JOE DE SANTIS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Joe De Santis was born on June 15th, 1909 in New York City, New York, born to Pasquale DeSantis and Maria Paoli. His interest in the entertainment industry began with studying acting at New York University and soon he found work as a stage actor. His early stage performances were done in Italian. In addition to working in entertainment he was also an artist and taught sculpture classes in New York.
He is most well remembered for his narration of, "On a Note of Triumph" which was broadcast at the conclusion of World War II.
Santis's first real acting job was with the Walter Hampden Repertory Company for three years and began doing his stage performances in English. Then in the 1940's he started working on the radio with such shows as, "Pepper Young's Family", "Mr. District Attorney", "March of Time" and "Gangbusters".
Beginning in the late 1940's he began his long run as a television actor. Over the course of his career, Santis would appear on more than 125 television series. Some of his early roles included, "Photo Crime", "The Trap", "Lights Out", "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" and "Four Star Playhouse".
As his career progressed he had regular roles on such television series as, "The Untouchables", "77 Sunset Strip", "Perry Mason", "Daniel Boone", "Gunsmoke", "Bonanza", "Mission: Impossible and "Dr. Kildare".
Other television credits included, "The Lucy Show", "Lux Video Theatre", "Rawhide", "The Name of the Game", "Zane Grey Theatre", "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet", "Mannix", "Lancer", "Run for Your Life", "Laredo", "The Virginian", "Sheriff of Cochise", "The Munsters", "Ben Casey", "The Fugitive", "Wagon Train", "Sea Hunt", "The Tall Man", "Surfside 6", "Sugarfoot" and "Maverick" among many others.
Joe De Santis married three times throughout his lifetime. His first wife was Miriam Moss whom he wed in 1935 and together they had one child before their marriage came to an end. He then married Margaret Draper in 1949 and they also had one child together before divorcing in 1956. His third wife was Wanda June Slve in 1959 and they stayed together until she passed away in 1977. He did not re-marry and remained working in the industry with his final appearances on the television movies, "Katherine" (1975), "Contract on Cherry Street" (1977) and his final role, "Suburban Beat" (1985). He then passed away on August 30th, 1989 in Provo, Utah after suffering from chronic obstructive lung disease.
Filmography
1985 Suburban Beat
1977 Contract on Cherry Street
1976 Sara
1975 Katherine
1975 Cannon
1974 It's Good to Be Alive
1973 Toma
1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1973 Little Cigars
1973 Honor Thy Father
1972 Mannix
1971 Sarge
1971 Bearcats!
1968-1971 The Name of the Game
1967-1970 Mission: Impossible
1970 Dan August
1970 The High Chaparral
1961-1970 Bonanza
1970 The Flying Nun
1970 The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
1969 Hawaii Five-O
1969 The Doris Day Show
1968 The Brotherhood
1968 Lancer
1955-1968 Gunsmoke
1968 Blue
1967 Run for Your Life
1967 Chubasco
1967 The Road West
1967 The Venetian Affair
1966 The Man Who Never Was
1966 The Professionals
1966 12 O'Clock High
1966 Beau Geste
1966 An American Dream
1966 And Now Miguel
1966 Laredo
1964-1966 Dr. Kildare
1966 Madame X
1963-1965 The Virginian
1965 The Munsters
1965 The Lucy Show
1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1958-1965 Perry Mason
1963-1965 The Doctors and the Nurses
1965 Ben Casey
1965 Branded
1965 Daniel Boone
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 The Fugitive
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre
1964 Mr. Novak
1964 Wagon Train
1964 The Great Adventure
1964 East Side/West Side
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 Arrest and Trial
1963 The Outer Limits
1959-1963 The Untouchables
1963 The Defenders
1963 Car 54, Where Are You?
1962-1963 Sam Benedict
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre
1963 Ripcord
1959-1962 77 Sunset Strip
1962 The Eleventh Hour
1962 Checkmate
1962 Route 66
1962 Thriller
1961 The George Raft Story
1961 Naked City
1961 The Detectives
1961 A Cold Wind in August
1961 The Tall Man
1961 Hong Kong
1960-1961 Surfside 6
1961 The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1961 The Roaring 20's
1961 Maverick
1959-1960 Rawhide
1960 Riverboat
1959-1960 Cheyenne
1960 The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 Bourbon Street Beat
1960 Sea Hunt
1960 Alcoa Theatre
1960 Tightrope
1959-1960 Sugarfoot
1958-1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1960 Law of the Plainsman
1960 Unsolved
1959 The Flying Fontaines
1959 The Man from Blackhawk
1959 Philip Marlowe
1959 Adventure Showcase
1959 Cry Tough
1959 Doctor Mike
1955-1959 The United States Steel Hour
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1959 The Third Man
1959 Al Capone
1958 I Want to Live!
1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 Buchanan Rides Alone
1958 The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 Tombstone Territory
1958 The Court of Last Resort
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel
1957-1958 Playhouse 90
1957 Casey Jones
1957 Sheriff of Cochise
1957 The Walter Winchell File
1957 G.E. True Theater
1957 The Adventures of McGraw
1957 Zane Grey Theatre
1957 Jeanne Eagels
1957 Dino
1957 The Alcoa Hour
1957 The Unholy Wife
1957 Tales of Wells Fargo
1957 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
1956 Full of Life
1956 Tension at Table Rock
1956 The Last Hunt
1956 Robert Montgomery Presents
1956 Crusader
1955 Casablanca
1955 Matinee Theatre
1952-1955 Lux Video Theatre
1954 Inner Sanctum
1954 The Motorola Television Hour
1953 Four Star Playhouse
1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1952 Lights Out
1952 Deadline - U.S.A.
1951 The Man with a Cloak
1951 Crime Photographer
1950 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
1950 The Trap
1949 The Big Story
1949 Photocrime
1949 Slattery's Hurricane
