Joe Maross

Joe Maross was an American actor who worked in theater, film, and television for over four decades. Born in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania, he served during World War II in the Marine Corps and earned a theater arts degree at Yale University in 1947. His Broadway credits included Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath (1949) and The Innkeepers (1955), and his first feature was Run Silent, Run Deep (1958). He also appeared in Elmer Gantry (1960), Sometimes a Great Notion (1971), and Rich and Famous (1981). On television he became a familiar face in the 1950s and 1960s, with roles on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, three episodes of Perry Mason, and two episodes of The Twilight Zone, along with guest appearances on Mission: Impossible, The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, and Hawaii Five-O. He played Captain Mike Benton in Code Red from 1981 to 1982, and he helped start Projects 58, a Los Angeles group for acting, writing, and directing.