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This week I have some information for you on actor Joe Santos. He is best known for his role in The Rockford Files, but he has been in many other television shows and films. Read on to find out more about his career and what he is up to now!

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Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

June Lockhart: Starred as the mom, Maureen Robinson, in the TV series "Lost in Space", she also played a mom on the series "Lassie"

Marcello Mastroianni: Acclaimed Italian actor, "La Dolce Vita", "8½"

Bob Fosse: Choreographer and director of Broadway shows, "Sweet Charity", "Chicago" and movies, "Cabaret", "All That Jazz"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Joe Santos
Learn More About Joe Santos on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: June 9, 1931, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.

CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for his TV role in the 1970s TV series The Rockford Files as Lt. Dennis Becker.

FAMILY LIFE: He has been married to Mary Montero since 1958 and they have two children: Joseph and Perry.

INFO: During the 1960s, Santos began appearing in films directed by his cousin, Joseph W. Sarno. He got his big break appearing as Dennis Becker in the 1970s television series The Rockford Files.

He starred as Lt. Frank Harper in the 1980s TV series Hardcastle and McCormick. He reprised his role as Dennis Becker in the 1990s for several made-for-television Rockford Files movies.

His career also includes roles in films, including Shaft's Big Score! (1972), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), Blue Thunder (1983), Revenge (1990), and the 1991 action/drama film The Last Boy Scout as Lieutenant Benjamin Bessalo.

TRIVIA: Cousin of director Joseph W. Sarno.

Father of producer/director/writer Perry Santos.

WHERE IS HE NOW: His most recent acting project was in 2004 with his recurring role of "Consigliere Angelo Garepe" in the hit series "The Sopranos" (1999). He has also dabbled in playwriting, having penned "Sunset Normandie", in which he also starred.

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CREDITS:

2004 The Sopranos (TV series)...Angelo Garepe

2001 The Man from Elysian Fields...Domenico

2001 Proximity...Clive Plummer

2000 Auggie Rose...Emanuel

2000 Hammerlock...Warden Stan Cromwell

1999 The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (TV movie)...Lt. Dennis Becker

1998 The Right Way

1997 The Postman...Colonel Getty

1997 The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (TV movie)...Dennis Becker

1996 The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (TV movie)...Lt. Dennis Becker

1996 The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (TV movie)...Lt. Becker

1996 The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (TV movie)...Lt. Dennis Becker

1996 The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (TV movie)...Lt. Dennis Becker

1995 The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (TV movie)...Lt. Becker

1994 The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (TV movie)...Dennis Becker

1994 Trial by Jury...Johnny Verona

1994 Art Deco Detective...Detective Guy Lean

1993 NYPD Blue (TV series)...Angelo Marino
4B or Not 4B
Pilot

1992 Sinatra (TV movie)...Marty Sinatra

1992 Mo' Money...Lt. Raymond Walsh

1991 The Last Boy Scout...Bessalo

1991 Deadly Desire (TV movie)...Gus

1990 Good Cops, Bad Cops (TV movie)

1984-1990 Hunter (TV series)...Det. Ortega / Ernesto Delgado
La Familia
The Hot Grounder

1990 The Old Man and the Sea (TV movie)...Lopez

1990/I Revenge...Ibarra

1989 Quantum Leap (TV series)...Tony
Double Identity - November 8, 1965

1989 Beverly Hills Brats...Spyder

1988 Miami Vice (TV series)...Oscar Carrera
Hostile Takeover

1987-1988 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)...Joe Rinaldi / NYPD Lt. Bert Alffano
A Little Night Work
The Bottom Line Is Murder

1988 Deadline: Madrid (TV movie)...Jake Gilbert

1986-1988 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)...Police Lieutenant Nolan Page

1986-1987 MacGyver (TV series)...Jimmy 'The Eraser' Kendall / Lou Rizzo / Louie
Back from the Dead
The Eraser

1987 Adderly (TV series)
Speed of Light

1985-1986 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series)...Lt. Frank Harper

1986 The Twilight Zone (TV series)...Doug Kelleher (segment "The Library")
Take My Life... Please!/Devil's Alphabet/The Library

1986 Superior Court (TV series)...Attorney Raul Garcia (entire run)

1986 The Education of Allison Tate...Detective Duncan

1985 T.J. Hooker (TV series)...Castle
The Bribe

1984 Remington Steele (TV series)...Alf Nussman
Let's Steele a Plot

1984 The Ratings Game (TV movie)...Tony

1984 The A-Team (TV series)...Rudy Garcia - Plant Foreman
Trouble on Wheels

1984 Cover Up (TV series)...Joe Carlos
Pilot

1984 Fear City...Frank

1984 Hill Street Blues (TV series)...Lastarza
Eva's Brawn
Lucky Ducks
Hair Apparent

1984 a.k.a. Pablo (TV series)...Domingo Rivera

1984 Jessie (TV series)...Ray Wysocki
Valerie's Turn

1983 Blue Thunder...Montoya

1983 The Greatest American Hero (TV series)...Henry Fetchner
Space Ranger

1983 Likely Stories, Vol. 2 (TV movie)

1982 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)...Inspector Jim Stemm
The Ransom

