Edward Gildea De Corsia Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ted de Corsia (September 29, 1903 – April 11, 1973) was an American radio, film, and television actor best remembered for his role as a gangster who turned state's evidence in the 1951 film, The Enforcer (1951). In radio, he voiced roles on The March of Time, The Shadow, and Mike Hammer.De Corsia was born in Brooklyn, New York. He made his movie debut in Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai and went on to make a career playing villains and gangsters in 1940s and 1950s films including The Naked City (1948),The Big Combo (1955), The Killing (1956), Baby Face Nelson, and Slightly Scarlet (1956), The Joker is Wild (1957).In the late 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in a number of television series, mostly westerns. He was featured on three episodes of the CBS courtroom drama series Perry Mason, including the 1964 episode "The Case of the Drifting Dropout" when he played murder victim Mort Lynch, and "The Case of the Positive Negative" in 1966 when he played murder victim George Emory. Other television appearances included The Californians, Sugarfoot, Jefferson Drum, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Frontier Doctor, Riverboat, Tate, The Twilight Zone, Lawman, Stoney Burke, Rawhide, Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, The Dakotas, I Dream of Jeannie and Get Smart, The Outer Limits (1964 episode "The Inheritors")In his last film, The Outside Man with Ann-Margret and Angie Dickinson, his character, the mobster Victor, is killed off early in the film, but he later appears as his embalmed corpse, posed in a chair, holding a cigar.He died at the age of 69 in Encino, California, from a heart attack. His body was donated to medical science upon his death.
He had two daughters with his second wife, Rachel, one of them was named Deidre.
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He died of a cerebral thrombosis following a two-week hospitalization at West Valley Community Hospital, on April 11, 1973, in Encino, CA. His remains were cremated and scattered at sea.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Outside Man
1972
Victor
The Partners
1972
TV Series
Victor Manheim
The High Chaparral
1970
TV Series
Dull Knife
Medical Center
1970
TV Series
Bert Wilcox
The Delta Factor
1970
Ames (as Ted De Corsia)
Mannix
1970
TV Series
William Lavor
Daniel Boone
1965-1969
TV Series
Talawa / Ankara / Chief Wamakah
The Outcasts
1969
TV Series
Sheriff
The Wild Wild West
1969
TV Series
Johnny Sabatini / 1st Elder
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1969
TV Series
Sheriff
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
TV Series
5 Card Stud
1968
Eldon Bates
The Monkees
1967-1968
TV Series
Blackbeard / Frank
Green Acres
1967
TV Series
Mr. Grimes
Get Smart
1966-1967
TV Series
Spinoza / Mr. Natz
The King's Pirate
1967
Capt. McTigue
This Is the Life
1967
TV Series
Ed Crocker
Rango
1967
TV Series
Iron Horse
1966
TV Series
Foster
Jericho
1966
TV Series
Giroux
I Dream of Jeannie
1966
TV Series
Two-Gun Richard Sheldon / Mr. Phillips
Nevada Smith
1966
Hudson (Bartender)
Perry Mason
1964-1966
TV Series
George Emory / Chief Polek / Mort Lynch
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
TV Series
Chief Highcloud
Gunsmoke
1962-1966
TV Series
Merl Benlan / Garvy
Death Valley Days
1966
TV Series
Jim Jennet
The Money Trap
1965
Police captain (uncredited)
Profiles in Courage
1965
TV Series
Gen. Thomas / General Ramsey
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1965
TV Series
Foreign General
Ben Casey
1964
TV Series
Mr. Arnold
The Outer Limits
1963-1964
TV Series
Randolph E. Branch / New Sentry
Blood on the Arrow
1964
Jud
The Twilight Zone
1959-1964
TV Series
Foreman Dickerson / Marty Sall
Rawhide
1960-1964
TV Series
Pala / Lame Bear / Sheriff Kieler / ...
