Known for Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Santos (1931-2016) was an American film and television actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Santos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
June 9, 1931
Died
March 18, 2016 (age 84)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
50 films, 32 shows


Chronic
2015 · 1h 33m
country: France
David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships with the people he cares for. But outside of work, it's a different story altogether.


Dead Genesis
2010 · 1h 38m
country: Canada
Seven months have passed since the dead took over. Many cities and states have been abandoned and left to die. Several self sufficient hunting groups have been established to take on the threat in a war aptly referred to as the 'War on Dead'. Jillian Hurst, a former news writer and amateur documentarian, has set out to make a pro-war propaganda film to support the W.O.D. She joins up with a pack of renegade hunters known infamously to North America as 'the deadheads'. The moral dynamics and hardships of fighting in a war against the undead are told from several different perspectives.


Hammerlock
2002 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Two prison guards team up with a convict and a drug smuggler to recapture bank robbers.


The Man from Elysian Fields
2001 · 1h 46m
country: United States
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.


Proximity
2001 · 1h 26m
country: United States
When William Conroy (Rob Lowe), a former college professor, is sentenced to life in prison for vehicular manslaughter it seems his life is over. But when a fellow inmate tells him that in the past two years fourteen inmates have died at the prison, and then turns up dead the next day, Conroy realizes he is in more danger than he ever imagined. Conroy's suspicions are confirmed when the van carrying the inmates crashes. Seizing the opportunity, Conroy flees the scene and elicits the help of his lawyer. What the two discover is a grisly murder ring set up within the prison walls that incriminates those at the highest levels of the correctional system.


Auggie Rose
2000 · 1h 49m
country: Unknown
An insurance salesman's humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger, ex-con Auggie Rose, unexpectedly dies in his arms. Assuming the identity of the dead man, the salesman embarks on a double life, keeping it secret from his live-in girlfriend.


The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1999 · 2h
country: Unknown
Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.


The Postman
1997 · 2h 58m
country: United States
In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.


The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
1997 · 2h
country: Unknown
After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving alleged Police misconduct, which lands him in the hospital, hounded by a beautiful reporter, and out of favor with the entire Police Deapartment. Meanwhile Angel tries to cash in on the publicity by selling a movie about Rockford's life.


The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
1996 · 2h
country: United States
Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin Patrick is involved with the Russian Mob, which puts everyone's life in danger. The weary Rockford must also deal with his old friend Angel, who is painting Jim's trailer to work off a debt.


The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
1996 · 2h
country: Unknown
An friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not long after an altercation with the mafia man, Jim must must do what it takes to put both her soul and her son's, at rest, himself.


The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
1996 · 1h 26m
country: Unknown
Jim Rockford tries to help his godson, son of Denis Becker, rise out of poverty and homelessness, but soon discovers the young man's problems are far more complicated than he imagined.


The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
1996 · 1h 32m
country: Unknown
Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.


The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
1995 · 2h
country: United States
Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Rockford is hired to protect its star.


The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1994 · 2h
country: United States
Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.


Art Deco Detective
1994 · 1h 41m
country: United States
While investigating the murder of a movie star, a detective finds that he himself is being set up for the crime.


Trial by Jury
1994 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.


Mo' Money
1992 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals...


The Last Boy Scout
1991 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other first. But the more they dig, the deeper they become enmeshed in a web of extortion, blackmail and corrupt politics hidden beneath the surface of professional football.


Deadly Desire
1991 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A security guard is enticed to scam a businessman for his insurance money by the man's attractive wife. The trouble begins when he discovers that the husband has ties to the mob.


Good Cops, Bad Cops
1990 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt. Gerry Clemente is the leader of a gang of rotten cops who take their piece of Boston's criminal offerings. The crimes are petty at first, but soon, Clemente sets his sights on a bank that promises a big score. Can the gang pull it off before a case is built against them?


The Old Man and the Sea
1990 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Santiago goes out on his usual fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life. Then a shark attacks and tries to steal his catch.


