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Ted de Corsia

Born

9/29/1903, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died

4/11/1973

Birth Name

Edward Gildea De Corsia

Gender

Male

Also Known As

Ted deCorsia, Ted De Corsia, Ted DeCorsia

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Biography

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Big, menacing villain of many 1940s and 1950s films, Ted De Corsia was an actor in touring companies and on radio before making a memorable film debut as the killer in The Naked City (1948). Although he occasionally played such sympathetic roles as a judge or prison warden,…more

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Star (14)

Role
- Man With the Gun
  Star
  2008
- The Quick Gun
  Star
  1964
- Oklahoma Territory
  Star
  1960
- Noose for a Gunman
  Star
  1960
- Inside the Mafia
  Star
  1959
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
  Star
  1957
- The Lawless Eighties
  Star
  1957
- Dance With Me, Henry
  Star
  1956
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
  Star
  1954
- The Turning Point
  Star
  1952
- The Savage
  Star
  1952
- Vengeance Valley
  Star
  1951
- The Lady from Shanghai
  Sidney Broome
  1948
- The Naked City
  Star
  1948
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- Rawhide
  Pala
  - S 6: Ep 31 Incident of the Peyote Cup
    5/14/64
- Rawhide
  Lame Bear
  - S 5: Ep 24 Incident of the Clown
    3/29/63
- Rawhide
  Sheriff Kieler
  - S 5: Ep 2 Incident of the Portrait
    10/5/62
- Rawhide
  Ben Wade
  - S 4: Ep 29 The Devil and the Deep Blue
    5/11/62
- Rawhide
  sheriff
  - S 3: Ep 24 Incident of the Lost Idol
    4/28/61
Guest Star (148)

