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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 15, 1909
Died
August 30, 1989
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Joseph De Santis
- Jseph De Santis
- Joe DeSantis
- Joseph V. DeSantis
- Joe de Santis
- Joseph de Santis
- Joe deSantis
- Joseph Vito Marcello De Santis
Joe De Santis
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
10.0
Leader, Council of Peace
How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon
1987
6.3
Vincenzo Seruto
Contract on Cherry Street
1977
6.1
Father Echeverra
Katherine
1975
6.6
Roy Campanella's Father
It's Good to Be Alive
1974
4.6
Travers
Little Cigars
1973
7.8
Toma
1973
4.0
Joe Magliocco
Honor Thy Father
1973
6.6
Cannon
1971
8.0
Col. Delgado
Powderkeg
1971
5.9
Pietro Rizzi
The Brotherhood
1968
Credits
How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon
as Leader, Council of Peace
1987
10.0
Contract on Cherry Street
as Vincenzo Seruto
1977
6.3
Katherine
as Father Echeverra
1975
6.1
It's Good to Be Alive
as Roy Campanella's Father
1974
6.6
Little Cigars
as Travers
1973
4.6
Toma
1973
7.8
Honor Thy Father
as Joe Magliocco
1973
4.0
Cannon
1971
6.6
Powderkeg
as Col. Delgado
1971
8.0
The Brotherhood
as Pietro Rizzi
1968
5.9
Lancer
1968
4.7
Hawaii Five-O
as Professor Akbar Savang
1968
7.1
The Name of the Game
as Don Ignazio
1968
6.8
Chubasco
as Benito
1968
3.0
Mannix
1967
6.7
The High Chaparral
as Colonel Ruiz
1967
6.6
The Venetian Affair
as Jan Aarvan
1967
4.4
The Professionals
as Ortega
1966
7.1
Mission: Impossible
as Maj. Marak
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Vito Scalisi
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Jorge Cabal
1966
7.6
Beau Geste
as Maj. Beaujolais
1966
5.3
An American Dream
as Eddie Ganucci
1966
4.7
And Now Miguel
as Padre de Chavez
1966
0.0
Madame X
as Harry Carter
1966
6.4
Laredo
1965
6.3
Run for Your Life
as Eduardo Alonzo
1965
7.2
Branded
1965
6.6
The Munsters
1964
7.9
Daniel Boone
as Jigossassee
1964
7.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Albert Ortega
1963
5.7
The Great Adventure
as General Vallejo
1963
0.0
The Fugitive
as Vardez
1963
7.2
The Outer Limits
as Colonel William Campbell
1963
7.8
Arrest and Trial
as Mr. Ware
1963
7.7
The Lucy Show
as Headwaiter
1962
7.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Jake Martinez
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Gen. Rodello
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Juan Pablo
1962
6.4
Sam Benedict
1962
6.0
Sam Benedict
as Judge Murvill
1962
6.0
Sam Benedict
as Judge Anthony Parrelli
1962
6.0
The George Raft Story
as Frankie Donatella
1961
3.3
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Enrico Conti
1961
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Bruno Rossi
1961
5.5
A Cold Wind in August
as Papa Perugino
1961
5.1
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
Surfside 6
1960
5.0
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Paul
1960
6.2
Checkmate
as Joe Angelo
1960
4.1
Thriller
as Col. Sangriento
1960
6.6
The Tall Man
1960
6.3
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Al Scheuber
1960
6.3
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Paul Otis
1960
6.3
🎬
The Flying Fontaines
as Roberto Rias
1959
0.0
The Detectives
1959
6.1
Philip Marlowe
1959
5.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Third Man
1959
7.1
Law of the Plainsman
as Cooper
1959
6.0
Riverboat
as Juan Cortilla
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Dr. Isaac Dawson
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Padre Xavier
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Samuel Michelson
1959
7.5
Tightrope
as Leo Madden
1959
5.5
Cry Tough
as Juan Antonio Hernando Cortez
1959
5.8
Al Capone
as Big Jim Colosimo
1959
6.6
Rawhide
as Justice Cardin
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Ellis Crowley
1959
7.2
I Want to Live!
as Al Matthews
1958
6.9
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Naked City
as Matt Valentine
1958
5.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Luis Portilla
1958
6.8
Buchanan Rides Alone
as Esteban Gomez
1958
6.5
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
5.8
Sea Hunt
1958
6.6
The Walter Winchell File
1957
5.0
Maverick
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as George Castle
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Melvin Slater
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Louie Parker
1957
7.7
Sugarfoot
as Gen. Carlos Jose Perez
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Jeanne Eagels
as Frank Satori
1957
6.0
Dino
as Mr. Minetta
1957
7.2
The Unholy Wife
as Gino Verdugo
1957
4.4
Ain't No Time for Glory
as Maurice Remy
1957
0.0
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Garrett
1957
6.9
🎬
Official Detective
1957
7.0
Full of Life
as Father Gondolfo
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Balam
1956
6.0
Tension at Table Rock
as Ed Burrows (as Joe DeSantis)
1956
5.9
The Last Hunt
as Ed Black
1956
6.9
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Police Lieutenant
1955
7.8
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Mr. Hawtree
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Gunter
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Sheriff Mark Handlin
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Hoxy
1955
6.6
Inner Sanctum
1954
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Joe Breed
1953
6.4
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Herman Schmidt
1952
6.8
The Man with a Cloak
as Martin, the butler
1951
6.9
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Wylie
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Sylvio
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Anton Maxuranic
1950
6.3
🎬
The Trap
as Narrator (voice)
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Slattery's Hurricane
as Gregory (as Joseph De Santis)
1949
5.0
Lights Out
1949
5.8