Joseph Calleia was a Maltese-born American actor and singer on the stage and in films, radio and television. After serving in the British Transport Service during World War I, he travelled to the Unit
Joseph Calleia in 1942
Calleia in the Broadway stage production Small Miracle (1934–1935)
Calleia received the 1938 National Board of Review Award for his performance as Inspector Slimane in Algiers (1938).
Calleia as Pete Menzies in Orson Welles's Touch of Evil (1958), considered to be one of the best performances of his career
Algiers is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by John Cromwell, written by John Howard Lawson and starring Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie and Hedy Lamarr. The plot concerns a French jewel thief hi
Theatrical release poster
Sigrid Gurie, Charles Boyer, and Hedy Lamarr
Newspaper advertisement for The Campbell Playhouse presentation of Algiers (October 8, 1939)