Joe De Santis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-06-15
Day of Death
1989-08-30 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Joe De Santis
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.
Acting
(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)
Little Cigars
as Travers
(1973)
Honor Thy Father
as Joe Magliocco
(1971)
Powderkeg
as Col. Delgado
(1968)
The Brotherhood
as Pietro Rizzi
(1968)
Chubasco
as Benito
(1967)
The Venetian Affair
as Jan Aarvan
(1966)
The Professionals
as Ortega
(1966)
Madame X
as Harry Carter
(1966)
An American Dream
as Eddie Ganucci
(1966)
Beau Geste
as Maj. Beaujolais
(1966)
And Now Miguel
as Padre de Chavez
(1961)
The George Raft Story
as Frankie Donatella
(1961)
A Cold Wind in August
as Papa Perugino
(1959)
Al Capone
as Big Jim Colosimo
(1959)
Cry Tough
as Juan Antonio Hernando Cortez
(1959)
The Flying Fontaines
as Roberto Rias
(1958)
I Want to Live!
as Al Matthews
(1958)
Buchanan Rides Alone
as Esteban Gomez
(1958)
(1957)
Jeanne Eagels
as Frank Satori
(1957)
The Unholy Wife
as Gino Verdugo
(1957)
Dino
as Mr. Minetta
(1956)
The Last Hunt
as Ed Black
(1956)
Tension at Table Rock
as Ed Burrows (as Joe DeSantis)
(1956)
Full of Life
as Father Gondolfo
(1952)
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Herman Schmidt
(1951)
The Man with a Cloak
as Martin, the butler
(1949)
Slattery's Hurricane
as Gregory (as Joseph De Santis)