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name: "Joe Maross"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 February 1923"
died: "7 November 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T03:47:18.561826+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joe Maross

Actor. Born 7 February 1923 in Barnesboro. Died 7 November 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 February 1923, Barnesboro
- **Died:** 7 November 2009
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Maross, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2305099, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549557/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160541

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Elmer Gantry*](https://film.one/film/elmer-gantry.md) (78)

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## Biography

Joe Maross was an American stage, film and television actor. Born Joseph Raymond Maross on 7 February 1923 in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania, he served in the US Marine Corps during the Second World War and later graduated with a degree in theatre arts from Yale University in 1947.

His career spanned more than four decades, beginning with Broadway appearances in the late 1940s and early 1950s and moving into film and television from the mid-1950s. He appeared in films including *Run Silent, Run Deep* (1958), *Elmer Gantry* (1960) as Pete, *Sometimes a Great Notion* (1971) and *Rich and Famous* (1981). Maross was a frequent guest star on television series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *Perry Mason*, *Mission: Impossible*, *The Six Million Dollar Man* and *Murder, She Wrote*.

He was a founding member of the Los Angeles theatre group Projects 58 and a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Maross died on 7 November 2009 in Glendale, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Elmer Gantry* (1960), Fi1m 78, as Pete — [page](https://film.one/film/elmer-gantry.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Herb Spencer
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Henry Vernon
- *Highway to Heaven* (1984), series, as Judge
- *Will: G. Gordon Liddy* (1982), as FBI Instructor
- *Rich and Famous* (1981), as Martin Fornam
- *Code Red* (1981), series, as Captain Mike Benton
- *B. J. and the Bear* (1979), series, Actor
- *To Kill a Cop* (1978), series, as D.A.
- *To Kill a Cop* (1978), as D.A.
- *Three on a Date* (1978), as Warren
- *The Fitzpatricks* (1977), series, as Devlin
- *Sixth and Main* (1977), as Peanuts
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Insurance Agent John Blake
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Marsh (uncredited)
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Shubert
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Lt. Gates
- *The Invisible Man* (1975), series, as Ryan
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Al Corbett, Perry Lefcourt — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Gustav Tokar
- *The Magician* (1973), series, as Alan Burke
- *Hawkins* (1973), series, as Prosecutor Spencer
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Sheriff Mike Barrow
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, as Charlie
- *Banacek* (1972), series, as Lt. Nash
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, as Neilson
- *The Salzburg Connection* (1972), as Chuck
- *The Adventures of Nick Carter* (1972), as Archer
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, Actor
- *Sometimes a Great Notion* (1971), as Floyd Evenwrite
- *Cannon* (1971), series, as Dave Steuben
- *Zig Zag* (1970), as Lt. Max Hines
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Mitch Bradley
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Dr. Steven Warren, Ira Welch, Sheriff Watkins
- *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Hank Munn
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor
- *Garrison's Gorillas* (1967), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Sheriff Brad Owens, Frank Bates, Mark Walters, Jay Braddock — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *The Time Tunnel* (1966), series, as Gen. George Armstrong Custer
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Jess Murtaugh, Commander Philip Payne
- *12 O'Clock High* (1964), series, as Brig. Gen. Ken Chandler
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Milt Carr, Sheriff Mel Bailey — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as General Winston
- *Breaking Point* (1963), series, Actor
- *Combat!* (1962), series, as Will
- *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Landegger, Homer Slattery, Buck Stargil
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, as Sam Lewis
- *A Holster Full Of Law* (1961), as Jimmy Deuce
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Nicky Buchanan
- *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Aquanauts* (1960), series, as Lieutenant
- *Thriller* (1960), series, as Ray Kenton
- *Elmer Gantry* (1960), as Pete — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/elmer-gantry.md)
- *Mr. Lucky* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Jerry Riden — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Men Into Space* (1959), series, Actor
- *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Howard Cate
- *Tightrope* (1959), series, Actor
- *Behind Closed Doors* (1958), series, as Wayne Hollister
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Frank Parish
- *Run Silent, Run Deep* (1958), as Kohler
- *The Walter Winchell File* (1957), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as David Lambert, A.D.A. Ernest Helming, Nelson Tarr
- *M Squad* (1957), series, as Carl Warfield
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Joe Philips, Tony
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Jim Branch, Beard, Charlie Britton
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Paul Carson
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, as Jimmy Deuce, Horace Towne
- *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as David Glover, Woodrow Blake
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Ben Marsh
- *You Are There* (1953), series, as Lendall Pitts
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Johnny Baer, Harry
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Joe Maross](https://film.one/media/person/1240158/gallery-0d729eef8da3.jpg) Joe Maross — TV episode screenshot (NBC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Joe_Maross_in_Bonanza_%28Escape_to_Ponderosa%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Joe Maross in the Twilight Zone episode Third From the Sun. (1959)](https://film.one/media/person/1240158/gallery-23dd344fdb24.jpg) Photo of Joe Maross in the Twilight Zone episode Third From the Sun. (1959) — Bureau of Industrial Service.  This was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam which was widely used by those in the television industry for distributing publicity material., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Twilight_Zone_Third_From_the_Sun_1960.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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