Anthony Caruso (actor)
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Anthony Caruso in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
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| Born |
April 7, 1916 Frankfort, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 2003 (aged 86) Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film, television actor |
| Years active | 1940–1990 |
| Spouse(s) | Tonia Valente (1940–2003, his death); 2 children |
Anthony Caruso (April 7, 1916 – April 4, 2003) was an American character actor in more than one hundred American films, usually playing villains, including the first season of Walt Disney's Zorro as Captain Juan Ortega.
Born in Frankfort, Indiana, Caruso was reared from the age of ten in Long Beach, California. He made his film debut in Johnny Apollo (1940). During his long career, Caruso often portrayed villains in supporting roles and bit parts. He often played people of different descents like Italians, Indians, Arabs, Persians, Mexicans, Latinos and Native American characters in his films.
In some of his television roles, Caruso played sympathetic characters, like "Ash", on an early episode of CBS's Gunsmoke. He guest-starred on two of Rod Cameron's syndicated series, City Detective and COronado 9. In 1954, Caruso played Tiburcio Vasquez in an episode of Jim Davis's syndicated western series, Stories of the Century. He appeared in the first Brian Keith series, Crusader. Among Caruso's other Western credits was 1954's Cattle Queen of Montana also starring future U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan.
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