Francis DeSales (March 23, 1912 – September 25, 1988) was an American actor known for playing Harold Faller in '' The Big Story'', Sheriff Maddox in ''

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Biography

Born in

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, DeSales was survived by his wife Doris when he died of cancer at his home in

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at the age of 76. DeSales is interred in Queen of Heaven Cemetery in

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Film roles

*'' Mr. and Mrs. North'' (1954, TV Series) - Lieutenant Bill Weigan *'' Headline Hunters'' (1955) - Tribune Reporter (uncredited) *''

Alfred Hitchcock Presents ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 ...

'' (1956) (Season 2 Episode 9: Crack of Doom") - Card Player *''

Terror at Midnight ''Terror at Midnight'' is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Franklin Adreon and starring Scott Brady, Joan Vohs and Frank Faylen.Koper p.157 The film's sets were designed by art director Walter E. Keller. Plot Rick Rickards, a co ...

'' (1956) - Police Lieutenant Conway *''

The Girl He Left Behind ''The Girl He Left Behind'' is a 1956 American romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ...

'' (1956) - Army Psychiatrist (uncredited) *''

All Mine to Give ''All Mine to Give'' (British title: ''The Day They Gave Babies Away'') is a 1957 Technicolor melodrama film directed by Allen Reisner and starring Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, and Rex Thompson. When first one parent, then the other, dies, t ...

'' (1957) - Mr. Stephens *''

The Unholy Wife ''The Unholy Wife'' is a 1957 Technicolor film noir crime film produced and directed by John Farrow at RKO Radio Pictures, but released by Universal Pictures as RKO was in the process of ceasing its film activities. The film features Diana Dors, ...

'' (1957) - John Hayward, Defense Attorney (uncredited) *''

Portland Exposé ''Portland Exposé'' is a 1957 American film noir directed by Harold Schuster and starring Edward Binns and Carolyn Craig. The plot follows a tavern owner in Portland, Oregon who is involved in a struggle for power between two gangs attempting ...

'' (1957) - Alfred Grey (uncredited) *'' The Wayward Girl'' (1957) - Investigator Butler *'' Jailhouse Rock'' (1957) - Surgeon (uncredited) *'' The Hard Man'' (1957) - Captain Peters (uncredited) *''

Return to Warbow ''Return to Warbow'' is a 1958 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Philip Carey. The film is based on the novel ''Return to Warbow'' by Les Savage, Jr. (New York, 1955). Plot Philip Carey plays Clay Hollister, an escap ...

'' (1958) - Sheriff (uncredited) *''

Darby's Rangers ''Darby's Rangers'' (released in the UK as ''The Young Invaders'') is a 1958 American war film starring James Garner as William Orlando Darby, who organizes and leads the first units of United States Army Rangers during World War II. Directed ...

'' (1958) - Captain (uncredited) *''

Too Much, Too Soon ''Too Much, Too Soon'' is a 1958 American biographical film about Diana Barrymore produced by Warner Bros. It was directed by Art Napoleon and produced by Henry Blanke from a screenplay by Art Napoleon and Jo Napoleon, based on the autobiogr ...

'' (1958) - Imperial Pictures Executive (uncredited) *'' The Lineup'' (1958) - Chester McPhee (uncredited) *''

The High Cost of Loving ''The High Cost of Loving'' is a 1958 comedy film directed by and starring Jose Ferrer. It marked the film debut of Gena Rowlands. Plot Around the same time that Jim Fry learns that his place of work is merging with another company, his wife of n ...

'' (1958) - Charles Blake (uncredited) *''

No Time for Sergeants ''No Time for Sergeants'' is a 1954 best-selling novel by Mac Hyman, which was adapted into a teleplay on '' The United States Steel Hour'', a popular Broadway play and 1958 motion picture, as well as a 1964 television series. The book chronic ...

'' (1958) - Sergeant T.C. Payne (uncredited) *''

Apache Territory ''Apache Territory'' is a 1958 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and produced by and starring Rory Calhoun. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The story is based on the 1957 novel ''Last Stand at Papago Wells'' by Louis L'Amour. ...

'' (1958) - Sergeant Sheehan *''

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'' (1958) - Carter Breed *''

Revolt in the Big House ''Revolt in the Big House'' is a 1958 American film noir directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Gene Evans, Robert Blake (actor), Robert Blake and Timothy Carey. Portions of the film were shot on location at Folsom State Prison in California. ...

'' (1958) - Chief of Detectives (uncredited) *''

Perry Mason Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and four short stories, all of which involve a ...

