---
name: "Joe Tornatore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-tornatore"
fi1m_id: "joe-tornatore"
imdb_id: "nm0868154"
tmdb_id: 84978
roles: ["Stunts"]
born: "18 August 1934"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:29:26.906584+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe Tornatore

## Identity

Joe Tornatore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-tornatore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-tornatore
- **IMDb ID:** nm0868154
- **TMDB ID:** 84978
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868154/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84978

Stunts. Born 18 August 1934 in New York, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Stunts
- **Born:** 18 August 1934, New York, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1971–1986
- **Also known as:** Joseph Tornatore, Joe Tornatori
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 1 crew, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 78 (2), 1980s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868154/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/84978

## Biography

Joe Tornatore is an American actor and director. Born on 18 August 1934 in New York, he appeared in supporting roles in numerous films and television productions from the late 1960s onwards.

His film credits include *Planet of the Apes* (1968), *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* (1971), *The Sting* (1973), *McQ* (1974), *The Gumball Rally* (1976), *F.I.S.T.* (1978) and *The Champ* (1979). He also directed, produced and wrote the 1976 film *Zebra Force* (also credited as 1978 in some records) and later worked on titles such as *Grotesque* (1987) and *Demon Keeper* (1994).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (2)

- *The Sting* (1973), Fi1m 85, as Black Gloved Gunman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sting.md)
- *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* (1971), Fi1m 72, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Fi1m 78, Stunts — [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Planet of the Apes* (1968), Fi1m 84, as Gorilla (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/planet-of-the-apes.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Immortally Yours* (2009), Director, Producer
- *Demon Keeper* (1994), Director, Editor, Producer
- *Curse of the Crystal Eye* (1991), Director, Screenstory
- *Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders* (1990), Editor
- *Bail Out* (1989), as Trainer
- *Screwball Hotel* (1988), Editor, Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Grotesque* (1988), as Charlie · Director
- *Code Name: Zebra* (1987), Director, Characters
- *Big Trouble in Little China* (1986), Stunts — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/big-trouble-in-little-china.md)
- *Free Ride* (1986), as Murray Garbagio
- *Into the Night* (1985), Stunts
- *Down on Us* (1984), as Disco Owner
- *A Time to Die* (1982), Director
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Bodyguard
- *The Ghosts of Buxley Hall* (1980), as Vincent
- *Angel on My Shoulder* (1980), Actor
- *Marciano* (1979), as Policeman
- *The Champ* (1979), as Hesh
- *F.I.S.T.* (1978), as Angel
- *The Gumball Rally* (1976), as Clancy
- *Trackdown* (1976), as Heavy
- *The Zebra Force* (1976), Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Alias Big Cherry* (1975), Actor
- *The Fortune* (1975), as Detective
- *Mama's Dirty Girls* (1974), as Willy
- *Black Samson* (1974), as Harry
- *The Dion Brothers* (1974), as Sergeant
- *McQ* (1974), as LaSalle
- *The Sting* (1973), as Black Gloved Gunman — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sting.md)
- *The Stone Killer* (1973), as Mossman's Bodyguard (uncredited)
- *Cleopatra Jones* (1973), as Zap (uncredited)
- *Sweet Jesus, Preacherman* (1973), as Joey
- *Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song* (1971), Actor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-sweetbacks-baadasssss-song.md)
- *The Gay Deceivers* (1969), as Sergeant Kravits
- *Planet of the Apes* (1968), as Gorilla (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/planet-of-the-apes.md)

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