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For more than three decades Hollywood defaulted to a small core group of actors when it came to casting convincing mobsters, gamblers and racketeers. These often typecast individuals included Joseph Ruskin, Bruce Gordon, Neville Brand, Robert Loggia and...Anthony Caruso. Square-jawed, broad-shouldered and gravelly-voiced, Caruso provided a reliable source of menace and was amply utilised in films and in countless television episodes beginning in 1941.
The son of Italian-American parents, Caruso decided to forgo a career as an opera singer and instead took up acting with a stock company in Long Beach, California. A year later, in 1935, he joined the Pasadena Playhouse. He began in films as a bit player, commenting later that "MGM was the place to be, offering us extras a higher quality of lunch". In his first film, Johnny Apollo (1940), he played a henchman named Joe and there were to be many more of these to come with names like Fingers, Dapper Dan Greco, Chips Malloy, Pinky Luiz and Lucky Grillo. These dastardly nemeses came in a variety of ethnic types, ranging from Italians, Mexicans and Latinos to Greeks and Russians. A close personal friend of the actor Alan Ladd, Caruso featured in eleven of the star's films (the first as a hitman in Lucky Jordan (1942) ). In 1954, he became a member of Ladd's newly formed stock company, Jaguar Films. Whenever Caruso was not gleefully portraying underworld figures (The Iron Mistress (1952) , Hell on Frisco Bay (1955), The Asphalt Jungle (1950)) he was effectively employed as Native American chiefs (Drum Beat (1954), Cattle Queen of Montana (1954), The Lawless Eighties (1957)). On television, he had a popular recurring role as the charming but lethal Comanchero El Lobo on The High Chaparral (1967). Even on a planet (far, far away) in the Star Trek (1966) universe, Caruso -- as crime boss Bela Oxmyx -- was up to his old tricks using James T. & company to eliminate a rival gang and assume control of the government.
In stark contrast to his screen image, Caruso was the consummate family man in private life, happily married for 63 years, and enjoying the simple pleasures of gardening and cooking.- Actor
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Adalberto Martínez was born on 25 January 1916 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Los albañiles (1976), El rey de México (1956) and La presidenta municipal (1975). He was married to Meche Constanzo, Gloria Ríos and Josefina Flores Santacruz. He died on 4 April 2003 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Don Phillips, a native Texan, was living in Austin at the time of his death. He appeared in a number of television and film productions and did a considerable number of industrials and voice overs for clients such as UPS, USAA, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, Steck-Vaughn, Origin Systems, Texas General Land Office, U.S. Environmental Protective Agency and others. He was seen and heard in commercials for Anheuser-Busch, Century Telephone, Advantage Rent-A-Car, McDonald's, ShopRight Supermarkets and more.
- Bertil Bertilson was born on 11 January 1940 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor and composer, known for Drra på - Kul grej på väg till Götet (1967), Pang i bygget (1965) and Smugglarkungen (1985). He died on 4 April 2003 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- José María Escuer was born in 1921 in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. He was an actor, known for Estudio 1 (1965), Diego de Acevedo (1966) and Gran teatro (1960). He died on 4 April 2003 in Altea, Alicante, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain.
- Michael Kelly was born on 17 March 1957 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Michael died on 4 April 2003 in Iraq.
- Asta Hjelm was born on 21 December 1919 in Horten, Norway. She was an actress, known for Selv om de er små (1957). She died on 4 April 2003.
- Robert Wittmers was born on 3 December 1953. He was an actor, known for Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991), Polly Blue Eyes (2005) and Zauber um Zinnober (1983). He died on 4 April 2003.
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Susan Chilcott was born on 8 July 1963 in Bristol, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Brahms and the Little Singing Girls (1996), Peter Grimes (1997) and Wintermärchen (1999). She was married to David Sigall. She died on 4 April 2003 in Blagdon, Somerset, England, UK.- Pekka Herlin was born on 15 July 1932 in Helsinki, Finland. He died on 4 April 2003 in Kirkkonummi, Finland.
- Vuokko Piironen was born on 5 November 1945. She died on 4 April 2003.