Character actor John Capodice, known for his roles in General Hospital and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, among other projects, died Monday, his family announced. He was 83.
Capodice played Carmine Cerullo from 1994-96 on six episodes of the soap opera and appeared as a police officer who was dismissive of Jim Carrey’s pet detective in the 1994 movie. His other film credits included roles in Wall Street, The Doors, Honeymoon in Vegas, Speed and Independence Day.
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He had an extensive list of TV show guest-star credits including stints on CSI, Seinfeld, Ellen, Another World, Knots Landing, Law & Order, Will & Grace, Spenser: For Hire, Kate & Allie, As the World Turns, Moonlighting, Murphy Brown, Melrose Place, Mad About You, Diagnosis Murder, Six Feet Under, The West Wing and Murder, She Wrote. His first TV role was on six episodes of Ryan’s Hope as Lloyd Lord.
He also made two memorable commercial appearances. In one for Polly-O String Cheese, he played Fred, a perplexed pizzeria worker who gets an order for pizza with extra cheese but is asked to hold the tomato sauce and crust. Indeed, the kids ordering the pizza with “nuttin’” just wanted the mozzarella cheese, which Polly-O sells in stick form and calls the “best part of the pizza.” He also played a source of unsolicited medical advice in an ad for Dimetapp cold medicine.