Role
- The Partners (1971)
  Victor Manheim
  - S 1: Ep 20 The 217 in 402
    9/8/72
- The High Chaparral
  Dull Knife
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Forge of Hate
    11/13/70
- Medical Center
  Bert Wilcox
  - S 2: Ep 9 Witch Hunt
    11/11/70
- Mannix
  Lavor
  - S 3: Ep 16 A Chance at the Roses
    1/17/70
- The Lone Wolf
  Angus
  - S 1: Ep 28 The San Francisco Story
- Daniel Boone
  Chief Ankara
  - S 6: Ep 12 Hannah Comes Home
    12/25/69
- The Outcasts
  Sheriff
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Long Ride
    4/28/69
- Daniel Boone
  Chief Wamakah
  - S 5: Ep 24 For a Few Rifles
    4/10/69
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Johnny Sabatini
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Night of the Sabatini Death
    2/7/69
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  1st Elder
  - S 4: Ep 14 The Night of the Spanish Curse
    1/3/69
- The Monkees
  Blackbeard the Pirate
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Devil and Peter Tork
    2/5/68
- The Monkees
  Frank Reynolds
  - S 2: Ep 12 Hitting the High Seas
    11/27/67
- Get Smart
  Spinoza
  - S 3: Ep 8 When Good Fellows Get Together
    11/18/67
- Green Acres
  Mr. Grimes
  - S 3: Ep 11 Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
    11/15/67
- Rango
  Hocker
  - S 1: Ep 1 Rango the Outlaw
    1/13/67
- I Dream of Jeannie
  Two Gun Richards
  - S 2: Ep 9 Who Needs a Green Eyed Jeannie?
    11/7/66
- Perry Mason
  George Emory
  - S 9: Ep 28 The Case of the Positive Negative
    5/1/66
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Chief Highcloud
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Indian Affairs Affair
    4/15/66
- Gunsmoke
  Merl Benlan
  - S 11: Ep 28 By Line
    4/9/66
- I Dream of Jeannie
  Mr Phillips
  - S 1: Ep 22 How Lucky Can You Get?
    2/19/66
- Get Smart
  Natz
  - S 1: Ep 19 Back to the Old Drawing Board
    1/29/66
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Sabatini
- Daniel Boone
  Chief Talawa
  - S 1: Ep 26 Cain's Birthday (2)
    4/8/65
  - S 1: Ep 25 Cain's Birthday (1)
    4/1/65
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Foreign General
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Human Computer
    2/15/65
- Ben Casey
  Mr. Arnold
  - S 4: Ep 12 Courage at 3 A.M.
    12/7/64
- The Outer Limits - Original
  Randy E. Branch
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Inheritors (2)
    11/28/64
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Inheritors (1)
    11/21/64
- Perry Mason
  Polek
  - S 8: Ep 10 The Case of the Reckless Rockhound
    11/26/64
- The Twilight Zone
  Dickerson
  - S 5: Ep 33 The Brain Center at Whipple's
    5/15/64
- Perry Mason
  Mort Lynch
  - S 7: Ep 28 The Case of the Drifting Dropout
    5/7/64
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Mike Serra
  - S 1: Ep 20 Knight's Gambit
    3/26/64
- Dr. Kildare
  Mr. Swenson
  - S 3: Ep 22 Why Won't Anybody Listen?
    2/27/64
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Herlie
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Magic Shop
    1/10/64
- The Outer Limits - Original
  Sentry
  - S 1: Ep 11 It Crawled Out of the Woodwork
    12/9/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Blackie
  - S 6: Ep 10 Deposit with Caution
    11/29/63
- Stoney Burke
  Sheriff Bixton
  - S 1: Ep 20 Webb of Fear
    2/18/63
- Wide Country
  Sheriff
  - S 1: Ep 18 Speckle Bird
    1/31/63
- Stoney Burke
  Burlington
  - S 1: Ep 16 King Of The Hill
    1/21/63
- The Untouchables
  Nate Stryker
  - S 4: Ep 9 Come And Kill Me
    11/27/62
- SurfSide 6
  Sam Tustin
  - S 2: Ep 34 Squeeze Play
    5/14/62
- Cain's Hundred
  Big Ed Pavanne
  - S 1: Ep 27 A Creature Lurks in Ambush
    4/17/62
- Maverick
  Cannonball Clyde Bassett
  - S 5: Ep 12 The Money Machine
    4/15/62
- Dick Powell Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Hook
    3/6/62
- 87th Precinct
  John Brodek
  - S 1: Ep 22 Feel of the Trigger
    2/26/62
- Gunsmoke
  Garvy
  - S 7: Ep 21 He Learned About Women
    2/24/62
- Margie
  Hurlbutt
  - S 1: Ep 15 False Alarm
    1/25/62
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Police Lt. Christensen
  - S 7: Ep 7 You Can't be A Little Girl All Your Life
    11/21/61
- Laramie
  Matthew Witmore
  - S 3: Ep 3 Siege At Jubilee
    10/10/61
