Joe De Santis (Actor)

Reviews of Joe De Santis Movies

Looking for reviews of Joe De Santis movies? Cinafilm has a total of 254 reviews across 19 movies.

Movies starring Joe De Santis have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 59%.

It's Good to Be Alive - released in 1974 - is Joe De Santis's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 1 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Joe De Santis is An American Dream - released in 1966 - with a score of 36% based on 7 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Joe De Santis has acted in films with Dabbs Greer, Warren Stevens, Murray Hamilton and Jim Backus.

Joe De Santis has worked with these film directors: Richard Brooks, Michael Landon, Robert Wise and George Sidney.