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Anthony Caruso

Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso
Born: Apr 07, 1916 in Frankfort, Indiana
Died: Apr 04, 2003 in Brentwood, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '40s-'70s
Major Genres: Crime, Drama
Career Highlights: Baby Face Nelson, Cattle Queen of Montana, The Boy from Oklahoma
First Major Screen Credit: News Hounds (1947)
6 Videos for Anthony Caruso
Never Steal Anything Small (1959) Cattle Queen of Montana (1954) The Stork Club (1945)
The Oklahoman (1956) Tennessee's Partner (1954) Across the Pacific (1942)
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Biography:

American-born Anthony Caruso decided early in his showbiz career to cash in on his last name by becoming a singer. Though he enjoyed some success in this field, Caruso had better luck securing acting roles. Typecast as a villain from his first film, Johnny Apollo (1940), onward, he remained a reliable screen menace until the 1980s.

Usually cast as an Italian (he was Louis Chiavelli in 1950's The Asphalt Jungle), he has also played his share of Greeks, Spaniards, Slavs, and Indian chiefs. He was occasionally afforded an opportunity to essay sympathetic characters on the various TV religious anthologies of the 1960s and 1970s, notably This Is the Life.

In 1976, Anthony Caruso enjoyed one of his biggest and most prominent screen roles in Zebra Force. On April 4, 2003 Anthony Caruso died following an extended illness in Brentwood, CA. He was 86. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.