Name Bruno VeSota | Role Character actor | |
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Died September 24, 1976, Culver City, California, United States Spouse Jebbie VeSota (m. 1953–1976) Parents Kasmir VeSota, Eleanora VeSota Movies The Brain Eaters, Attack of the Giant Leeches, Dementia, Invasion of the Star Creatures, The Wasp Woman Similar People Ed Nelson, Bernard L Kowalski, Jerry Warren, Leo Gordon, Jonathan Haze | ||
Bruno William Ve Sota (March 25, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois – September 24, 1976 in Culver City, Los Angeles) was an American character actor, director and producer.
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Chicago television
VeSota entered Chicago television in 1945 writing many teleplays for WBKB-TV such as an adaption of Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. In 1948 he moved to WGN-TV as a local version of Orson Welles; a producer, director and writer.
VeSota was one of the directors of They Stand Accused, "television's first live dramatic courtroom series", which ran on WGN-TV before it expanded to national distribution first on CBS and later on DuMont.
Film work
He made his big screen debut in 1953 with appearances in The System and The Wild One
He is best remembered for appearances in science fiction films in the fifities and early sixties such as Dementia (1955), Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), The Wasp Woman (1959) and The Wild World of Batwoman (1966), and also directed a few such as Female Jungle (1955), The Brain Eaters (1958) and Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962). In the 1960s he played the barman in a number of episodes of Bonanza.
Filmography
Actor
1974
Kojak (TV Series) as
Revelson
- The Best Judge Money Can Buy (1974) - Revelson
1972
Something Evil (TV Movie) as
Neighbor
1971
McMillan & Wife (TV Series) as
Timber
- Death Is a Seven Point Favorite (1971) - Timber
1971
Bunny O'Hare as
Lab Technician
1971
The Million Dollar Duck as
Russian (uncredited)
1971
Wild Rovers as
Cantina Bartender
1970
Hogan's Heroes (TV Series) as
Agent
- Gowns by Yvette (1970) - Agent (uncredited)
1969
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) as
Dr. Simmons / Demetrius
- The Scorpio Drop (1969) - Dr. Simmons (as Bruno Ve Sota)
- Guess Who's Coming to Rio (1969) - Demetrius (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1968
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Heckler #1
- The Play (1968) - Heckler #1 (uncredited)
1961
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Bartender / Bruno / Townsman / ...
- Yonder Man (1968) - Bartender
- The Last Vote (1968) - Bartender
- Stage Door Johnnies (1968) - Bartender
- Star Crossed (1968) - Bartender
- The Crime of Johnny Mule (1968) - Bartender (as Bruno Ve Sota)
- The Wormwood Cup (1967) - Bruno (uncredited)
- A Man Without Land (1967) - Bruno (uncredited)
- Old Charlie (1966) - Bartender (as Bruno Ve Sota)
- A Time to Step Down (1966) - Bartender (as Bruno Ve Sota)
- Something Hurt, Something Wild (1966) - Bartender
- The Fighters (1966) - Bartender (uncredited)
- The Genius (1966) - Bartender
- The Code (1966) - Sam Tucker
- Peace Officer (1966) - Bartender (uncredited)
- The Brass Box (1965) - Bartender
- To Own the World (1965) - Norm
- The Underdog (1964) - Bartender (uncredited)
- Square Deal Sam (1964) - Bartender Andy (uncredited)
- The Jury (1962) - Townsman (uncredited)
- The Ride (1962) - Townsman (uncredited)
- Bank Run (1961) - Madigan (uncredited)
1968
A Man Called Dagger as
Dr. Grulik
1967
The Last American Hobo
1967
Hondo (TV Series) as
Biddle
- Hondo and the Comancheros (1967) - Biddle
1967
The Perils of Pauline (uncredited)
1967
Hells Angels on Wheels as
Episcopal Priest (as Bruno Vesota)
1966
Single Room Furnished as
Mr. Quack Quack
1966
The Wild World of Batwoman as
Seltzer
1966
Daniel Boone (TV Series) as
Reuben
- Requiem for Craw Green (1966) - Reuben
1966
Occasional Wife (TV Series) as
Actor
- I Do, We Don't (1966) - Actor
1965
Branded (TV Series) as
Laird Sawyer / Gunsmith / Bartender
- Headed for Doomsday (1966) - Laird Sawyer
- The Ghost of Murietta (1966) - Gunsmith (uncredited)
- The Mission: Part 2 (1965) - Bartender (uncredited)
1966
My Mother the Car (TV Series) as
The Congressman / Uncle Louie
- The Incredible Shrinking Car (1966) - The Congressman
- Goldporter (1966) - Uncle Louie
1966
The Wild Wild West (TV Series) as
Bartender
- The Night of the Steel Assassin (1966) - Bartender (uncredited)
1965
Creature of the Walking Dead as
Police Inspector (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1965
The Girls on the Beach as
Pops (uncredited)
1965
Curse of the Stone Hand as
Narrator (uncredited)
1965
Rawhide (TV Series) as
Townsman
- The Book (1965) - Townsman (uncredited)
1964
Attack of the Mayan Mummy (TV Movie) as
The Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1964
Your Cheatin' Heart as
Joe (uncredited)
1963
The Haunted Palace as
Bruno, the Bartender (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1962
The Violent and the Damned as
Office Manager (uncredited)
1962
Patty as
Colbert
1962
Invasion of the Star Creatures as
Passing Motorist (uncredited)
1962
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Reporter #1 / Defense Counsel
- The Case Against Eliot Ness (1962) - Reporter #1 (as Bruno Ve Sota)
- Takeover (1962) - Defense Counsel (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1961
The Choppers as
Moose McGill
1961
Follow the Sun (TV Series) as
Calzon
- Night Song (1961) - Calzon (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1961
The Hathaways (TV Series) as
Fat Man
- TV or Not TV (1961) - Fat Man
1961
The Devil's Hand as
Lindell's Sponsor (as Bruno Ve-Sota)
1961
The Cat Burglar as
Muskie
1961
Night Tide as
Man on the Stairs (uncredited)
1961
20,000 Eyes as
Museum Watchman
1960
The Rebel (TV Series) as
Basto / Jim / Klemo / ...
