Joe De Santis

Acting • Born 1909-06-15 – Died 1989-08-30

Acting1New York City, New York, USA

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

117 credits

The Professionals

Movie • 1966

Ortega

Slattery's Hurricane

Movie • 1949

Gregory (as Joseph De Santis)

I Want to Live!

Movie • 1958

Al Matthews

Deadline - U.S.A.

Movie • 1952

Herman Schmidt

Cry Tough

Movie • 1959

Juan Antonio Hernando Cortez

The Brotherhood

Movie • 1968

Pietro Rizzi

The Man with a Cloak

Movie • 1951

Martin, the butler

Tension at Table Rock

Movie • 1956

Ed Burrows (as Joe DeSantis)

The Venetian Affair

Movie • 1967

Jan Aarvan

Little Cigars

Movie • 1973

Travers

Jeanne Eagels

Movie • 1957

Frank Satori

The Last Hunt

Movie • 1956

Ed Black

Contract on Cherry Street

Movie • 1977

Vincenzo Seruto

It's Good to Be Alive

Movie • 1974

Roy Campanella's Father

A Cold Wind in August

Movie • 1961

Papa Perugino

Dino

Movie • 1957

Mr. Minetta

The Flying Fontaines

Movie • 1959

Roberto Rias

Chubasco

Movie • 1968

Benito

Al Capone

Movie • 1959

Big Jim Colosimo

Katherine

Movie • 1975

Father Echeverra

The Unholy Wife

Movie • 1957

Gino Verdugo

The George Raft Story

Movie • 1961

Frankie Donatella

Honor Thy Father

Movie • 1973

Joe Magliocco

Full of Life

Movie • 1956

Father Gondolfo

Buchanan Rides Alone

Movie • 1958

Esteban Gomez

The Case Against Brooklyn

Movie • 1958

How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon

Movie • 1987

Leader, Council of Peace

Powderkeg

Movie • 1971

Col. Delgado

Madame X

Movie • 1966

Harry Carter

And Now Miguel

Movie • 1966

Padre de Chavez

Beau Geste

Movie • 1966

Maj. Beaujolais

An American Dream

Movie • 1966

Eddie Ganucci

Ain't No Time for Glory

Movie • 1957

Maurice Remy

The Great Adventure

TV • 1963

General Vallejo

77 Sunset Strip

TV • 1958

Cheyenne

TV • 1955

Bourbon Street Beat

TV • 1959

The Munsters

TV • 1964

Hawaii Five-O

TV • 1968

Professor Akbar Savang

The Lucy Show

TV • 1962

Headwaiter

Route 66

TV • 1960

Naked City

TV • 1958

Matt Valentine

Mannix

TV • 1967

Surfside 6

TV • 1960

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Mr. Hawtree

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

George Castle

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Joe Breed

Mission: Impossible

TV • 1966

Maj. Marak

Cannon

TV • 1971

Sea Hunt

TV • 1958

The Tall Man

TV • 1960

Laredo

TV • 1965

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV • 1955

Police Lieutenant

Sam Benedict

TV • 1962

Philip Marlowe

TV • 1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV • 1958

Rawhide

TV • 1959

Justice Cardin

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV • 1957

Run for Your Life

TV • 1965

Eduardo Alonzo

Daniel Boone

TV • 1964

Jigossassee

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Vardez

The High Chaparral

TV • 1967

Colonel Ruiz

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Gen. Rodello

Lancer

TV • 1968

Thriller

TV • 1960

Col. Sangriento

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Wylie

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV • 1963

Albert Ortega

Matinee Theater

TV • 1955

Branded

TV • 1965

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV • 1958

Luis Portilla

Sugarfoot

TV • 1957

Gen. Carlos Jose Perez

Ben Casey

TV • 1961

Law of the Plainsman

TV • 1959

Cooper

Toma

TV • 1973

Riverboat

TV • 1959

Juan Cortilla

The Detectives

TV • 1959

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV • 1956

Balam

Inner Sanctum

TV • 1954

Lights Out

TV • 1949

Dr. Kildare

TV • 1961

Enrico Conti

The Walter Winchell File

TV • 1957

The Outer Limits

TV • 1963

Colonel William Campbell

Official Detective

TV • 1957

The Roaring 20's

TV • 1960

The Third Man

TV • 1959

Maverick

TV • 1957

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

TV • 1960

Paul

Tales of Wells Fargo

TV • 1957

Garrett

Bonanza

TV • 1959

Dr. Isaac Dawson

Dr. Kildare

TV • 1961

Bruno Rossi