Ted de Corsia
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de Corsia in The Enforcer
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| Born |
Edward Gildea De Corsia September 29, 1903 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 11, 1973 (aged 69) Encino, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place | Cremated, Ashes Scattered At Sea |
| Occupation | Radio, film, television actor |
| Years active | 1947–72 |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Robertson (1934–35; divorced) Rachel Thurber (1939–19??; divorced); 2 children |
Ted de Corsia (September 29, 1903 – April 11, 1973) was an American radio, film, and television actor best remembered for his role as a gangster who turned state's evidence in the film The Enforcer (1951).
Edward Gildea De Corsia was born in Brooklyn, New York.
De Corsia was a member of the cast of Blackstone Plantation. He starred in the title role on Mike Hammer and played Sergeant Velie on The Adventures of Ellery Queen. He also voiced roles on Family Theater,The March of Time, Cavalcade of America, Gang Busters, and The Shadow.
He made his movie debut in Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai and went on to make a career playing villains and gangsters in 1940s and 1950s films including The Naked City (1948), The Enforcer (1951), The Big Combo (1955), The Killing (1956), Baby Face Nelson, and Slightly Scarlet (1956), The Joker is Wild (1957).
In his last film, The Outside Man with Ann-Margret and Angie Dickinson, his character, the mobster Victor, is killed off early in the film, but he later appears as his embalmed corpse, posed in a chair, holding a cigar.
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