Revenge
1990 · 2h 3m
country: Mexico
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.


Beverly Hills Brats
1989 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.


Deadline: Madrid
1988 · 1h 30m
country: United States
In Spain during the civil war. The American journalists Erin Wright and Robert Minelli enjoy their lives in bars. Then the courageous journalist Jonathan Tyler arrives - and shortly after disappears. Erin and Robert decide to continue his dangerous story and get drawn into a conspiracy.


The Abduction of Allison Tate
1986 · 1h 28m
country: United States
When wealthy real estate developer Richard Tate seizes land belonging to a Native American tribe for his next construction project, a group of young men from the tribe decide to kidnap Tate's daughter Allison as a means of persuading her father to abandon the project and return their land. As time drags on with no resolution in sight, Allison begins to sympathize with the plight of her captors and joins them in their fight against her father.


The Ratings Game
1984 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.


Fear City
1984 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.


Blue Thunder
1983 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.


The Hustler of Muscle Beach
1980 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants to win bodybuilding championships, but needs some help and direction--and the promoter thinks he's just the one to do it.
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
1976 · 21m
country: United States
Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely Stories." Danny plays corrupt Congressman Vince D'Angelo who is making a sleazy run to become Senator of New Jersey. In the process he spreads vicious rumors about his running mates and uses incendiary campaign commercials to get himself elected. His campaign is derailed when he is caught-on-tape giving a bribe to a G-man posing as a mobster. His response to the "Mobscam" debacle is to claim he was "conducting his own investigation" and then fakes an 11th hour assassination on himself to engender voter sympathy.


A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.


Zandy's Bride
1974 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.


The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 · 1h 13m
country: United States
A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded, then discovers that his inquiries have set off a string of murders.


The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
1974 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A woman hires Rockford to discover if her father's death was homicide or suicide.


Blade
1973 · 1h 19m
country: United States
A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.


The Don Is Dead
1973 · 1h 46m
country: United States
After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.


The Blue Knight
1973 · 3h 8m
country: United States
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.


The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 · 1h 42m
country: United States
An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.


Shamus
1973 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Millions in diamonds are stolen from a New York City safe, and later the burglar is killed. Shamus is paid $10,000 by the owner to find the diamonds or the killer.


Shaft's Big Score!
1972 · 1h 45m
country: United States
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.


The Legend of Nigger Charley
1972 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.


The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.


The Panic in Needle Park
1971 · 1h 50m
country: United States
A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.


The Detective
1968 · 1h 54m
country: United States
New York City Police detective Joe Leland investigates the grisly murder of Teddy Leikman, the gay son of a politically influential department store owner. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in NYC in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs, homophobia, homosexuality and bisexuality.


My Body Hungers
1967 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Marcia, a sexy bucolic orphan, hitch-hikes to the city to meet up with her sister, who has promised her a job at the roadhouse where she works as a hostess. She has no qualms about sleeping with her driver in order to be safeguarded to her destination. Once she arrives, she discovers that her sister has recently been violently murdered -- in a stangulation by garter belt. Marcia takes her sister's job in order to go undercover in finding the murderer. She thus imperils her own life while making discoveries about her sister's former lifestyle and the seamy antics of the local civic leaders.


Moonlighting Wives
1966 · 1h 26m
country: United States
An ambitious suburban housewife, tired of forever being in debt, sets up an independent stenography business. Finding that her clients are more interested in the women than the dictation, she revamps it into a discreet and highly profitable prostitution ring made up of neighbourhood wives.


Flesh and Lace
1965 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Beverly a teaser bar girl, that think she hates men, but is in fact suffering from repressed nymphomania. She finds out when she flirts with her best friends man and gets thrown out in the street. Beverly runs into a toy store owner.


Carol for Another Christmas
1964 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist Daniel Grudge, long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.


Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures
1964 · 1h 18m
country: United States
Three College friends go off to New York to become Broadway stars and they endure an endless parade of casting couches and frauds in their pursuit of Limelight, which puts more and more strains on their friendships.