Joe Downing
Joe Downing was an American stage, TV and B-movie actor who made more than 70 appearances.
Career
Downing's early acting experience included work with the Theatre Guild, particularly dancing in The Garrick Gaieties. His Broadway credits include Ramshackle Inn, Cross-town, Dead End, Ceiling Zero, Page Miss Glory, The Drums Begin, Heat Lightning, Shooting Star, and A Farewell to Arms.Downing's film debut came in Doctor Socrates. Often cast as gangsters, his film credits include A Slight Case of Murder, Danger on the Air, Racket Busters, Each Dawn I Die, and The Big Shot. His television credits include three appearances on Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1956 to 1958, as well as other anthology series popular during the era.
Partial filmography
- The Case of the Lucky Legs as George Sanborne
- Dr. Socrates as Cinq Laval
- Borrowing Trouble as Charlie
- A Slight Case of Murder as Innocence
- Wide Open Faces as Stretch
- The Lady in the Morgue as Steve Collins
- The Devil's Party as Frank Diamond
- Danger on the Air as Joe Carney
- Racket Busters as Joe Pender, Martin's Henchman
- I Am the Law as Tom Cronin
- The Night Hawk as Lefty
- Angels with Dirty Faces as Steve
- North of Shanghai as Chandler
- You Can't Get Away with Murder as Smitty
- Torchy Runs for Mayor as Spuds O'Brien
- The Forgotten Woman as Johnny Bradshaw
- Each Dawn I Die as Limpy Julien
- Smashing the Money Ring as Dice Mathews
- Beware Spooks!
- Missing Evidence as Marty Peters
- Another Thin Man as Hoodlum
- Invisible Stripes as Johnny
- Oh Johnny, How You Can Love as 'Doc' Kendrick, Bank Robber
- Castle on the Hudson as Gangster in Car
- Sandy Is a Lady as Nick Case
- The Secret Seven as Lou Bodie
- The San Francisco Docks as Cassidy
- Tall, Dark and Handsome as Cigar Store Killer
- Double Date as Burglar
- Strange Alibi as Benny McKaye
- Belle Starr as Jim Cole
- Unholy Partners as Jerry, Henchman
- Johnny Eager as Ryan
- Sealed Lips as Trigger Dolan
- Larceny, Inc. as Smitty
- My Gal Sal as Slip
- The Big Shot as Frenchy
- You Can't Escape Forever as Varney
- Lucky Jordan as Harrison
- Las Vegas Shakedown as Henchman Matty
- Fighting Trouble as Handsome Hal Lomax
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lieutenant Al Hawkshaw
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Floyd Unser
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue as Eddie 'Cockeye' Cook
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Detective Kramer