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FORT LAUDERDALE NEWS, Friday, Feb. 13, 1970 27E Character Actor's A Resentful 'Star' (3D CYMTO 05 fW casni 1 a 1 i JWi I 1 I ft 'M I I A JOE DeSANTIS resentments SEYMOUR'S 14 kt Gold Jewelry Sale nao ASK ABOUT OUR NEW CUSTOM PAINT JOB. W9 a Prices OFF 4444444444444444444S444444444444444444444444444444444 but, as he says, "what the hell, I've got a son studying for his doctor's degree at Columbia; I've raised five children 'in all. I've got my health and I've got my art work, too. "I suppose I should be sitting on a cushion now, but acting has always been just a business to me.

With my earning capacity I should be qualified for heart transplants; instead they called me for ton-silitis." If there's been a roadblock to stardom for DeSantis it's that he's never had to press. "I'm segmented," he said. "To MGM I'm always a French wrestler. At Columbia I'm a priest. Warners always sees me as a Spaniard.

Casting directors have no imagination. The thing that's helped me most is my facility with languages. So many didn't make the transition from radio to TV." DeSantis cited the case of his close friend, the late Everett Sloane, who, knowing of DeSantis' sculpting talent, had him make a face mask to change his nose, and perhaps his morale as well. But Sloane eventually took his life. "He died of ignominy," said DeSantis sadly.

As for his own lot, DeSantis said he learned to adjust. He's reminded of the old Greek legend about the king and the court jester. Every time his jester performed, he spat on him. But each time he threw him a gold piece, "They're spitting wine at me, and I'm catching gold fish. Why STUDENTS Solid T4Kf.

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When the project came to an end, one of his students, wife of a radio official, suggested he try acting again. He used one of his father's favorite stories for an audition, which he told in a heavy Italian accent. He immediately got a role in "Second Husband." Then came "Pepper Young's Family" and starring roles in "The Goldbergs," "Kitty Foyle," "The Clock," "Squad Room, and "Under Arrest," to name just a few of those old radio favorites. "There was a kid I helped get started on 'Under DeSantis recalled, to make a point about how heartless the business can be. "One day I ran into him again on the lot where they were making 'Burke's He's now an associate producer on the series, right! We exchange a few pleasantries and I said how about giving me one of those $1,000 cameo roles? 'Oh, we can only use he replied.

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