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Sammy Petrillo
Petrillo in Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
Pseudonym
Samuel Petrillo
Birth name
Sam Patrello
Born
(1934-10-24)October 24, 1934 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Died
August 15, 2009(2009-08-15) (aged 74) Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Resting place
Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York
Medium
Stand up, film
Nationality
American
Years active
1950–1997
Sam Patrello (October 24, 1934 – August 15, 2009) was an American nightclub and movie comedian best known as a Jerry Lewis imitator.[1]
^Rick Saphire (August 17, 2009). "Sammy Petrillo, the comedian who was often mistaken for entertainer Jerry Lewis in the 1950s, has died in a New York hospital". Press Release. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
nightclub and movie comedian best known as a Jerry Lewis imitator. SammyPetrillo was born Sam Patrello in The Bronx, New York City, New York, to a show-business...
horror veteran Bela Lugosi with nightclub performers Duke Mitchell and SammyPetrillo in roles approximating the then-popular duo of Martin and Lewis. In...
"SammyPetrillo Speaks Out (1992 interview with Petrillo)". WFMU.org. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Rutt, Todd. "Duke Mitchell & Sammy Petrillo:...
Pennsylvania. In 1951, he teamed with comic SammyPetrillo for a nightclub act. Mitchell's cabaret-style crooning and Petrillo's manic, rubber-faced clowning bore...
comedy Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, starring Duke Mitchell and SammyPetrillo. That same year, she won a regular role on the sitcom Life with Luigi...
(1972) (also known as Is There Love After Marriage?) starring comedian SammyPetrillo. In the mid-1970s, she went on to direct two low-budget thrillers featuring...
Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952), comedy featuring Duke Mitchell and SammyPetrillo, as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis clones, meet Béla Lugosi on a remote...
starring nightclub comedians Duke Mitchell and Jerry Lewis look-alike SammyPetrillo, whose act closely resembled that of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis (Martin...
Flintstones cartoons) and was once part of a comedy duo with partner SammyPetrillo who together starred in the 1952 cult film Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn...
(d. 2022) 1934 – Margie Masters, Australian golfer (d. 2022) 1934 – SammyPetrillo, American actor (d. 2009) 1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter...
Friend Bub, Glenn & His Friend Flub, Joey the Monkey 8 February 25, 1988 SammyPetrillo (Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla), former Burt Reynolds love interest...
the nights when Broadway Open House wasn't on. Sid Gould George Frees SammyPetrillo Dorothy Keller Jane Scott Denise Lor Betsy Luster Jack Stanton Jackie...
Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla William Beaudine Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, SammyPetrillo Comedy Realart The Belle of New York Charles Walters Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen...
Grammy Award and was nominated for a Tony Award. She has also played Teresa Petrillo Belfort in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street, Sarah Wilder in the 2020...
"My Coloring Book" (John Kander, Fred Ebb) "Jim" (Nelson Shawn, Caesar Petrillo, Edward Rose) "Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)" (Paul Francis Webster...
Dana would also have a recurring role on The Golden Girls as Sophia Petrillo's brother Angelo. He also played her father in a flashback. In addition...
Bobby Hughes Episode: "The Haunting" 2014–2015 Pretty Little Liars Cyrus Petrillo Recurring role (season 5; 4 episodes) 2015 A Deadly Adoption Dwayne Tisdale...
Garfunkel, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Richard Pryor, Tina Turner, Liberace, Sammy Davis Jr., Whitney Houston, Liza Minnelli, James Brown, Sonny & Cher, Patti...
Championship Joe Siddall, Blue Jays Central Sports host Sports play-by-play Andi Petrillo, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games on CBC James Duthie, TSN Free Agent...
Changes Made" and "The Trolley Song" – the latter being a late-1944, post-Petrillo-ban, rush-to-market, swing band vocal duet with Monroe. Marilyn Duke learned...
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