
Joe De Santis
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.
100 acting credits
Acting · 100

Perry Mason
1957

Mannix
1967

Bonanza
1959

The Fugitive
1963

Mission: Impossible
1966

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Maverick
1957

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

The Virginian
1962

Dr. Kildare
1961

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Naked City
1958
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Cheyenne
1955

Ben Casey
1961

Daniel Boone
1964

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Rawhide
1959

Route 66
1960

Run for Your Life
1965

The Lucy Show
1962

The Outer Limits
1963

Cannon
1971

Matinee Theater
1955

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

Thriller
1960

The Name of the Game
1968

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Gunsmoke
1955

The High Chaparral
1967

The Munsters
1964

Sea Hunt
1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Surfside 6
1960

Sugarfoot
1957

The Detectives
1959

Checkmate
1960

Laredo
1965

Lancer
1968

Branded
1965

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Lights Out
1949

Arrest and Trial
1963

The Tall Man
1960

Tales of Wells Fargo
1957

The Third Man
1959

Riverboat
1959

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960

Law of the Plainsman
1959
Lux Video Theatre
1950

MGM Parade
1955

Bourbon Street Beat
1959

The Great Adventure
1963

Sam Benedict
1962

Tightrope
1959

The Roaring 20's
1960

Inner Sanctum
1954
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960

Toma
1973
Official Detective
1957
Justice
1954

The Walter Winchell File
1957

Temple Houston
1963

Philip Marlowe
1959

General Electric Theater
1953

The Professionals
1966

Deadline - U.S.A.
1952

Al Capone
1959

I Want to Live!
1958

Madame X
1966

Buchanan Rides Alone
1958

The Brotherhood
1968

Slattery's Hurricane
1949

Jeanne Eagels
1957

The George Raft Story
1961

Powderkeg
1971

The Unholy Wife
1957
The Trap
1950

Tension at Table Rock
1956

The Last Hunt
1956

Honor Thy Father
1973

Cry Tough
1959

Beau Geste
1966

The Case Against Brooklyn
1958

An American Dream
1966

Katherine
1975

The Man with a Cloak
1951

Chubasco
1968

Dino
1957

The Venetian Affair
1966

Little Cigars
1973

A Cold Wind in August
1961

How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon
1987

It's Good to Be Alive
1974

Contract on Cherry Street
1977

And Now Miguel
1966

Full of Life
1956
The Flying Fontaines
1959

Ain't No Time for Glory
1957