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- Birth nameOswaldo Castellano
- Wally Cassell was born on March 3, 1912 in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for White Heat (1949), Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and Story of G.I. Joe (1945). He was married to Marcy McGuire. He died on April 2, 2015 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
- SpouseMarcy McGuire(August 30, 1947 - April 2, 2015) (his death, 2 children)
- Close friend of Mickey Rooney, from whom he received his stage moniker.
- He did over 76 films and was a very successful businessman after he left the movie industry.
- Played a gangster alongside Steve Cochran in two films: the James Cagney classic, White Heat, and the film noir Highway 301, both with Warner Brothers.
- At 103, he was the longest- lived cast member of "Sands of Iwo Jima "-1949.
- He began in films in 1942 as mainly a character actor appearing in many war films including Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Flying Leathernecks (1951), and starring in Story of G.I. Joe (1945). He later appeared in a number of westerns and gangster films.
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