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10/23/2019 – Dinicol – “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” Holiday Party – STK Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Place of Birth: Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: December 22, 1983
Ethnicity: Italian (one quarter), English, some Scottish
Joe Dinicol is a Canadian actor. His roles include the films The Virgin Suicides , Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999), Kart Racer , The Marsh (2006), Weirdsville , Diary of the Dead , and Passchendaele (2008); the series Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension , Anatole , Rideau Hall , Train 48 , Life with Derek , My Babysitter’s a Vampire , The L.A. Complex , Betas , Grey’s Anatomy , Blindspot , Halt and Catch Fire , Arrow , Saving Hope , The Hardy Boys , and Countdown ; and the made-for-tv movies The Facts of Life Reunion , She’s Too Young , My Babysitter’s a Vampire , Reviving Ophelia , and Nash Bridges (2021).
Joe’s father is actor Keith Dinicol, who has run for Parliament, with the NDP.
His father is of half Italian and half English/Scottish descent. His mother is from England.
Joe’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Dinicol (the son of Sevario/Savario/Samuel Dinicol and Mary/Maria/Marie Cillis/Chillis). Thomas was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Italian parents.
Joe’s paternal grandmother was Constance Ethel Williamson (the daughter of Richard Williamson and Ethel Mary Weldon). Constance was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Richard was born in Longton, England, the son of Richard Williamson and Emily Horwell. Ethel was born in Scotland, the daughter of John Weldon and Louisa Ellen Fox.
Joe’s maternal grandfather was English actor John Neville (born John Reginald Neville; the son of Reginald Daniel Neville and Mabel Lillian Fry). John was born in Willesden, London, England, and was prominent as a theatre actor beginning in the 1950s. He moved to Canada in the 1970s with his family.
Joe’s maternal grandmother is named Caroline Hopper.
Sources: Genealogy of Joe’s father – https://www.bayanne.info
Joe’s paternal great-grandparents, Sevario/Savario/Samuel Dinicol and Mary/Maria/Marie Cillis/Chillis, on the 1926 Canada Prairie Provinces Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Joe’s maternal grandfather, John Reginald Neville – http://stage-door.com