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.
Movie | How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon | Leader, Council of Peace | 1987-11-08 |
Movie | Contract on Cherry Street | Vincenzo Seruto | 1977-11-19 |
Movie | Katherine | Father Echeverra | 1975-10-05 |
Movie | It's Good to Be Alive | Roy Campanella's Father | 1974-02-22 |
Movie | Honor Thy Father | Joe Magliocco | 1973-03-01 |
Series | Toma | Unknown | 1973-03-21 |
Movie | Little Cigars | Travers | 1973-06-22 |
Movie | Powderkeg | Col. Delgado | 1971-04-16 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Chubasco | Benito | 1968-04-14 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Movie | The Brotherhood | Pietro Rizzi | 1968-12-01 |
Movie | The Venetian Affair | Jan Aarvan | 1967-01-18 |
Series | The High Chaparral | Unknown | 1967-09-10 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | Madame X | Harry Carter | 1966-03-03 |
Movie | An American Dream | Eddie Ganucci | 1966-08-31 |
Movie | And Now Miguel | Padre de Chavez | 1966-05-17 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | The Professionals | Ortega | 1966-11-01 |
Movie | Beau Geste | Maj. Beaujolais | 1966-09-02 |
Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Series | Laredo | Unknown | 1965-09-16 |
Series | The Munsters | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | A Cold Wind in August | Papa Perugino | 1961-07-26 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | The George Raft Story | Frankie Donatella | 1961-11-22 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Series | Thriller | Unknown | 1960-09-13 |
Series | Checkmate | Joe Angelo | 1960-09-17 |
Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
Series | The Roaring 20's | Unknown | 1960-10-15 |
Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
Series | Tightrope | Unknown | 1959-09-08 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown | 1959-10-01 |
Movie | Cry Tough | Juan Antonio Hernando Cortez | 1959-08-01 |
Movie | Al Capone | Big Jim Colosimo | 1959-03-25 |
Series | The Third Man | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | The Flying Fontaines | Roberto Rias | 1959-12-01 |
Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
Series | Philip Marlowe | Unknown | 1959-10-06 |
Series | Bourbon Street Beat | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Movie | Buchanan Rides Alone | Esteban Gomez | 1958-08-01 |
Series | Sea Hunt | Unknown | 1958-01-04 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Movie | The Case Against Brooklyn | 1958-06-01 | |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
Movie | I Want to Live! | Al Matthews | 1958-11-18 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Movie | Dino | Mr. Minetta | 1957-07-21 |
Movie | The Unholy Wife | Gino Verdugo | 1957-06-24 |
Series | Official Detective | Unknown | 1957-01-01 |
Movie | Jeanne Eagels | Frank Satori | 1957-08-02 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | The Walter Winchell File | Unknown | 1957-10-02 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
Movie | The Last Hunt | Ed Black | 1956-04-30 |
Movie | Tension at Table Rock | Ed Burrows (as Joe DeSantis) | 1956-10-03 |
Movie | Full of Life | Father Gondolfo | 1956-12-25 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Inner Sanctum | Unknown | 1954-01-09 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Deadline - U.S.A. | Herman Schmidt | 1952-03-14 |
Movie | The Man with a Cloak | Martin, the butler | 1951-11-27 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Series | The Trap | Narrator (voice) | 1950-04-29 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Movie | Slattery's Hurricane | Gregory (as Joseph De Santis) | 1949-08-11 |