John Capodice, an acting veteran whose credits included Ryan’s Hope, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, General Hospital and Seinfeld, died December 30. He was 83.
The announcement was made on the website of the New Jersey Pizzi Funeral Home and did not list a cause of death.
The funeral home called Capodice “a devoted husband, father and grandfather who will be missed by all who had the pleasure to meet him.”
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Born on Christmas Day 1941, Capodice was a character actor who starred in some of the biggest American TV shows and movies during a lengthy career. He still was voice acting as recently as 2023.
He first landed a role on ABC-TV soap Ryan’s Hope as Lloyd Lord in the late 1970s. Other big roles included Ace Ventura, in which he appeared as a detective, and General Hospital, in which he played Carmine Cerullo in the 1990s.
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Capodice played a laundromat owner in the 1991 Seinfeld episode “The Revenge” and also guest-starred on The West Wing, Six Feet Under and Law & Order, through a prolific career with a hefty filmography. He also appeared in numerous theater productions.
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The funeral home website said he was in the U.S. Army from 1964-66, serving in Korea, and a “proud member of the Blauvelt Sons of Italy Rockland Lodge 2176.”
Capodice is survived by his wife Jane, two children and four grandchildren. Donations in his memory can be made to the Rockland Homes for Heroes.