: Garden of Death, Seeds of Evil |
1975 | The Climber | Aldo, The Climber | Alternative title: L'ambizioso |
1975 | Black Moon | Brother Lily | |
1975 | Savage Three | Ovidio Mainardi | Alternative title: Fango bollente |
1975 | Season for Assassins | Pierro Giaranaldi | Alternative title: Il tempo degli assassini |
1976 | Je t'aime moi non plus | Krassky | Alternative title: I Love You, I Don't or I Love You ... Neither Do I |
1976 | La Marge | Sigismond | Alternative title: The Streetwalker |
1978 | Safari Rally | Joe Massi | Alternative title: 6000 km di paura |
1978 | Killer Nun | Dr. Patrick Roland | Alternative titles: Suor Omicidi Deadly Habits |
1980 | Madness | Joe Brezzi | Alternative title: Vacanze per un massacro |
1981 | Merry-Go-Round | Ben | |
1982 | Queen Lear | Joseph Kunz, The Father | |
1984 | The Cotton Club | Charlie "Lucky" Luciano | |
1984 | Miami Vice | Vinnie DeMarco | Episode: "One Eyed Jack" |
1986 | Fortune Dane | Tommy "Perfect Tommy" Nicautri | 5 episodes |
1987 | Critical Condition | Stucky | |
1987 | Miami Vice | Alfredo Giulinni | Episode: "Down for the Count: Part 2" |
1987 | Wiseguy | Paul "Pat The Cat" Patrice | 5 episodes |
1988 | Sunset | "Dutch" Kieffer | |
1988 | The Hitchhiker | Gerard | Episode: "Fashion Exchange" |
1988 | Double Revenge | Joe Halsey | |
1989 | The Hollywood Detective | Eddie Northcott | Television movie |
1990 | Matlock | Bobby Boyd | 2 episodes |
1990 | Almost an Angel | Bank Hood Leader | |
1990 | Cry-Baby | Mr. Hackett | |
1991 | Inside Out | Richard | Segment: "The Diaries" |
1991 | Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue | Jules | |
1992 | Guncrazy | Rooney | |
1992 | Love Is Like That | The Boss | |
1994 | Sugar Hill | Tony Adamo | |
1995 | Theodore Rex | Rogan | Direct-to-video release |
1998 | L.A. Without a Map | Michael | |
1999 | The Limey | John "Uncle John", The Hitman | Credited as Joe Dallessandro |
2000 | Beefcake | Cameos, old footage | |
2002 | Pacino Is Missing | Sal Colletti | |
2008 | 3 Stories About Evil | Jean Maries | Short film |
2022 | Babylon | Charlie the Photographer |
References
- Citations
- ^ Morris, Gary (January 13, 2000). "Book Review: Little Joe, Superstar: The Films of Joe Dallesandro". Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Watson 2003, p. 22
- ^ Watson 2003, p. 23
- ^ Watson 2003, p. 1962
- ^ Watson 2003, pp. 237–238
- ^ "Interview with Joe Dallesandro". Manner of Man (4). December 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-307-51306-9.
- ISBN 978-1-4529-0430-6. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-8656-5186-9.
- ISBN 978-1-8918-5548-1.
- IMDb
- ^ "The Dandy Warhols - "You Are Killing Me" (Official Music Video)". YouTube.
- ^ "Factory Cowboys: Working with Warhol". Crew United. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ Ferguson & Dallesandro 1998, p. 82
- ^ Lyons, Tina (March 1998). "Joe Dallesandro,1998". Index Magazine (13). Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ^ Ferguson & Dallesandro 1998, pp. 19–20
- ^ O'Brien, Glenn (July 6, 2009). "Joe Dallesandro". Interview. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-6340-8032-6.
- ^ "Album Cover Joe". Joedallesandro.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ISBN 978-8-7635-0774-5.
- ^ Fagerheim, Freddy S.; Rune Jensen (December 1, 2005). "Sex-ikon er gull for Briskeby" [Sex icon is gold for Briskeby]. Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Norwegian). Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- Bibliography
- Ferguson, Michael; Dallesandro, Joe (1998). Little Joe, Superstar: The Films of Joe Dallesandro. Companion Press. ISBN 978-1-8891-3809-1.
- ISBN 978-0-6794-2372-0.
External links
- Official website Offline February 2020
- Joe Dallesandro at IMDb
- The New York Times profile
- "Joe Dallesandro Home Movies" video