The Quick Gun
1964
Spangler
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1964
TV Series
Mike Serra
Dr. Kildare
1964
TV Series
Mr. Swenson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964
TV Series
Herlie
77 Sunset Strip
1959-1963
TV Series
Blackie / Goddard / Ben Gale
The Dakotas
1963
TV Series
Winters
Stoney Burke
1963
TV Series
Sheriff Bixton / Burlington
Wide Country
1962-1963
TV Series
The Sheriff / Voice of Capt. Ainslee / Chief Henry McMath
Saints and Sinners
1962
TV Series
Fredericks
The Untouchables
1959-1962
TV Series
Nate Stryker / Big Jim Harrington
It's Only Money
1962
Patrolman
Surfside 6
1960-1962
TV Series
Sam Tustin / Correro
Cain's Hundred
1961-1962
TV Series
Chris Narleski / Big Ed Pavanne
Maverick
1957-1962
TV Series
Cannonball Clyde Bassett / Amos Parker / Joe Riggs
The Dick Powell Theatre
1962
TV Series
Warden
87th Precinct
1962
TV Series
John Brodek
Margie
1962
TV Series
Hurlbutt
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1959-1961
TV Series
Lt. Christensen / Inspector Salva
Laramie
1960-1961
TV Series
Matthew Witmore / Sam Greer
Adventures in Paradise
1961
TV Series
Big Ed Brody
Lawman
1958-1961
TV Series
Lem Pastor / Barrett / Jess Crowthers
Route 66
1961
TV Series
Poker Player
The Loretta Young Show
1956-1961
TV Series
Dr. Goodman / Manager
The Deputy
1961
TV Series
Slade Blatner
Thriller
1961
TV Series
Commissioner Putnam
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1960-1961
TV Series
First Policeman / Ruffler
Tallahassee 7000
1961
TV Series
Milo
Dante
1960
TV Series
Casey
Riverboat
1960
TV Series
Burly Mexican Bandit
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1959-1960
TV Series
Arthur Barchester / George Winters
Insight
1960
TV Series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1960
TV Series
Mr. Judson
The Best of the Post
1960
TV Series
Hurlock
Bachelor Father
1960
TV Series
Mike Pappas
Spartacus
1960
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Peter Gunn
1960
TV Series
Curtis Brandt
Tate
1960
TV Series
John Barton
From the Terrace
1960
Mr. Ralph W. Benziger
Markham
1959-1960
TV Series
O'Roarke / Garon - Thug
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
TV Movie
Black Bart
Noose for a Gunman
1960
Jack Cantrell
Tightrope
1959-1960
TV Series
Ben Verlaine / Charlie Miller
Oklahoma Territory
1960
Chief Buffalo Horn
Law of the Plainsman
1960
TV Series
Bert Kolb
Johnny Staccato
1960
TV Series
Al Donovan
Bat Masterson
1959-1960
TV Series
John Watson, Bartender / Hank Griswell
Shotgun Slade
1960
TV Series
Hal Pardee / Ben Douglas
General Electric Theater
1957-1959
TV Series
Joab / Ben Jackson
Mr. Lucky
1959
TV Series
Roy Berg
This Man Dawson
1959
TV Series
Sea Hunt
1958-1959
TV Series
Ahman Dhabi / Jack Rogan / Cyrus Webb / ...
Inside the Mafia
1959
Augie Martello
The Lawless Years
1959
TV Series
Capt. McClosky
Border Patrol
1959
TV Series
Dick Moreno
21 Beacon Street
1959
TV Series
Carl Barron
Sugarfoot
1958-1959
TV Series
Lee Spate / Chief Big Bear
The Rough Riders
1959
TV Series
Kyle Heber
Steve Canyon
1959
TV Series
Police Chief Hagedorn
Frontier Doctor
1959
TV Series
Charlie Breen
Zane Grey Theater
1959
TV Series
Adam Brow
The Third Man
1959
TV Series
Lafe Existarria
Bold Venture
1959
TV Series
Garfield
Mackenzie's Raiders
1959
TV Series
Richard Stone
26 Men
1958
TV Series
Big Mike Profit / Big Ed Kelino
Tales of the Texas Rangers
1958
TV Series
Drum Hartneil
The Rifleman
1958
TV Series
Norv Waggoner
Trackdown
1958
TV Series
George Caldwell / Lieutenant Bailey
Jefferson Drum
1958
TV Series
Jim
The Buccaneer
1958
Capt. Rumbo
Enchanted Island
1958
Capt. Vangs
South Seas Adventure
1958
Supplemental Narration (voice)
Panic!
1957-1958
TV Series
Warren / George Gavin
M Squad
1958
TV Series
Carl Harrison
Playhouse 90
1958
TV Series
Jenkins
Zorro
1958
TV Series
Espinosa
Handle with Care
1958
Sam Lawrence
The Red Skelton Hour
1958
TV Series
Bank Robber
Official Detective
1957-1958
TV Series
Ellis / Evans
Mike Hammer
1958
TV Series
Pat - Police Captain
Climax!
