Ted de Corsia

infobox actor


caption=de Corsia in "The Enforcer"
birthdate=birth date|1903|9|29
birthplace=city-state|Brooklyn|New York
deathdate=death date and age|1973|4|11|1903|9|29
deathplace=city-state|Encino|California
restingplace=Donated to medical science
occupation=Radio, film, television actor

Ted de Corsia (September 29, 1903 in Brooklyn, New York – April 11, 1973 in Encino, California) was a radio and movie actor. He is probably best remembered for his role as a gangster turned state's evidence in "The Enforcer" (1951). In radio he voiced roles on many radio shows including "The March of Time" and "The Shadow". He made his movie debut in Orson Welles' "The Lady from Shanghai" and went on to make a career playing movie 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).

In the 1960s, he appeared in a number of television series, including "The Twilight Zone" playing in episodes "The Brain Center at Whipple's" and "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine".

elected filmography

He was also credited as "Ted DeCorsia" and "Ted De Corsia".

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