Bruno William VeSota (March 25, 1922 â€" September 24, 1976) was an
American character actor, director and producer who, between 1945 and
1974, appeared in hundreds of television episodes and over 50 feature
films. He is remembered for prominent supporting roles in 15 Roger
Corman films as well as for having directed three low-budget features:
Female Jungle (1956), The Brain Eaters (Corman as uncredited executive
producer, 1958) and Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962).A native of
Chicago, VeSota entered Chicago television in 1945 writing many
teleplays for WBKB-TV such as an adaption of Edgar Allan Poe's "The
Tell-Tale Heart". In 1948, he moved to WGN-TV as a producer, director
and writer.VeSota was one of the directors of They Stand Accused,
"television's first live dramatic courtroom series", which ran on
WGN-TV before it expanded to national distribution first on CBS and
later on DuMont.
American character actor, director and producer who, between 1945 and
1974, appeared in hundreds of television episodes and over 50 feature
films. He is remembered for prominent supporting roles in 15 Roger
Corman films as well as for having directed three low-budget features:
Female Jungle (1956), The Brain Eaters (Corman as uncredited executive
producer, 1958) and Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962).A native of
Chicago, VeSota entered Chicago television in 1945 writing many
teleplays for WBKB-TV such as an adaption of Edgar Allan Poe's "The
Tell-Tale Heart". In 1948, he moved to WGN-TV as a producer, director
and writer.VeSota was one of the directors of They Stand Accused,
"television's first live dramatic courtroom series", which ran on
WGN-TV before it expanded to national distribution first on CBS and
later on DuMont.
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