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Joe Santos
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Miami Vice Character
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Born
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9 June 1931, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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Died
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18 March 2016, Santa Monica, California, U.S. (aged 84, heart attack)
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Active
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1964–2005
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Spouse/Children
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Mary Montero (1958–2016; his death), two children
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Joseph Minieri (9 June 1931 – 18 March 2016) was an American character actor known as Joe Santos, best known for his portrayal of Lt. Dennis Becker in the TV series The Rockford Files (1974-80), and all of it's follow-up TV movies. He also appeared as Oscar Carrera, head of the Carrera drug cartel in the episode "Hostile Takeover" of the series Miami Vice.
Selected Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Notes | MV Actors Appeared |
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| 1964 | Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures | First movie appearance | |
| Carol for Another Christmas (TV movie) | First TV appearance | ||
| 1971 | The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight | Jack Kehoe | |
| 1973 | Shamus | John P. Ryan Beeson Carroll Kevin Conway John Glover | |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | James Tolkan Matthew Cowles | ||
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | Paul Roebling | |
| 1984 | Fear City | Melanie Griffith | |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Dean Stockwell | |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Bruce Willis Bruce McGill Kim Coates | |
| 1994 | Mo' Money | John Diehl | |
| 1997 | The Postman | Stephanie Roth | |
| 2001 | The Man from Elysian Fields | Mick Jagger Michael Des Barres Sherman Howard Xander Berkeley | |
| 2004 | The Sopranos (TV series, seven episodes) | Final TV appearance | Tony Sirico |
| 2015 | Chronic | Final movie appearance |
Death[]
Santos died of a heart attack on March 18, 2016, in Los Angeles, California at the age of 84.
External links[]
- Joe Santos article at Wikipedia
- Joe Santos at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
