Biography

Dino Danelli was born on July 23, 1944 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Little Steven: Out of the Darkness (1984), Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul: Under the Gun (1982) and Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul: Lyin' in a Bed of Fire, Live (1982). He died on December 15, 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Profiled in the 1991 book "The Big Beat--Conversations with Rock's Great Drummers", edited by Max Weinberg.

In 1967, while in California, Danelli and the other three members of the Rascals visited the set of ABC's The Dating Game (1965), being fans of the show. They inquired as to if one of them could be on the show, and Danelli was chosen. However, he was not the winning bachelor.