Tough but soft-hearted, this imposing supporting player gives off the same "dese, dem and dose" aura as the earlier William Bendix and Sheldon Leonard. Pastorelli was heading for a career as a truck driver or a boxer when a serious car accident made him re-think his goals and enter acting. He started onstage in the 1970s, playing off-Broadway in "Death of a Salesman", "Bus Stop", "The Rainmaker", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and others before heading west to act on TV.

He made his small-screen debut guesting on "Barney Miller" and soon began turning up on such shows as "Mary", "Beauty and