Personal Info
Birth date
1920-04-21 (105 Years)
Day of death
1971-10-10
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Also known as
Alfred Francis DeLeo
Christopher Dark
Biography
Christopher Dark was born on April 21, 1920 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA as Alfred Francis DeLeo. He was an actor probably known best for guest starring roles in many TV shows such as Bonanza, Lone Ranger and Sea Hunt, but also for movies like Suddenly! (1954), World Without End (1956) and The Rabbit Trap (1959). He was married to Eleanor Dark (married 1948-till his death) He died on October 10, 1971 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA of a heart attack.
Filmography
Robert Montgomery Presents
5.6
Overview:
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Overview:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.The High Chaparral
6.5
Overview:
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. The theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.Bonanza
7.5
Overview:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4
Overview:
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.Love, American Style
6.056
Overview:
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.The Rifleman
7
Overview:
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Mannix
6.7
Overview:
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.Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.894
Overview:
Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Overview:
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8
Overview:
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.Cannon
6.5
Overview:
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.Peter Gunn
6.5
Overview:
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.Daniel Boone
6.9
Overview:
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.The Virginian
6.5
Overview:
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.Richard Diamond, Private Detective
6.2
Overview:
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.The Millionaire
5
Overview:
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.Rawhide
7.2
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.Surfside 6
5
Overview:
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.Adventures in Paradise
5.7
Overview:
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.Treasury Men in Action
5.5
Overview:
Treasury Men in Action is an American crime drama series broadcast live and which aired from 1950 through 1955 on ABC. The series stars Walter Greaza, Ross Martin, and Tom McKee. It was directed by William Beaudine, Leigh Jason, and Will Jason among others.Sea Hunt
6.559
Overview:
Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges as ex-Navy frogman Mike Nelson, and was produced by Ivan Tors.Laramie
6.4
Overview:
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert L. Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.The Walter Winchell File
5
Overview:
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."The Legend of Jesse James
4.8
Overview:
The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the tile role of notorious outlaw Jesse James. The series aired on ABC from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966. Allen Case joined Jones as Jesse's brother, Frank James.Family Affair
6.6
Overview:
Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.Mr. & Mrs. North
4.333
Overview:
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Overview:
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.The Time Tunnel
7.6
Overview:
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.Acting
1971Terror in the Sky as Mr. McCann
1971Cannon (1 Episode) as Sgt. Jack Rissmiller
1971Scandalous John as Card Dealer
1969Love, American Style (1 Episode) as Daryl
1968Land of the Giants (1 Episode) as Sergeant Barker
1968Adam-12 (1 Episode) as Christopher Pilaf
1968The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell as Pvt. George Strongbow
1967Mannix as Unknown
1967The High Chaparral (1, 1 Episode) as Chato, Ramadan
1967Mr. Terrific (1 Episode) as Basil
1966Family Affair (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966The Time Tunnel (1 Episode) as Crazy Horse
1966The Green Hornet (2 Episodes) as Martin
1965Laredo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965The Legend of Jesse James (1 Episode) as Swain
1965None But the Brave as Pvt. Searcy
1964The Tenderfoot as Pike
1964Profiles in Courage (1 Episode) as Hay
1964Daniel Boone (1 Episode) as Kashita
1964The Rogues (1, 1 Episode) as Ali Mahmud, General Buto Savin
1962How the West Was Won as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 Episode) as Manuel Sanchez
1962The Virginian (1, 1 Episode) as Walt Gleason, Benny Caboose
1962The Children of Alda Nuova as Ainsley Crowder
1961Gold of the Seven Saints as Frank (uncredited)
1960Surfside 6 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960The Islanders (1 Episode) as Dante
1960The Brothers Brannagan (1 Episode) as Nick Matson
1960Platinum High School as Vince Perley
1960Hong Kong (1 Episode) as Harry Keefer
1959Adventures in Paradise (1 Episode) as John Merrick
1959Law of the Plainsman (1 Episode) as Qwert Phillips
1959Men Into Space (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Laramie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as Langford Poole
1959The Rabbit Trap as Gerry
1959One Step Beyond (1 Episode) as Tom Regan
1959Rawhide (1, 1 Episode) as Sam Barnes, Bud Grady
1959Gundown at Sandoval as Unknown
195877 Sunset Strip (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958The Rifleman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Texan (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958Peter Gunn (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive (1 Episode) as Henri Gaspard
1958Wild Heritage as Brazos
1958Day of the Badman as Rudy Hayes
1958Sea Hunt (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1957Trackdown (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957The Walter Winchell File (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Perry Mason (1 Episode) as Prosecutor Thorne
1957Have Gun, Will Travel (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1, 1 Episode) as Mickey Farmer, Rudi Trekhala
1957The Halliday Brand as Jivaro Burris
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 Episode) as Harry Kelso
1956Johnny Concho as Walker
1956World Without End as Henry Jaffe
1956Diane as Giancarlo
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Ainsley Crowder
1955Navy Log (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Gunsmoke (1 Episode) as Crider
1955Science Fiction Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Jerome Wilson / Jerry Cantucci
1954Suddenly as Bart Wheeler
1953The Steel Lady as Ibrahim
1953Letter to Loretta (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Priest, Al, Matt Rowley, Convict, Charlie Blackburn
1953Raiders of the Seven Seas as Pablo
1952Mr. & Mrs. North (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Cavalcade of America (1 Episode) as Richard West
1952Four Star Playhouse (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as John Hudson, Major Evans, Tamar, Craig, Ryan Sanford, Pete
1952Hopalong Cassidy (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1, 1 Episode) as Joseph Banks, Mark Baxter
1950Treasury Men in Action (1 Episode) as Steve Mercer
1950Robert Montgomery Presents (1 Episode) as Jack