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Ted de Corsia

Highest Rated: 100% Neptune's Daughter (1949)

Lowest Rated: 31% From the Terrace (1960)

Birthday: Sep 29, 1905

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Being bad did Ted De Corsia a lot of good during a prolific quarter-century-long career. His New York City street looks and voice made him a perfect fit for tough guy roles, and he played scores of them in 60 films and over twice as many TV appearances. The typecasting started early and strong when De Corsia played a killer in Orson Welles's offbeat mystery "The Lady From Shanghai" (1947). From then, the actor never slowed down, usually appearing in several films and TV productions every year. He put on his bad-guy suit often--for example, when he played a memorable crook turned government snitch in "The Enforcer" (1951), starring Humphrey Bogart. But it wasn't only evil men he played; in Stanley Kubrick's gritty crime classic "The Killing" (1956), he switched to the other side of the law to portray a cop, Patrolman Kennan. He also had the role of determined ship captain Farragut in the immodestly budgeted 1954 Jules Verne adaptation, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." De Corsia was even busier on TV, doing guest appearances or brief recurring roles on most of the well-known shows during his working lifetime. Among the many were "The Twilight Zone" (1959) and "Get Smart" (1966).

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Highest rated movies

100% 58% Neptune's Daughter
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96% 92% The Killing
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93% 79% The Big Combo
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90% 74% 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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89% 71% The Enforcer
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88% 66% It Happens Every Spring
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87% 79% The Naked City
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85% 84% The Lady From Shanghai
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80% 42% The Turning Point
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70% 73% Crime Wave
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 51% Five Card Stud Eldon Bates (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 36% The Money Trap Police captain (uncredited) (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blood on the Arrow Jud (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 43% The Quick Gun Spangler (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 62% It's Only Money Patrolman (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oklahoma Territory Chief Buffalo Horn (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Slowest Gun in the West Black Bart (Character) - 1960
31% 59% From the Terrace Mr. Ralph W. Benziger (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Noose for a Gunman Jack Cantrell (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside the Mafia Augie Martello (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 66% The Buccaneer Capt. Rumbo (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 84% Handle With Care Sam Lawrence (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Enchanted Island Capt. Vangs (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lawless Eighties Grat Bandas (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man on the Prowl Detective (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Midnight Story Lieutenant Kilrain (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 50% Baby Face Nelson Rocca (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gun Battle at Monterey Max Reno (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 82% The Joker Is Wild Georgie Parker (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Showdown at Abilene Dan Claudius (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 10% The Conqueror Kumlek (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mohawk Indian Chief Kowanen (Character) - 1956
96% 92% The Killing Randy Kennan (as Ted DeCorsia) (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 42% Dance With Me Henry Big Frank (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 26% Slightly Scarlet Solly Caspar (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Steel Jungle Steve Madden (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 45% Man With the Gun "Frenchy" Lescaux (Character) - 1955
93% 79% The Big Combo Ralph Bettini (Character) - 1955
57% 50% Kismet Police subaltern (Character) - 1955
70% 73% Crime Wave `'Doc'` Penny (Character) - 1954
90% 74% 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Capt. Farragut (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 20% Captain Pirate Capt. Easterling (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 38% Ride, Vaquero Sheriff Parker (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot News Dino Rizzo (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 18% Man in the Dark Lefty (Character) - 1953
80% 42% The Turning Point Harrigan (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 67% The Savage Iron Breast (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet New Mexico Acoma (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 33% Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison Warden Ben Rickey (Character) - 1951
89% 71% The Enforcer Joseph Rico (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 75% Three Secrets Del Prince (Character) - 1949
100% 58% Neptune's Daughter Lukie Luzette (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 54% Mr. Soft Touch Rainey (Character) - 1949
88% 66% It Happens Every Spring Manager Jimmy Dolan (Character) - 1949
85% 84% The Lady From Shanghai Sidney Broome (Character) - 1948
87% 79% The Naked City Garzah (Character) - 1948

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The High Chaparral Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix William Lavor (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet 84% Get Smart Unknown (Guest Star) 1966-1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Green Acres Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet 58% I Dream of Jeannie Two-Gun Richard Sheldon (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Chief Polek (Guest Star) 1964 1966
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Mr. Arnold (Guest Star) 1964
92% 92% The Outer Limits New Sentry (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1963-1964
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Foreman Dickerson (Character) 1959 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1962-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Ben Gale (Guest Star) 1959 1961 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dakotas Winters (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1959 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Surfside 6 Unknown (Guest Star) 1960 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Garvy (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Lt. Christensen (Character) 1959 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Matthew Witmore (Guest Star) 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deputy Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Unknown (Character) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dante Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Staccato Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bat Masterson John Watson (Guest Star) 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Lucky Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sea Hunt Ahman Dhabi (Guest Star) 1958-1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sugarfoot Unknown (Guest Star) 1958-1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown George Caldwell (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zorro Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Cal Jason (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo John McCloud (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Showcase 39 Unknown (Character) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Sam Slater (Guest Star) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stage 7 Vic Kelcey (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Four Star Playhouse Vic Kelcey (Character) 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Burns and Allen Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1954