1980 Me and Maxx (TV series)...Norman Davis

1980 The Hustler of Muscle Beach (TV movie)...Barry Layton

1980 Power (TV movie)...Arthur 'Art' Konigsburg

1974-1980 The Rockford Files (TV series)...Dennis Becker

1979 Eischied (TV series)...Luis Aguilar
Spanish Eight

1978 David Cassidy - Man Undercover (TV series)...Lt. Mitchell
Running the Hill

1978 Black Sheep Squadron (TV series)
The Show Must Go On.. Sometimes (1978)

1974-1978 Police Story (TV series)...Sally Pickle / Det. George Cordova / Gene Pardnales / â?¦

1977 Lou Grant (TV series)...George Delgado
Barrio (

1976 A Matter of Wife... and Death (TV movie)...Lieutenant Vince Promuto

1976 Joe Forrester (TV series)
A Game of Love (1976)

1976 Selling of Vince D'Angelo (TV movie)...FBI guy

1975 Baretta (TV series)...Marcos
The Secret of Terry Lake

1975 Kung Fu (TV series)...Sanjero
A Lamb to the Slaughter

1974 A Knife for the Ladies (uncredited)

1974 Zandy's Bride...Frank Gallo

1974 The Girl on the Late, Late Show (TV movie)...Lieutenant Scott

1974 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)...Frank Perez
Rampage

1974 Barnaby Jones (TV series)...Balazar
Rendezvous with Terror

1973 Blade...Spinelli

1973 The Don Is Dead...Joe Lucci

1973 The Blue Knight (TV movie)...Sergeant Cruz Segovia

1973 Toma (TV series)...Jake Ricci
The Oberon Contract

1973 The Friends of Eddie Coyle...Artie Van

1973 Nightside (TV movie)...Jabbo

1973 Shamus...Lieutenant Promuto

1972 Room 222 (TV series)...Mr. Galvez
The Imposter

1972 Shaft's Big Score!...Pascal

1972 The Legend of Nigger Charley...Reverend

1971 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight...Exmo

1971 The Panic in Needle Park...DiBono

1968 The Detective...Reporter (uncredited)

1967 My Body Hungers...Truck driver

1966 Moonlighting Wives...Detective Hank

1965 Flesh and Lace...Julian the toy shop owner (as Joe Russell)

1964 Carol for Another Christmas (TV movie)...Number 32 (uncredited)

1964 Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures...Dick (as Joe Russell)

1963 Naked City (TV series)...Onlooker Outside Apples' Apartment
The S.S. American Dream

To see Then & Now pictures of Joe Santos, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
June Lockhart - ALIVE
Born: 06/25/1925

Marcello Mastroianni - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 09/28/1924 Died: 12/19/1996

Bob Fosse - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 06/23/1927 Died: 09/23/1987

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
2/8
Dennis Callahan, 70, American politician, Mayor of Annapolis (1985â??1989), heart attack.
John Cunningham, 66, Irish journalist and editor of Connacht Tribune (1984â??2007), illness.
Enrique Moreno, 48, Spanish footballer.
Wando, 66, Brazilian singer, cardiorespiratory arrest.

2/7
Esfandiar Ahmadieh, 83, Iranian animator.
Danny Clyburn, 37, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Devil Rays), shot.
Jim Dinwiddie, 63, American basketball player (University of Kentucky), apparent suicide by gunshot.
Patricia Stephens Due, 72, American civil rights activist, cancer.
Harry Keough, 84, American soccer player and coach.
Sergio Larraín, 81, Chilean photographer.
Shoichi Sengoku, 62, Japanese zoologist, duodenal cancer.
Phil Shanahan, 84, Irish hurler.

2/6
Sharada Dwivedi, 69, Indian historian.
Nikolay Evdakov, 47, Russian professional poker player.
Vitaly Gorelik, 44, Russian mountaineer, heart attack.
Yasuhiro Ishimoto, 90, Japanese photographer, complications following pneumonia and a stroke.
Jiang Ying, 92, Chinese opera singer and music teacher.
Noel Kelehan, 76, Irish musician (RTÃ? Concert Orchestra).
Juan Vicente Lezcano, 74, Paraguayan footballer.
Matthew Mbu, 82, Nigerian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister (1993).
Wladyslaw Ogrodzinski, 93, Polish historian and writer.
Antoni Tapies, 88, Spanish painter.
Janice E. Voss, 55, American astronaut, cancer.