Joe Seneca
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Joe Seneca (born Joel McGhee) (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an African-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.
He was born 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.
He died from cardiovascular disease at the age of 77.