- Adventures in Paradise
  Big Ed Brody
  - S 3: Ep 1 Appointment at Tara-Bi
    10/1/61
- Cain's Hundred
  Chris Narleski
  - S 1: Ep 2 Crime and Punishment (pt 2)
    9/26/61
  - S 1: Ep 1 Crime and Commitment (pt 1)
    9/19/61
- Cain's Hundred
  Bid Ed Pavanne
- Lawman (1958)
  Lem Pastor
  - S 3: Ep 35 Blind Hate
    5/14/61
- Loretta Young Show
  Dr. Goodman
  - S 8: Ep 26 Emergency in 114
    4/23/61
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Ruffler
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Prince and the Pauper
    4/23/61
- The Deputy
  Slade Blatner
  - S 2: Ep 24 Two-Way Deal
    3/11/61
- Thriller
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Fingers of Fear
    2/21/61
- Maverick
  Amos Parker
  - S 4: Ep 21 Diamond Flush
    2/5/61
- Shirley Temple Theatre
  First Policeman
  - S 1: Ep 15 Pippi Longstocking
    1/8/61
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Policeman
  - S 2: Ep 15 Pippi Long Stocking
    1/8/61
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Arthur Barchester
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Medicine Man
    11/23/60
- The June Allyson Show
  Judson
  - S 2: Ep 7 I Hit and Ran
    11/10/60
- The Best of the Post
  Hurlock
  - S 1: Ep 2 Cop Without a Badge
    11/5/60
- Shirley Temple Theatre
  Ruffler
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Prince and the Pauper
    10/30/60
- SurfSide 6
  Correro
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Clown
    10/17/60
- Peter Gunn
  Curtis Brandt
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Passenger
    10/3/60
- Tate
  John Barton
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Lethal Pride
    7/20/60
- Tightrope
  Ben Verlaine
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Chinese Pendant
    3/29/60
- Laramie
  Greer
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Protectors
    3/22/60
- Law of the Plainsman
  Burt Kolb
  - S 1: Ep 22 A Question Of Courage
    2/25/60
- Johnny Staccato
  Al Donovan
  - S 1: Ep 22 An Act of Terror
    2/18/60
- Bat Masterson
  Hank Griswell
  - S 2: Ep 17 Death by the Half Dozen
    2/4/60
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Ben Gale
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Jukebox Caper
    12/25/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  George Winters
  - S 2: Ep 15 Chain Gang
    12/12/59
- General Electric Theater
  Joab
  - S 8: Ep 12 Absalom, My Son
    12/6/59
- Mr. Lucky
  Roy Berg
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Gordon Caper
    12/5/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Inspector Salva
  - S 5: Ep 9 Dead Weight
    11/22/59
- The Untouchables
  Big Jim Harrington
  - S 1: Ep 5 Ain't We Got Fun?
    11/12/59
- Tightrope
  Charlie Miller
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Patsy
    11/10/59
- The Twilight Zone
  Marty Sall
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
    10/23/59
- The Untouchables
  "Big" Jim Harrington
- Sea Hunt
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 38 Kelp Forest
    9/20/59
  - S 1: Ep 39 The Manganese Story
    10/4/58
- Tightrope
  Guest Star
- The Lawless Years
  Capt. McClosky
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Poison Ivy Story
    8/27/59
- 21 Beacon Street
  Carl Barron
  - S 1: Ep 4 Double Vision
    7/23/59
- Bat Masterson
  Bartender
  - S 1: Ep 33 The Conspiracy (Part 2)
    6/24/59
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Conspiracy (Part 1)
    6/17/59
- Sugarfoot
  Lee Spate
  - S 2: Ep 20 Wolf
    6/9/59
- Lawman (1958)
  Barrett
  - S 1: Ep 33 The Senator
    5/17/59
- Frontier Doctor
  Charlie Breen
  - S 1: Ep 32 Gringo Pete
    5/2/59
- The Westerner
  Guest Star
  - — Trouble at Tres Cruces
    3/26/59
- Zane Grey Theater
  Adam Brow
  - S 3: Ep 24 Trouble At Tres Cruces
    3/26/59
- Steve Canyon
  Police Chief Hagedorn
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Fight
    2/5/59
  - S 1: Ep 5 Operation Jettison
    10/11/58
- Sea Hunt
  Webb
  - S 2: Ep 4 Underwater Labyrinth
    1/25/59
- Rawhide
  Sheriff Kieler
- Rawhide
  sheriff
- Rawhide
  Lame Bear
- Rawhide
  Pala
- Rawhide
  Ben Wade
- Trackdown
  George Caldwell
  - S 2: Ep 16 Guilt
    12/19/58
- The Rifleman
  Waggoner
  - S 1: Ep 12 Young Englishman
    12/16/58
- Lawman (1958)
  Jess Crowthers
  - S 1: Ep 11 Short Straw
