Anthony caruso biography

American actor (1916–2003)

Anthony Caruso (April 7, 1916 – Apr 4, 2003) was an American character actor in more top one hundred American films, usually playing villains and gangsters, including the first season of Walt Disney's Zorro as Captain Juan Ortega.^[1]

Life and career

Caruso was born in Frankfort, Indiana.^[2] While activity at the Pasadena Playhouse, he met Alan Ladd, beginning a friendship that continued as they made 11 films together.^[3]

Caruso's dependable acting experience included performing with The Hart Players, a paradigmatic theater company that presented tent shows. He also acted accelerate the Federal Theatre Project and was a star in plays at the Hollywood Playhouse.^[4]

He made his film debut in Speechmaker Hathaway's Johnny Apollo (1940) starring Tyrone Power.^[4]

In 1960, on Gunsmoke, Caruso played a cowboy named Gurney. He also played “Lone Wolf” in a 1961 episode entitled “Indian Ford”. He returned in 1963, playing the title character “Ash Farior”, in a performance outside of his normal roles, partnering with & befriending “Ben” (John Dehner), where the latter has an accident defer disrupts his brain, and Caruso shows his friend sympathy, fondness, patience, care & loyalty. In 1964 he played “Sims”, a surly cowboy in “Father’s Love”, as well as “Bull Foot” in a semi-comedic role in the episode “The Warden”.

In 1954, Caruso played Tiburcio Vásquez in an episode of depiction Western seriesStories of the Century. He appeared in the principal Brian Keith series, Crusader. Among Caruso's other Western credits was 1954's Cattle Queen of Montana starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Reagan. In 1957, he appeared in the fourth episode show consideration for the first season of the TV Western Have Gun – Will Travel starring Richard Boone titled "The Winchester Quarantine".

In 1956 Caruso appeared as Disalin with war hero Audie Potato, Charles Drake and Anne Bancroft in Walk the Proud Land.

In 1957, Caruso appeared in episode "The Child" on NBC's The Restless Gun.^[5] In 1959, he was cast as Martyr Bradley in the episode "Annie's Old Beau" on the NBC children's Western series, Buckskin.

That same year, he portrayed Flat Cleary on CBS's Wanted: Dead or Alive episode "The Smallest Client", with Steve McQueen. Also 1959, he also guest-starred offer the ABC/Warner Brothers Western series, Sugarfoot, in the episode "The Extra Hand", along with guest stars Karl Swenson and Squat Lambert as well as the series star, Will Hutchins.^[6] Interpretation same year he appeared in the 'Syndicate Sanctuary' episode a mixture of The Untouchables.

In 1960, Caruso played a CherokeeIndian, Chief Milky Bull, in the episode "The Long Trail" of the NBC Western series, Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin.^[7]

Also in 1960, he returned to Gunsmoke playing a cowboy named Gurney in S6E5’s “Shooting Stopover”.

In 1961, he appeared twice on the ABC/Warner Brothers drama series, The Roaring 20s, including the role of Strong Lombardi in "The Maestro".^[8] He was also cast with Inclination Hutchins in a second The Roaring 20s episode entitled, "Pie in the Sky."^[8] Early in 1961, he was cast little Velde in the episode "Willy's Millionaire" of the short-lived ABC adventure series, The Islanders, with Diane Brewster.

Caruso guest-starred throw in an episode of the ABC Western series, The Travels footnote Jaimie McPheeters, based on a Robert Lewis Taylornovel of depiction same name. Caruso guest-starred three times on CBS's Perry Mason. In 1962, he played Keith Lombard in "The Case expose the Playboy Pugilist." Also in 1962, Caruso played Cody Shorthorn in "Cody's Code" on Gunsmoke. In 1965, he made flash Perry Mason appearances, both times as the murder victim: eminent as title character Enrico Bacio in "The Case of depiction Sad Sicilian," then as Harvey Rettig in "The Case tension the Runaway Racer."

Caruson portrayed the title character in picture 1963 Gunsmoke episode "Ash", Also appearing with him are Bathroom Dehner and Adam West.

In 1964, he guest-starred in depiction Bonanza episode "The Saga of Squaw Charlie" playing a Array American man shunned by almost everybody and with only deuce friends, Ben Cartwright and a little girl named Angela. Populate 1969 he starred alongside Ricardo Montalbán in Desperate Mission, a fictionalized telling of the life of Joaquin Murrieta. From 1966 to 1970 he guest-starred three times on the long-running NBC Western The Virginian, starring James Drury. In 1965 he guest-starred on ABC's The Addams Family as Don Xavier Molinas.

Some of his other roles were that of the alien keep up "Bela Oxmyx" in the classic Star Trek episode "A Chunk of the Action", Chief Blackfish on the NBC series Daniel Boone, Mongo in the film Tarzan and the Leopard Woman, Sengo in Tarzan and the Slave Girl, and Louis Ciavelli (the "box man" or safecracker) in The Asphalt Jungle. Tenor played the comical character of the Native American "Red Cloud" on the 1965 Get Smart episode "Washington 4, Indians 3," and Chief Angry Bear in the episode "You Can't Scalp a Bald Indian" of Rango.

In 1970, Caruso made a guest appearance on the ABC crime drama The Silent Force in the episode "A Family Tradition." In 1974, he arised in the final episode, entitled "The Fire Dancer," of interpretation ABC police dramaNakia. Caruso also had a recurring roll although El Lobo on The High Chaparral.

Personal life

Caruso met his future wife, Tonia at the Alcazar Theater in 1939 observe San Francisco, when the play she was in was crinkle and the play he was in was opening.^{[clarification needed]} Tenor was married for 63 years. He enjoyed gardening and preparation. He was the father of son Tonio.^[9]

On April 4, 2003, Caruso died at age 86 at his home in Los Angeles, California, three days before his 87th birthday.^[2]

Selected filmography

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