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Anthony Caruso

Anthony Caruso

25 movies on Netflix

Biography

Anthony Caruso was an American character actor whose long screen career was defined by gangster and villain roles. Born in Frankfort, Indiana, to Italian-American parents, he began acting in stock theater and with the Federal Theatre Project before making his film debut in Johnny Apollo (1940). He appeared in more than one hundred American films, often in film noir, with notable credits including Incident (1948), The Undercover Man (1949), Scene of the Crime (1949), and The Asphalt Jungle (1950), where he played safecracker Louis Ciavelli. Caruso also played Mongo in Tarzan and the Leopard Woman. On television, he portrayed Captain Juan Ortega in the first season of Walt Disney's Zorro, appeared as the alien gangster Bela Oxmyx in a Star Trek episode, and played Chief Blackfish on Daniel Boone. He died in 2003.

86years old at death

  • Born Frankfort
  • Died Brentwood
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
33 years1943 to 1976

Genres

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Anthony Caruso movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Asphalt Jungle1950 Crime, Drama, Film-Noiras Louis Ciavelli

    IMDb rating 7.833K votes

  2. Objective, Burma!1945 Action, Adventure, Dramaas Miggleori

    IMDb rating 7.36.0K votes

  3. Cattle Queen of Montana1954as Natchakoa

    IMDb rating 5.71.2K votes

  4. The Wonderful Country1959as Santiago Santos

    IMDb rating 6.12.6K votes

  5. Tarzan and the Leopard Woman1946as Mongo

    IMDb rating 6.02.6K votes

  6. Fort Massacre1958as Pawnee

    IMDb rating 6.21.2K votes

  7. Baby Face Nelson1957as John Hamilton

    IMDb rating 6.3878 votes

  8. Tennessee's Partner1955as Turner(Tony Caruso)

    IMDb rating 6.5853 votes

Most often with

Raoul Walsh directed three of these films, Delmer Daves two and Allan Dwan two. Robert Osterloh appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Anthony Caruso's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$11.4 million

5 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 25 films: 5 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 15 figure not found.

  • 5Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 15Figure not found

Highest grossing

The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Objective, Burma!1945as Miggleori
    $4.0M34.9% of the total
  2. 2
    The Asphalt Jungle1950as Louis Ciavelli
    $2.1M18.8% of the total
  3. 3
    The Badlanders1958as Comanche
    $2.0M17.7% of the total
  4. 4
    $2.0M17.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Baby Face Nelson1957as John Hamilton
    $1.2M11.0% of the total