Photo: Sgt. Monique Wallace / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Joe Santos

ジョー・サントス　/　じょー・さんとす

American film actor

June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016　・　Brooklyn, New York, United States

New York
film actor
television actor
actor

My Take

Joe Santos is my reminder that television is built on actors like him. Born Joseph John Minieri Jr. in Brooklyn, he carried that working-class New York texture into Sgt. Becker on The Rockford Files, the kind of role that never grabs the spotlight but holds the whole show in place. I have a soft spot for performers whose value shows only when you imagine the scene without them. He was not the star, and that is exactly the point. Decades of steady, grounded supporting work is its own quiet achievement, and Santos earned my respect doing it.

Overview

Joe Santos (born Joseph John Minieri Jr.; June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016) was an American film and television actor, best known as Sgt. Dennis Becker (later Lieutenant), the friend of James Garner's character on the NBC crime drama The Rockford Files.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Joe Santos
Name (Japanese): ジョー・サントス
Reading: じょー・さんとす
Born: June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Goat
Origin: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film actor / television actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9

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