- Ben White (1961) - Basto
- Decision at Sweetwater (1961) - Jim
- The Earl of Durango (1960) - Klemo
- A Grave for Johnny Yuma (1960) - Mason
1961
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) as
Angry Neighbor
- Community Chest (1961) - Angry Neighbor (as Bruno VeSoto)
1961
The Tall Man (TV Series) as
Ike Turner
- Hard Justice (1961) - Ike Turner (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1960
The Story of Ruth as
Official (uncredited)
1960
Code of Silence as
Fat hired killer
1960
Valley of the Redwoods as
Joe Wolcheck
1958
Peter Gunn (TV Series) as
Hotel Clerk / Clerk
- Witness in the Window (1960) - Hotel Clerk
- Image of Sally (1958) - Clerk
1959
Mr. Lucky (TV Series) as
Poet
- Little Miss Wow (1959) - Poet (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1959
Tightrope (TV Series) as
Sam
- Man in the Middle (1959) - Sam
1959
Attack of the Giant Leeches as
Dave Walker
1959
A Bucket of Blood as
Art Collector (as Bruno Ve Soto)
1959
The Wasp Woman as
Night Watchman (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1959
I Mobster as
Bruno - Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
1958
Hot Car Girl as
Joe Doobie
1958
The Cry Baby Killer as
Man in Crowd (uncredited)
1958
War of the Satellites as
Mr. LeMoine
1958
Daddy-O as
Sidney Chillas (as Bruno VeSoto)
1957
Carnival Rock as
Mr. Kirsch
1957
Teenage Doll as
Fat witness
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) as
Pierre
- The Bounty Hunter (1957) - Pierre
1957
Rock All Night as
Charlie (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1957
The Undead as
Scroop - the innkeeper (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1956
I Led 3 Lives (TV Series) as
Comrade Gayman
- Heart Attack (1956) - Comrade Gayman
1956
Gunslinger as
Zebelon Tabb (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1956
The Oklahoma Woman as
Stacy
1956
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Heavy Man
- Mr. Bigfoot (1956) - Heavy Man (uncredited)
1956
Passport to Danger (TV Series) as
Hoi Shen
- Macao (1956) - Hoi Shen (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1955
Dementia as
Rich Man (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1955
Kismet as
Wholesaler (uncredited)
1955
Jupiter's Darling as
Bystander (uncredited)
1955
Female Jungle as
Frank (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1954
The Fast and the Furious as
Bob Nielson - Truck Driver (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris as
Lithuanian Man (uncredited)
1954
The Egyptian as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1954
The Long Wait as
Eddie Packman
1954
Rails Into Laramie as
Townsman (uncredited)
1954
Tennessee Champ as
Second Poker Player (uncredited)
1954
Bait as
Webb
1953
The Wild One as
Simmonds (uncredited)
1953
The System as
Angelo Bruno (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1953
Big Town (TV Series) as
Deputy Jack
- Lynch Law (1953) - Deputy Jack
1947
Tell-Tale Heart (TV Movie)
Director
1962
Invasion of the Star Creatures (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1958
The Brain Eaters
1955
Dementia (uncredited)
1955
Female Jungle (as Bruno Ve Sota)
1949
They Stand Accused (TV Series) (1949)
Writer
1955
Dementia (uncredited)
1955
Female Jungle (screenplay - as Bruno Ve Sota)
1949
They Stand Accused (TV Series) (1949)
Producer
1955
Dementia (associate producer - as Bruno Ve Sota)
1949
They Stand Accused (TV Series) (producer - 1949)
Make Up Department
1961
Night Tide (makeup artist - uncredited)
Archive Footage
2015
Faith No More: Separation Anxiety (Music Video) as
Bruno VeSota
2009
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (TV Series documentary) as
Rich Man
- Daughter of Horror (2009) - Rich Man
References
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