Biography
A street-edged character player of TV and movies, often cast as an urban detective or crook, Joe Santos is perhaps best remembered as Detective Dennis Becker, cop pal who respects James Garner's Jim Rockford, on "The Rockford Files" (NBC, 1974-80) and its numerous TV-movies.
Santos began his on-screen career with a bit part in "My Body Hungers", a low-budget 1967 film. Subsequent roles included DiBono in "The Panic in Needle Park" and Ezmo in …
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Career Milestones
| Featured as Lt. Frank Harper on "Hardcastle & McCormick" (ABC) | ||
| Played recurring role of Lt. Page on "Magnum, P.I." (CBS) | ||
| TV series debut as Detective Dennis Becker on "The Rockford Files" (NBC) | ||
1952 | Served in US Army Medical Corps | |
1967 | Film debut "My Body Hungers" | |
1973 | TV-movie debut, "The Blue Knight" (NBC) | |
1980 | Starred on short-lived sitcom "Me and Maxx" (NBC) | |
1984 | Played the father on the short-lived sitcom "a.k.a. Pablo" (ABC) | |
1985 | Co-starred in feature film, "Fear City" | |
1990 | Played Lopez in TV version "Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea" | |
1992 | Appeared as Marty Sinatra, "Sinatra" miniseries (CBS) | |
1992 | Co-starred in the film "Mo' Money" | |
1994 | Co-starred on big screen in "Art Deco Detective" and "Trial By Jury" | |
1994 | Reprised role of Det. Becker on "Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A." TV-movie and subsequent revivals | |
1995 | Appeared in "Tyson" (HBO) | |
Awards
1979 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in The Rockford Files |