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name: "Joseph Vitale"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-vitale"
fi1m_id: "joseph-vitale"
imdb_id: "nm0899880"
tmdb_id: 97282
wikidata_id: "Q26132737"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 September 1901"
died: "5 June 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:23:53.820024+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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# Joseph Vitale

## Identity

Joseph Vitale

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-vitale
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-vitale
- **IMDb ID:** nm0899880
- **TMDB ID:** 97282
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26132737
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26132737, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899880/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97282

Actor. Born 6 September 1901 in New York City. Died 5 June 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 September 1901, New York City
- **Died:** 5 June 1994
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26132737, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899880/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97282

## Biography

Joseph Vitale was an American character actor who appeared in films and on television from the 1940s to the 1960s.

He began his career on stage in 1923, touring in the Shubert production of *The Student Prince*, and later appeared in Broadway productions including *Yes, Yes, Yvette*, *Golden Dawn*, *Sweet Adeline*, *Present Arms*, *Flying High*, *The Gang’s All Here*, *The Little Dog Laughed*, *Hold On to Your Hat*, *I’d Rather Be Right* and *Common Ground* (1945).

Vitale’s film credits include *Road to Rio* (1947) as Tony, *The Paleface* (1948) as Indian Scout, *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court* (1949) as Sir Logris, *Fancy Pants* (1950) as Wampum and *Apache Rifles* (1964) as Victorio. He also appeared in television series such as *Adventures of Superman*, *Rawhide* (as Chief) and others. He died in Granada Hills, California, in 1994.

*Sources: imdb.com, latimes.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Paleface* (1948), Fi1m 68, as Indian Scout — [page](https://film.one/film/the-paleface.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *The Uncle from Brooklyn* (1995), Music
- *Apache Rifles* (1964), as Victorio (as Joseph A. Vitale)
- *Alias Jesse James* (1959), as Sam Hiawatha (uncredited)
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Chief
- *Hong Kong Confidential* (1958), as Youseff
- *Wild Is the Wind* (1957), as Party Guest
- *Casey Jones* (1957), series, as Grey Wolf
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Chenwakee
- *The Deerslayer* (1957), as Huron chief
- *Rumble on the Docks* (1956), as Marchese
- *Serenade* (1956), as Baritone (uncredited)
- *Forbidden Moon* (1956), Actor
- *The Square Jungle* (1955), as Tony Adamson
- *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp* (1955), series, as Chief Wolf Head
- *A Bullet for Joey* (1955), as Nick Johonus
- *New York Confidential* (1955), as Batista
- *The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin* (1954), series, as Red Eagle
- *Make Haste to Live* (1954), as Big Man
- *The Stranger Wore a Gun* (1953), as Shorty
- *Stop, You're Killing Me* (1952), as Giuseppe
- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as Cap
- *Yankee Buccaneer* (1952), as Scarjack
- *Fancy Pants* (1950), as Wampum
- *My Friend Irma Goes West* (1950), as Slim
- *The Lone Ranger* (1949), series, as Colonel Carlos Ortega
- *Red, Hot and Blue* (1949), as Garr
- *Illegal Entry* (1949), as Joe Bottsy
- *The Lost Tribe* (1949), as Calhoun
- *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* (1949), as Sir Logris
- *The Paleface* (1948), as Indian Scout — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-paleface.md)
- *Road to Rio* (1947), as Tony
- *Dangerous Years* (1947), as August Miller
- *Where There's Life* (1947), as Albert Miller
- *Lady Luck* (1946), as Happy Johnson
- *Zombies on Broadway* (1945), as Joseph
- *The Falcon in Mexico* (1944), as Anton
- *Days of Glory* (1944), as Seminov (uncredited)
- *Gildersleeve's Ghost* (1944), as Lennox
- *Passport to Destiny* (1944), as Lt. Bosch
- *Daredevil O'Dare* (1934), as Kovack Tomar

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