Joe De Santis
Born: 1909-06-15 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1989-08-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Vito DeSantis (June 15, 1909 - August 30, 1989) was an American radio, television, movie and theatrical actor and sculptor. Joe De Santis was born Joseph Vito Marcello De Santis to Italian immigrant parents in New York City. De Santis played in numerous films; the high point of his career came in 1962 with A Cold Wind in August. He was also featured in I Want to Live! and The Brotherhood. With the advent of television, Joe became known as a skilled character actor who could play convincing dialect characters, mugs, suave heavies and emotional leads. He was active in such early television series as Playhouse 90, Studio One, Sheriff of Cochise, and he appeared regularly on the programs of Red Buttons, Martha Raye and Sid Caesar shows. In addition to many single performances on other series like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Joe had a recurring presence in such shows as The Untouchables, 77 Sunset Strip, Perry Mason, Mission: Impossible, and in the westerns such as Sugarfoot, Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, Sara, and Bonanza. De Santis retired to Provo, Utah in 1978 to be close to family, and resided there until his death in 1989. He died in 1989 at the age of eighty of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Filmography
1987
- How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon as Leader, Council of Peace
1977
- Contract on Cherry Street as Vincenzo Seruto
1975
- Katherine as Father Echeverra
1974
- It's Good to Be Alive as Roy Campanella's Father
1973
- Toma
- Little Cigars as Travers
- Honor Thy Father as Joe Magliocco
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Professor Akbar Savang
- The Name of the Game as Don Ignazio
- Lancer
- The Brotherhood as Pietro Rizzi
- Chubasco as Benito
1967
- Mannix
- The High Chaparral as Colonel Ruiz
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Maj. Marak
- The Professionals as Ortega
- Madame X as Harry Carter
- The Venetian Affair as Jan Aarvan
- Beau Geste as Maj. Beaujolais
- An American Dream as Eddie Ganucci
- And Now Miguel as Padre de Chavez
1965
- Run for Your Life as Eduardo Alonzo
- Laredo
- Branded
1964
- Daniel Boone as Jigossassee
- The Munsters
1963
- The Fugitive as Vardez
- The Outer Limits as Colonel William Campbell
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Albert Ortega
- Arrest and Trial as Mr. Ware
- The Great Adventure as General Vallejo
- Temple Houston
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Jake Martinez
- The Virginian as Gen. Rodello
- The Lucy Show as Headwaiter
- Sam Benedict
1961
- Ben Casey
- Dr. Kildare as Enrico Conti
- The George Raft Story as Frankie Donatella
- A Cold Wind in August as Papa Perugino
1960
- Route 66
- Surfside 6
- Thriller as Col. Sangriento
- Checkmate as Joe Angelo
- The Tall Man
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Paul
- The Roaring 20's
- The Chevy Mystery Show as Al Scheuber
1959
- Bonanza as Dr. Isaac Dawson
- Rawhide as Justice Cardin
- The Detectives
- Riverboat as Juan Cortilla
- Tightrope as Leo Madden
- The Third Man
- Law of the Plainsman as Cooper
- Bourbon Street Beat
- Philip Marlowe
- Al Capone as Big Jim Colosimo
- Cry Tough as Juan Antonio Hernando Cortez
- The Flying Fontaines as Roberto Rias
1958
- Naked City as Matt Valentine
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Luis Portilla
- Sea Hunt
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- I Want to Live! as Al Matthews
- Buchanan Rides Alone as Esteban Gomez
- The Case Against Brooklyn
1957
- Perry Mason as George Castle
- Maverick
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Sugarfoot as Gen. Carlos Jose Perez
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Garrett
- Official Detective
- The Walter Winchell File
- Jeanne Eagels as Frank Satori
- The Unholy Wife as Gino Verdugo
- Dino as Mr. Minetta
- Ain't No Time for Glory as Maurice Remy
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Balam
- The Last Hunt as Ed Black
- Tension at Table Rock as Ed Burrows (as Joe DeSantis)
- Full of Life as Father Gondolfo
1955
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke as Mr. Hawtree
- Matinee Theater
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Police Lieutenant
- MGM Parade as Self
1954
1953
- General Electric Theater as Joe Breed
1952
- Deadline - U.S.A. as Herman Schmidt
1951
- The Man with a Cloak as Martin, the butler
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- Lux Video Theatre as Wylie
- The Trap as Narrator (voice)
1949
- Lights Out
- Slattery's Hurricane as Gregory (as Joseph De Santis)