    12/14/58
- Jefferson Drum
  Jim
  - S 2: Ep 12 Simon Pitt
    12/11/58
- Casey Jones
  Vic Hogan
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Trackwalker
    10/5/58
- Panic
  Warden
  - S 2: Ep 11 Parole
    6/15/58
- M Squad
  Carl Harrison
  - S 1: Ep 36 The System
    5/30/58
- Playhouse 90
  Jenkins
  - S 2: Ep 37 Natchez
    5/29/58
- Zorro
  Espinosa
  - S 1: Ep 30 Zorro Lights a Fuse
    5/1/58
- Sugarfoot
  Chief Big Bear
  - S 1: Ep 16 Guns for Big Bear
    4/15/58
- Mike Hammer (1958)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 Death Takes an Encore
    3/7/58
- Trackdown
  Lt. Bailey
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Trail
    2/28/58
- Climax!
  Big Joe
  - S 4: Ep 23 Albert Anastasia, His Life and Death
    2/27/58
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  Albert Stewart
  - S 2: Ep 7 Chinese Honeymoon
    2/13/58
- The Restless Gun
  Cal Jason
  - S 1: Ep 12 Thicker Than Water
    12/9/57
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Chief Harry Blackfoot
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Englishman
    12/7/57
- The Californians
  Jake Reeves
  - S 1: Ep 8 Man From Boston
    11/12/57
- Maverick
  Joe Riggs
  - S 1: Ep 3 According To Hoyle
    10/6/57
- Navy Log
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 3 Phantom Commander, U S N
    10/2/57
- Sugarfoot
  Lee Stapes
- Date with the Angels
  Charley
  - S 1: Ep 12 Pique's Peak
    8/2/57
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  Unknown
- The Gale Storm Show
  Ross
  - S 1: Ep 27 Trouble in Trinidad
    4/6/57
- Panic
  George Gavin
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Embezzler
    4/2/57
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Mayor Kallum
  - S 5: Ep 15 The Quiet Stranger
    1/9/57
- Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Golden Ring
    12/30/56
- State Trooper
  J. O'Grady
  - S 1: Ep 8 Weep No more O'Grady
    12/12/56
- Zane Grey Theater
  Guest Star
- Playhouse 90
  Guest Star
- Broken Arrow
  Cartwright
  - S 1: Ep 2 Battle at Apache Pass
    10/2/56
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Mail Riders
    9/25/56
- The Adventures of Fu Manchu
  Big Sid Vesta
  - S 1: Ep 5 Dr. Fu Manchu, Incorporated
    10/1/56
- Conflict
  Willis
  - S 2: Ep 1 Shock Wave
    9/18/56
- Frontier
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 31 The Hostage
    9/9/56
- Telephone Time
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 Emperor Norton's Bridge
    5/27/56
- Loretta Young Show
  Manager
  - S 3: Ep 32 The Cardinal's Secret
    4/22/56
- Navy Log
  Commander Walker
  - S 1: Ep 30 The Beachcomber
    4/17/56
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Jim Regan
  - S 4: Ep 26 The Face
    3/29/56
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Dr. Donaldson
  - S 1: Ep 33 Before the Beginning
    12/10/55
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Jeremy
  - S 1: Ep 13 His Maiden Voyage
    11/22/55
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Det. Sgt. Cox
  - S 1: Ep 9 Death at 2 A.M.
    6/4/55
- The Lone Ranger
  Sam Slater
  - S 4: Ep 34 Gold Freight
    4/28/55
- TV Reader's Digest
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Great Armored Car Robbery
    4/25/55
- The Halls of Ivy
  Coster
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Gangster
    4/19/55
- Stage 7
  Vic Kelsey
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Long Count
    3/27/55
- Treasury Men in Action
  Barney
  - S 5: Ep 18 The Case of the Fatal Error
    2/3/55
- Cavalcade of America
  unknown
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Gentle Conqueror
    11/9/54
- Treasury Men in Action
  Al Baldwin
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Case of the Gentleman Cheat
    10/21/54
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
  Don Conroy
  - S 4: Ep 24 Gracies Old Boyfriend, Dan Conroy, Comes to Town
    3/15/54
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Whitey Murdock
  - S 3: Ep 24 Man from Outside
    2/12/54
- Waterfront (1954)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 10 Tug o'War
    1/1/54
- Waterfront (1954)
  Cord
  - S 1: Ep 9 Sea Bells
    1/1/54
- Four Star Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 Knockout
    1/1/53

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