Joe De Santis
Biography
Joe De Santis was an American actor whose career spanned radio, television, film, and theater. Born in New York City to Italian immigrant parents, he studied sculpture and drama at New York University and first performed in Italian. He began broadcasting on an Italian-language radio station in 1931 and became a familiar old-time radio voice on programs such as Pepper Young's Family, Mr. District Attorney, and The March of Time, and he narrated Norman Corwin's On a Note of Triumph when World War II ended. On television he was known as a character actor who played dialect roles, mugs, suave heavies, and emotional leads, appearing in Playhouse 90 and Studio One and recurring on Perry Mason, Mission: Impossible, and westerns. His films included I Want to Live! (1958) and The Brotherhood (1968), while A Cold Wind in August (1962) was the high point of his career. In 1985 he was inducted into the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Diamond Circle.
80years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Provo
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Joseph Vito Marcello De Santis
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 22 years1952 to 1974
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Beyond film
De Santis narrated Norman Corwin's On a Note of Triumph, the radio program broadcast nationwide when World War II ended.
Early training
De Santis studied sculpture and drama while at New York University, and he first performed in Italian. His broadcasting debut came in 1931, on a radio station that aired in Italian.
Joe De Santis movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Richard Brooks directed three of these films. Warren Stevens appears in three 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.
Films together
Warren Stevens's page
Rod Steiger's page
Lloyd Nolan's page
Murray Hamilton's page
Raymond Bailey's page
Don C. Harvey's page
All films by Richard Brooks
Also two films together1 more actor
- Tol AveryBuchanan Rides Alone (1958) and The Unholy Wife (1957)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.