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Joe Bevilacqua | |
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 Bevilacqua in 2013. | |
| Born | Joseph K. Bevilacqua January 2, 1959 Belleville, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Other names | Joe Bev |
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| Years active | 1971–present |
Joseph K. Bevilacqua (born January 2, 1959) is an American actor, producer, director, author, dramatist, humorist, cartoonist, and documentarian.
Bevilacqua was born on January 2, 1959, in Newark, New Jersey, the son of an Italian policeman from Apulia, Joseph Bevilacqua Sr., and a housewife, the former Joan Kvidahl. Bevilacqua began performing as a child. His family moved to Iselin, New Jersey in 1965. In 1971, he began recording his first audio stories, Willoughby and the Professor, half hour stories, in which he performed all of the voices himself, creating live sound effects, and scoring with 78 RPM records he found in his attic. [1] [2]
According to NPR, Bevilacqua sent a 120-minute cassette of his Willoughby stories to voice actor Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, Quickdraw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound and other Hanna-Barbera and Jay Ward cartoon characters. [1] Butler soon dubbed himself Bevilacqua's mentor. [3] [4]
Joe Bevilacqua has written and edited a number of books, including Daws Butler, Characters Actor, the authorized biography of his mentor and the voice of Yogi Bear. He co-authored the script book Uncle Dunkle and Donnie with Daws Butler and edited Butler's Scenes for Actors and Voices workbook. He has also written many liner notes on the history of radio for Radio Spirits releases. [5] [6]
Bevilacqua also worked for WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark, NJ, and produced documentaries for WNYC, New York Public Radio, on jazz legends including Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cab Calloway, and Lionel Hampton. His features play on NPR. [7]
He is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, and in 2009, Bevilacqua presented his commentary for Marketplace . [8] about his "green lifestyle".
As of June 2014, Bevilacqua had 14 regularly airing radio series, and 34 hours of new radio per month. [9]
The Joe Bev Hour is the umbrella named used by radio stations for all of his productions [10] syndicated worldwide:
Stations running The Joe Bev Hour including WGTD, Wisconsin Public Radio, Sound Stages Radio, WHRO-Norfolk, VA, The 1920s Radio Network, Toon Radio, Pawling Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, WGTD, Wisconsin Public Radio, Sound Stages Radio, WHRO-Norfolk, VA, The 1920s Radio Network, Toon Radio, Pawling Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, Prairie Public, Moab Public Radio, KAZU, WNMU-FM, KREV, WMMT, KAWC, Red River Radio Network, Marfa Public Radio, KCUR, WEZU, WSNC, Troy Public Radio, WCMU Public Radio, WRPI, KUAT, KUHF, KVMR, WRFA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WHRV, KVMR, WUCF, WFIU, KRPS, KUT, WLRN, WTIP, WNCU, KEOS, KRUA, New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU, Delta College Public Radio, WPSU, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KMXT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WEFT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, WRVO, WYSO, WMPG, WGUC, KRPS, WEKU, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WXXI, Yellowstone Public Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, WHRV, WVAS, WDCB, WMUK, KCCK, WAMC, Here and Now, WGBH, KWIT, KDUR, WGUC, WJFF, WILL, WNPR, WCAI/WNAN, KTNA, WKSU, WKMS, AMU, KSTX (KPAC), KERA, WFCR, WUAL, KZYX, KCPW, Stan, Delmarva Public Radio, KRCB, WKNO, KSJD, KFSR, KUHF, KQED, Spokane Public Radio, WUIS, WEKU, WEPS, WNCU, WPSU, KUOW, KUHB, KTXK, Raven Radio, WQUB, WCOM, WMUB, KGLT, KDNK, KMXT, KSFR, WVPE, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KSUT, KUVO, KDLG, KVNF, KUHB, Yellowstone Public Radio, WERU, KSRQ, WKSU, KRCB, GAUF, WUSM, WDNA, KUGS, WGCU, KFAI, WUTS, East Village Radio, KAOS, KBBI.
