Ted de Corsia

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Birth Name: Edward Lloyd Gildea De Corsia

Born: 29 September 1905 Died: 11 April 1973

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 11"

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Directed by Stanley Kubrick (133 items)
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Published 14 years, 5 months ago

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Directed by John Sturges (462 items)
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Published 13 years, 9 months ago

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Directed by Orson Welles (167 items)
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Published 14 years ago

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Directed by Don Siegel (402 items)
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Published 13 years, 2 months ago

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Guests in The Untouchables (158 items)
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Published 16 years, 3 months ago

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Description: A big, brawny 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 Lady from Shanghai (1947). Although he occasionally played such sympathetic roles as a judge or prison warden, de Corsia's imposing size, tough New York street demeanor - he was born and raised in Brooklyn - and gravelly voice assured him steady work playing murderous street thugs, outlaw gang leaders or organized-crime bosses. One of his best-remembered roles was as the head of a murder-for-hire gang who turns state's evidence in the Humphrey Bogart crime thr ... (more)