1958
TV Series
Big Joe
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1958
TV Series
Stewart
Baby Face Nelson
1957
Rocca
The Restless Gun
1957
TV Series
Cal Jason
Have Gun - Will Travel
1957
TV Series
Chief Harry Blackfoot
Man on the Prowl
1957
Detective
The Californians
1957
TV Series
Jake Reeves
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1957
TV Series
Cow Chief
Casey Jones
1957
TV Series
Vic Hogan
Gun Battle at Monterey
1957
Max Reno
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
TV Series
John McCloud
Navy Log
1956-1957
TV Series
Keebler / Commander Walker
The Joker Is Wild
1957
Georgie Parker
Code 3
1957
TV Series
Chief Harrison
Date with the Angels
1957
TV Series
Charley
The Lawless Eighties
1957
Grat Bandas
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Shanghai Pierce (as Ted DeCorsia)
The Midnight Story
1957
Lt. Kilrain
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna
1957
TV Series
Make Room for Daddy
1957
TV Series
Mr. Simms
Soldiers of Fortune
1957
TV Series
Sergeant Irish McGuire
The Ford Television Theatre
1956-1957
TV Series
Mr. Kallum / Jim Regan
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
TV Series
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
Big Frank
State Trooper
1956
TV Series
Jay O'Grady
Broken Arrow
1956
TV Series
Cartwright / Ben Cartwright
Showdown at Abilene
1956
Dan Claudius
The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu
1956
TV Series
Big Syd Vesta
Conflict
1956
TV Series
Willis
Warner Brothers Presents
1956
TV Series
Frontier
1956
TV Series
Ash / Jim Teech
Schlitz Playhouse
1954-1956
TV Series
Whitey Murdock
Telephone Time
1956
TV Series
Hayes
The Killing
1956
Policeman Randy Kennan (as Ted DeCorsia)
Mohawk
1956
Kowanen
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
Professor
The Steel Jungle
1956
Steve Marlin
Slightly Scarlet
1956
Solly Caspar
The Conqueror
1956
Kumlek
Chevron Hall of Stars
1956
TV Series
Steele
Lux Video Theatre
1955
TV Series
Rawbone
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
TV Series
Dr. Donaldson, Sr. / Det. Sgt. Cox
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
1955
TV Series
Jeremy
Man with the Gun
1955
'Frenchy' Lescaux (as Ted DeCorsia)
Kismet
1955
Police subaltern
The Man Behind the Badge
1955
TV Series
Capt. Joseph Crescio
The Lone Ranger
1955
TV Series
Sam Slater
TV Reader's Digest
1955
TV Series
Vic Thomas
Stage 7
1955
TV Series
Vic Kelcey
The Big Combo
1955
Ralph Bettini
Treasury Men in Action
1954-1955
TV Series
Barney / Al Baldwin
Adventures of the Falcon
1955
TV Series
Seven / Joe Dermid
Passport to Danger
1955
TV Series
Jan Spolny
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
Capt. Farragut
Public Defender
1954
TV Series
Cavalcade of America
1954
TV Series
Soldier
The Lone Wolf
1954
TV Series
Angus Morgan
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1954
TV Series
Dan Conroy
Big Town
1953-1954
TV Series
Faustus
Waterfront
1954
TV Series
Dan Cord
Crime Wave
1953
'Doc' Penny
Hot News
1953
Dino Rizzo
Ride, Vaquero!
1953
Sheriff Parker
Man in the Dark
1953
Lefty
Four Star Playhouse
1953
TV Series
Bulloti
The Turning Point
1952
Harrigan
Your Jeweler's Showcase
1952
TV Series
The Savage
1952
Iron Breast
Captain Pirate
1952
Capt. Easterling
Crazy Over Horses
1951
Duke
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
Warden Ben Rickey (as Ted De Corsia)
New Mexico
1951
Acoma - Indian Chief
A Place in the Sun
1951
Judge R.S. Oldendorff
Vengeance Valley
1951
Herb Backett (as Ted De Corsia)
The Enforcer
1951
Joseph Rico (as Ted De Corsia)
Three Secrets
1950
Del Prince
Cargo to Capetown
1950
Rhys
The Outriders
1950
Bye
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
Rainey
It Happens Every Spring
1949
Manager Jimmy Dolan
Neptune's Daughter
1949
Lukie Luzette
The Life of Riley
1949
Norman
The Naked City
1948
Willly Garzah (as Ted De Corsia)
Brooklyn, U.S.A.
1947
Short
Narrator
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
Sidney Broome (as Ted De Corsia)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chief Neeley Reports to the Nation
1943
Documentary short
Narrator (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1976
TV Series
Captain Farragut
The Crimebusters
1962
Chris Narleski
The Cinematographer
1951
Documentary short
Himself - film clip from 'The Naked City' (uncredited)