Pulp Fiction Actor Joseph Pilato Dies Aged 70

Acclaimed Horror Movie Star Joseph Pilato Dies At 70 Years

  • Famous Pulp Fiction actor Joseph Pilato has died.
  • The actor who impressed the audiences as a horror movie star died on Sunday, 24th March in his sleep.
  • Fellow actor Marty Schiff announced the heart-shattering news on his Facebook.

Acclaimed horror movie star, most well-known for his appearance in the 1994 movie Pulp Fiction, Joseph Pilato has died. He was 70 years.

Pilato, who is also famous for playing Captain Rhodes in Day of the Dead died on Sunday night, 24th March in his sleep, however, the cause for his death is yet to be revealed.

Fellow actor Marty Schiff announced the death news on Facebook where he wrote:

It is with great sadness that I inform you that actor and old friend Joseph 'Joe' Pilato pa s sed away quietly in his sleep last night. Rest in Peace, Joe.

Some of Joseph's other performance that established him as a horror movie star includes Alienator, Empire of the Dark, The Evil Inside Me, Fatal Pa s sion, Wishmaster, The Demolitionist, and The Ghouls among others.

Several celebrities including Joe Lynch, Ted Geoghegan took to their social media paying tribute to the late actor. Here are their tweets:

We've lost Joe Pilato, who gave horror fans a horrible, broken - and scared - villain for the ages.

Captain Rhodes is the ultimate Romero monster. The human ghouls in NIGHT and DAWN couldn't prepare us for how truly horrible men could be when backed into a corner. pic.twitter.com/IpsIBQmd3p

— Ted Geoghegan (@tedgeoghegan) March 25, 2019

Before Tarantino or Mamet made the word “F**k” part of their poetry,actor Joe Pilato used “F**k!” like it was bullets in a Tommy gun in DAY OF THE DEAD, one of Horror’s most memorable (human) monsters.
Sad to hear of his pa s sing but he left quite a FUCKING role with us. #RIP pic.twitter.com/WVo3YHsIiH

— Joe Lynch (@TheJoeLynch) March 25, 2019

Born in 1949 in Boston, Ma s sachusetts, Joseph Pilato initially wanted to become a lawyer before he discovered he was talented in acting. In one of his interviews, he said he wanted to portray a person "who was the lawyer," however, he never played a lawyer.

Rest in Peace Joseph!

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