Joe De Santis Biography (1909-)

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Mr. De Santis's sculpting has been exhibited at the Robinson and FeragilGalleries at the 1939 World's Fair, and in a group show at the A.C.A. Gallery. His portrait of Walter Hampden as Cyrano de Bergerac is in the Walter Hampden Memorial Library.

Nationality: American
Occupation: actor, teacher, sculptor
Birth Details: June 15, 1909; New York

Famous Works

Non-Theatrical Career
Worked in his own sculptor studio and taught sculpting at the Henry Street Settlement and the YMHA at 92nd St. in New York City, 1936-40.
Debut
Giulio Bernini, Scampolo, Columbia University, 1929.
New York Debut
Leone, Sirena, Waldorf Theatre, 1931.
Principal Stage Appearances
Mr. Tevenson, GI' Incoscienti, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1931; Abner, Saul, Willis, 1932; Cuigy, Cyrano de Bergerac, Albany,NY, New Amsterdam Theatre, NY, 1932; member, La Compagnia del Teatro d'Arte--Beauchamp, The Count of Monte Cristo, Longacre, NY, 1934, Dr. Servou, Il Padrone delle Ferriere, Longacre, 1934, Borniche, Il Colonello Bridau, Longacre, 1934, Brabantio, Othello, Playhouse, NY, 1934, Giovanni Ansperti, Romanticismo, Longacre, NY, 1934, Generico, Fantasma, Fleisher Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA, 1934. Chenildieu/Basco, Les Miserables, Longacre, 1934; St. Gaudens, Camille, Longacre,1934; Dr. Antommarachi, St. Helena, Lyceum, 1936; Caifas, La Passione, Teatro Cine-Roma, 1937; Joe, Bangtails, Atlantic City, NJ, 1940; Soothsayer, Journey to Jerusalem, National, NY, 1940; Luigi, Walk into My Parlour, Glen Rock, NJ, 1941; Ricci, Keep Covered, Baltimore, MD, 1941; Officer Klein, Arsenic and Old Lace, Fulton, NY, 1941;Moy, Men in Shadow, Morosco, NY, 1943; Arabian Bread Seller, StormOperation, Belasco, NY, 1944; Young Italian Waiter, The Searching Wind, Fulton, 1944; Diamond Louie, The Front Page, Royale, NY, 1946;Eddie Fuselli, Golden Boy, ANTA, NY, 1952.
Lead role, Liliom, Brattle, Cambridge, MA, 1952; Carminelli, InAny Language, Cort, NY, 1952; Herbie Milton, A Certain Joy, Playhouse, Wilmington, DE, 1953; Renato, The Time of the Cuckoo, Clinton Playhouse, CT, 1954; Gus, Strictly Dishonorable, Somerset Theatre, Somerset, MA, 1954; Sam Gordon, A Stone for Danny Fisher, downtown National, NY, 1954; Bronislau Partos, The Highest Tree, Longacre, 1959; PoliceChief, The Balcony, Civic Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA, 1961; Emilio Galuzzi, Daughter of Silence, Music Box, NY, 1961; Brabantio, Othello, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1971; Bank Manager, How to Rob aBank, PAF Playhouse, Long Island, NY, 1977; standby, Cold Storage,Lyceum, NY, 1978; Doctor Tannenbaum, Horowitz and Mrs. Washington, Golden, NY, 1980; Isaac, Goodnight Grandpa, Syracuse, NY, 1981.
Major Tours
Member Walter Hampden Repertory Company, 1933--Giotti, Caponsacchi, Francisco, Hamlet, Doctor, It Happened, Marquis de Priego, Ruy Blas; Brutus, Julius Caesar, C.W.A.E.R.B. Theatre (forerunnerof WPA Theatre).

Film Debut
Grecory, Slattery's Hurricane, 1949.
Principal Film Appearances
Man with a Cloak, 1951; The Last Hunt, 1956; Full of Life, 1957; Case Against Brooklyn, 1958; I Want to Live, 1958;Buchanan Rides Alone, 1958; Dino, 1958; Cry Tough, 1959; Al Capone, 1959; The George Raft Story, 1961; Cold Wind inAugust, 1961; And Now Miguel, 1966; An American Dream, 1966; The Professionals, 1966; Madame X, 1966; The Venetian Affair, 1967; Chubasco, 1968; The Brotherhood, 1968; Blue, 1968; Little Cigars, 1973.
Television Debut
See! Hear!, 1940.
Principal Television Appearances
Danger; Theatre Guild of the Air; Playhouse 90; Studio One; Robert Montgomery Presents; The Red Buttons Show; The Martha Raye Show; Colgate ComedyHour; Texaco Star Theatre; Caesar's Hour; Lotito, The Untouchables; Father, Golden Windows; Morelli, Don't Grow Old, East Side/West Side; 77 Sunset Strip; Bonanza; Desilu Playhouse; Gunsmoke; Rawhide; Perry Mason; Dr. Kildare; Sam Benedict; The Virginian; The Name of the Game; Cheyenne; Mission: Impossible; Route 66; Naked City; General Electric Theatre;Ben Casey; Wagon Train; Hawaii Five-O; The New Dick Van Dyke Show.
Radio Debut
Pepper Young's Family, 1940.
Principal Radio Appearances
They Live in Brooklyn; The Goldbergs; Kitty Foyle; Light of the World;Stand by for Adventure; The Clock; Dick Tracy; Tennessee Jed; The Sparrow and the Hawk; Brighter Day; The Greatest Story Ever Told; Eternal Light; Narrator, This is War, On a Note of Triumph; So Proudly We Hail.
Theatre-Related Career
Acting teacher, ANTA, 1964-68; dialect teacher, American Theatre Wing.
Writings
Articles published in Progresso Italo-American; Remember Radio, column in The Studio magazine.

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