'' (1959) (Season 2, Episode 16: "The Case of the Fraudulent Photo") - George Fairbanks *''

Up Periscope ''Up Periscope'' is a 1959 World War II submarine film drama directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by Aubrey Schenck and starring James Garner and Edmond O'Brien. The supporting cast features Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Edd Byrnes, Warren O ...

'' (1959) - Captain Quinn (uncredited) *'' Face of a Fugitive'' (1959) - Deputy Sheriff George Allison *'' It Started with a Kiss'' (1959) - Car Company Representative (uncredited) *''

Operation Petticoat ''Operation Petticoat'' is a 1959 American World War II submarine comedy film in Eastmancolor from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. The film tells in flash ...

'' (1959) - Captain Kress (uncredited) *'' Psycho'' (1960) - Deputy District Attorney Alan Deats (uncredited) *''

Sunrise at Campobello ''Sunrise at Campobello'' is a 1960 American biographical film telling the story of the struggles of future President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and his family when Roosevelt was stricken with paralysis at the age of 39 in Augus ...

'' (1960) - Riley (uncredited) *'' Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' (1960) - Night Court Magistrate *''

A Fever in the Blood ''A Fever in the Blood'' is a 1961 Warner Bros. American courtroom drama directed by Vincent Sherman with music by Ernest Gold, cinematography by J. Peverell Marley and editing by William H. Ziegler. It is based on the 1959 novel of the sam ...

'' (1961) - Conventioneer (uncredited) *'' The Police Dog Story'' (1961) - Captain Dietrich *'' When the Clock Strikes'' (1961) - Warden *''

The Honeymoon Machine ''The Honeymoon Machine'' is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Steve McQueen, Brigid Bazlen, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Mullaney and Dean Jagger, based on the 1959 Broadway play ''The Golden Fleecing'' ...

'' (1961) - U.S. Senator (uncredited) *''

The Flight that Disappeared ''The Flight That Disappeared'' (a.k.a. ''Flight That Disappeared'') is a 1961 American science fiction film, produced by Robert E. Kent, directed by Reginald Le Borg, that stars Craig Hill, Paula Raymond, and Dayton Lummis. The film was relea ...

'' (1961) - George Manson (uncredited) *''

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'' (1961) - American Embassy Representative *''

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 a ...

'' (1964) (Season 2 Episode 14: "Beyond the Sea of Death") - Lieutenant Farrell *''

A Global Affair ''A Global Affair'' is a 1964 American comedy film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Bob Hope, Michèle Mercier, Yvonne De Carlo and Elga Andersen. Plot A baby is abandoned at the United Nations headquarters in New York by a mother who heard ...

'' (1964) - U.S. Delegate (uncredited) *''

Kisses for My President ''Kisses for My President'' is a 1964 comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Fred MacMurray and Polly Bergen. Leslie McCloud (Bergen) makes history when she is elected the first female president of the United States. However, her h ...

'' (1964) - Reporter (uncredited) *'' The Third Day'' (1965) - Sanford - Board Member (uncredited) *''

The Plainsman ''The Plainsman'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity J ...

'' (1966) - Gambler (uncredited) *'' Sweet November'' (1968) - Armstrong *'' The Arrangement'' (1969) - Presentation Executive (uncredited) *''

Tora! Tora! Tora! ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' () is a 1970 epic war film that dramatizes the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, from both American and Japanese positions. The film was produced by Elmo Williams and directed by Richard F ...

'' (1970) - Captain Arthur H. McCollum - Wilkinson's Subordinate with Stark (uncredited) *''

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'' is a 1972 American science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Paul Dehn. The film is the sequel to '' Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' (1971) and the fourth installment in the ori ...

'' (1972) - Auction Attendee (uncredited) *'' The Outfit'' (1973) - Jim *''

The Strongest Man in the World ''The Strongest Man in the World'' is a 1975 American science fiction comedy film directed by Vincent McEveety, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and starring Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn (in his first of two posthumous roles) and Eve Arden. It ...

'' (1975) - Regent (uncredited) *''

Moving Violation A moving violation or traffic violation is any violation of the law committed by the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion. The term "moving" distinguishes it from other motor vehicle violations, such as paperwork violations (which include ...

'' (1976) - Lawyer *''

Rabbit Test The rabbit test, or Friedman test, was an early pregnancy test that required killing and dissecting a rabbit to obtain the results. The test was developed in 1931 by Maurice Friedman and Maxwell Edward Lapham at the University of Pennsylvania. ...

'' (1978) - Cardinal (final film role)

References

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