In March 2014, BearManor Media appointed Joe Bevilacqua as program director of the new Bear Manor Radio Network. [20]
In an announcement dated March 28, 2014, Ben Ohmart, president of Bear Manor Media, the publisher of books about old Hollywood, said, "We are excited to collaborate again with the extraordinarily talented Joe Bevilacqua." [21]
The BearManor Radio went on the air streaming 24/7 on April 1, 2014, with six program. On June 1, 2014, the network added four more hour, all produced by Joe Bevilacqua. These are:
In 2011, Bevilacqua signed a deal with Audible to distribute all of his audiobooks, including radio drama, science fiction, comedy, cartoons, documentary, classic literature, biography, and autobiography. [29]
In 2012, Bevilacqua signed a new deal with Blackstone Audio, which has released nearly 100 audio titles by Bevilacqua, for download, CD, retail and libraries. 100 more are planned for 2014, many radio theater and comedy. [9]
Since the 1970s, Joe Bevilacqua has been cartooning his own characters, starting with Willoughby and the Professor. He has drawn for many of his projects and most recently drew cover art for six new Blackstone Audio titles coming up July 1, 2014, under the collective title A Joe Bev Cartoon. [30] [31]
Joe Bev was also the voice of Unicycler Cat [32] in the North Bay Corp animated television commercials.
Bevilacqua's stage work includes roles in Equus , Bedroom Farce , Applause [ clarification needed ], Black Comedy , and others plays. He tours regularly as Bud Abbott in A Tribute to Bud & Lou [33] with Bob Greenberg as Lou Costello. Bevilacqua has performed at [The Improv], Caroline's on Broadway, [34] Catch a Rising Star, and the Comic Strip. He has opened for Uncle Floyd, and has worked with Al Franken, Shelley Berman, Lewis Black and Rick Overton. Bevilacqua has also MC'd shows featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Mahr and Gilbert Gottfried. [35]
In 1989, funded by The New Jersey Historical Commission and The Monmouth County Historical Society, Bevilacqua produced, directed and starred in A Freneau Sampler, consisting of the poetry, prose and life of Philip Freneau. [36]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2014 | The Better Angels | Lawyer | Credited as Joe Bevilacqua |
| 2014 | Cold in July | Coroner | Uncredited |
| 2014 | Hits | Angry Townsperson | Uncredited |
| 2014 | John Wick | Man on Bus Reading the New York Times | Uncredited |
| 2014 | The Fly Room | Uncle Dwight | |
| 2015 | The Wannabe | Giuseppe | Uncredited |
| 2017 | The Two Worlds of William March | Dr. Edward Glover | |
| 2019 | The Gandhi Murder | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 2019 | Love Is Blind | Bar Fly Shooting Darts | Uncredited |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Cadillac Linen Service Worker | Uncredited |
| 2019 | Just in Time | Alan Mackey | Short Film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Star Trek: Voyager | Crew Member | Episode: "Course: Oblivion"; uncredited |
| 2013 | Deadly Devotion | IRS Agent | Documentary; 2 episodes; credited as Joe Bevilacqua |
| 2014 | The World Wars | Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery | Documentary; Episode: "Never Surrender" |
| 2014 | Mysteries at the Monument | Nikola Tesla | Episode: "The King and the Spanish Dancer; a Communist Comes to America; Filth Party" |
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | David Sarnoff | Episode: "Eldorado" |
| 2014 | Greatest Mysteries | General Smedley Butler | Documentary; Episode: "White House" |
| 2014–2016 | Mysteries at the Museum | Devil Anse Hatfield / French Resistance Decoder / Art Expert | Documentary; 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Redrum | Terry King | Episode: "Families and Foes" |
| 2015 | The Haunting of... | Alysia Reiner's Father / Alan Ladd | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Blood Feuds | Randall McCoy | Episode: "Hatfields and McCoys" |
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