Career
Born in Sicily he began his career in the 1920s as a piano and organ tuner, serving transport-Atlantic steamers docking in New New York In the 1930s he became a sales representative for Gennett Recordings before starting his own sound effects company named Valentino Incorporated., that now operates as simply Valentino Incorporated. He provided the sound effects for many Broadway shows, including The Heiress and Death of a Salesman.
His sound effects library was also widely distributed to television and radio stations.
