Joe De Santis

Known for ActingBorn 1909-06-15Died 1989-08-30New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Great Adventure

How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon

MGM Parade

Justice

Powderkeg

Arrest and Trial

And Now Miguel

The Flying Fontaines

The Munsters

Inner Sanctum

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Outer Limits

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Perry Mason

Mission: Impossible

Bonanza

Philip Marlowe

The Walter Winchell File

Official Detective

It's Good to Be Alive

Dino

The Fugitive

Law of the Plainsman

Have Gun, Will Travel

Hawaii Five-O

The Lucy Show

Rawhide

Run for Your Life

The Third Man

The Professionals

77 Sunset Strip

The Name of the Game

Daniel Boone

Tales of Wells Fargo

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Toma

I Want to Live!

Contract on Cherry Street

Maverick

The Trap

The Last Hunt

The Tall Man

Branded

Mannix

Deadline - U.S.A.

The High Chaparral

Cannon

General Electric Theater