Joe Seneca

Known for ActingBorn 1919-01-14Died 1996-08-15Cleveland, Ohio, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American film and television actor who had a lengthy Hollywood career, portraying bit parts in many major films and television sitcoms spanning from the 1970s to the 1990s. Seneca was born Joel McGhee in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his Hollywood career, Seneca belonged to the R&B singing group "The Three Riffs", performing at upscale supper clubs in New York City. He was also a songwriter and had big hits with "Talk to Me" which was sung by Little Willie John and "Break It to Me Gently", which was a smash twice, once by Brenda Lee in 1962, and once by Juice Newton in 1982. His song "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" was recorded by Ike & Tina Turner, Manfred Mann and The Spencer Davis Group. Arguably his most well-known roles are that of bluesman Willie Brown in Crossroads and Dr. Meddows in The Blob, the evil head of a government team sent to contain the title creature. Seneca also made multiple appearances on The Cosby Show as Hillman President Dr. Zachariah J. Hanes. He also played Alvin Newcastle [1]on an episode of The Golden Girls entitled "Old Friends." Joe appeared in Spike Lee's "School Daze" as the Mission College President McPherson in 1988. Joe appeared on Matlock: The Blues Singer Episode May 9, 1989. Joe also appeared in Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" Music Video In the late 80's. He died from asthma at the age of 77. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Seneca, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

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The Vernon Johns Story

The Tenth Month

Christy

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

The House of Dies Drear

Moments without Proper Names

Malcolm X

The Golden Girls

Kramer vs. Kramer

China Beach

A Time to Kill

Amazing Stories

The Verdict

Law & Order

Crossroads

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Friday the 13th: The Series

seaQuest DSV

Matlock

The Equalizer

Terrible Joe Moran

The Cosby Show

Silverado

Spenser: For Hire

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

The Blob

227

The Saint of Fort Washington

Big Shots

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Mo' Better Blues

Wilma

Mississippi Masala

Throb

A Gathering of Old Men

The Evil That Men Do

School Daze

The Gentleman Bandit

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Tarzan in Manhattan

The Longest Memory

Heart of the Garden