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Joe Lala

born on 3/11/1947 in Tampa, FL, United States

died on 18/3/2014 in Tampa, FL, United States

Joe Lala

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Joe Lala
Born Joseph Lala
Nov 3, 1947
Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Occupation Actor, voice actor, drummer and percussionist
Years active 1966-present
Spouse(s) Ginny McSwain (divorced)
Website
http://www.joelala.com

Joe Lala is a musician, actor and voice actor, notable for dubbing Kun Lan of the video game Killer7 and as a drummer and percussionist who has worked with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Manassas, The Bee Gees, Whitney Houston, and many others.

Born in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, from parents of Contessa Entellina, one of the Albanian minority community in Sicily, Lala started out playing the drums in several Florida bands, before making a huge success by forming the band Blues Image in 1966. Lala also sang lead vocals on occasion, most notably on the song "Leaving My Troubles Behind". Lala accumulated 32 Gold records, and 28 Platinum records during his music career. He played on the movie soundtracks of Saturday Night Fever, Staying Alive, D.C. Cab, Streets of Fire. All the Right Moves, Breathless, Defiance, The Lonely Guy, and Airplane!.

A severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome ended Lala's career as a percussionist, but it opened the door to acting.

His films include Active Stealth, Sugar Hill, On Deadly Ground, Deep Sleep, Havana (with Robert Redford), Out for Justice, Marked for Death, Eyewitness to Murder, and Born in East L.A., plus many more. Lala has made many appearances on TV shows like Miami Vice, General Hospital, Melrose Place, Seinfeld, Hunter, and Who's the Boss?, and starred in a summer replacement show named Knight & Daye. He portrayed another native of Ybor City, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, in Ali, and co-starred with Andy Garcia in For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story.

Lala also guest-starred on several animated shows; Batman: The Animated Series, Pinky and the Brain, Quack Pack, The Angry Beavers, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Johnny Bravo, Superman: The Animated Series and many more.

Filmography

Year Film Character
1993 Pinky and the Brain
1997 An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster Bootlick
1999 Our Friend, Martin Reporter #2/Demonstrator
2000 Demolition University Carlos Ramos

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