Biography

Joseph had dark brown hair and brown eyes. He played the clarinet, and he played with the Metropolitan Opera in N.Y.C for two years. He did charity work for handicapped people, and the people from Ocilla, Georgia appreciated his work so much that they had a one-mile street named after him. His hobbies were reading, tennis, and gardening.
- IMDb mini biography by: Natasha Hall <magrio@ibm.net>

According to Soap Opera Digest, had an open-ended contract on Days of Our Lives, which allowed him to play villainous Stefano DiMera whenever he felt like resuming the role (and whenever the writers came up with a good story line). This allowed the character to be "killed off" more times than anyone can count, coming back -- in one memorable sequence -- through a bargain with Satan himself.

He knew his wife, Patricia Schultz, a former NBC Television executive, for over15 years before going out on a date with her.

His parents, Anna (DeTuccio) and Peter Mascolo, were Italian immigrants.