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Joe Lo Presti

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1918-05-15
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Known For & Full Filmography17 Titles

#1Dragnet

Drama Series - 1951, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

6.5 / 10
DramaCrime

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

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#2Mission: Impossible

Drama Series - 1966, 16 episodes • as Mechanic (uncredited)

7.6 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.

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#3Mannix

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes • as Captain Gomez

6.8 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeMystery

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

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#4The Untouchables

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes • as Pete Appleby

8.0 / 10
DramaCrime

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

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#5The F.B.I.

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Manos Antonopolous

5.6 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.

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#6Baretta

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Di Mona

6.5 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.

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#7The Doris Day Show

Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes • as Guard No. 1

6.2 / 10
ComedyWestern

The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run. It is also remembered for Day's statement, in her autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story, that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the TV series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20, 1968. The TV show premiered on Tuesday, September 24, 1968.

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#8I Spy

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Giovanni

6.5 / 10
Action & Adventure

A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.

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#9CHiPs

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Louie

6.8 / 10
DramaAction & Adventure

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.

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#10Tightrope

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes • as Gibb

6.3 / 10
DramaCrime

Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Williams Company, and American Tobacco. Produced by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in association with Screen Gems, the series stars Mike Connors as an undercover agent named "Nick" who was assigned to infiltrate criminal gangs. The show was to have originally been titled Undercover Man but it was changed before going to air.

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#11The Walter Winchell File

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes • as Paul Raimondi

7.5 / 10

The Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror. The series featured columnist and announcer Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker, Dolores Donlon, and Gene Barry, a year before he was cast in the lead of NBC's Bat Masterson. Thirty-nine episodes were produced; the first twenty-six aired on ABC during the 1957-1958 season, and the final thirteen were seen in syndication in 1959. Among the guest stars was the child actor Dennis Holmes, who played 7-year-old Allie Marisch in the 1957 episode "Thou Shalt Not Kill."

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#12Phyllis

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Punchy

6.9 / 10
Comedy

After her husband’s death, Phyllis Lindstrom and her daughter Bess move to San Francisco to start over. There, she faces the challenges of clashing with eccentric relatives and adjusting to a new life.

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#13Death Valley Days

Drama Series - 1952, 16 episodes • as Chappe

6.6 / 10
WesternDrama

Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945 and continued from 1952 to 1970 as a syndicated television series, with reruns continuing through August 1, 1975. The series was sponsored by the Pacific Coast Borax Company and hosted by Stanley Andrews, Ronald Reagan, Robert Taylor, and Dale Robertson. With the passing of Dale Robertson in 2013, all the former Death Valley Days hosts are now deceased.

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#14The Krofft Supershow

Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Schneider (segment 'Wonderbug')

6.0 / 10
FamilySci-Fi & Fantasy

The Krofft Supershow is a Saturday morning children's variety show, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It aired for two seasons from September 11, 1976 to September 2, 1978 on ABC

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#15What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Italian Soldier (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
ComedyWar

A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.

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#16Dreams of Glass

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Sam Parsegian

7.5 / 10
Drama

Ann is from a prominent Japanese-American family, owners of a famous nursery and greenhouse. Tom is from a blue-collar family of self-employed fishermen. Tom and Ann develop a playful, loving relationship, despite obstacles their families throw in their way.

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#17Nowhere to Hide

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as The Judge

7.5 / 10
CrimeTV Movie

A special unit of the U.S. Marshal's Service is assigned to protect a syndicate hitman who is to testify against his former bosses, who have put out a contract on his life.

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