George DiCenzo

ActorProduction Apr 21 (died age 70) New Haven, Connecticut, USA 1955–2004 (49 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

George Ralph DiCenzo (April 21, 1940 – August 9, 2010) was an American actor, and one-time associate producer for Dark Shadows. He was in the show business for over 30 years, with extensive film, TV, stage, and commercial credits. DiCenzo notably played Marty's grandfather Sam Baines in the film Back to the Future. He also had a minor role in William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III. DiCenzo died on August 9, 2010, as a result of sepsis.

Known For

Film

Back to the Future

Sam Baines

Film

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Major Benchley

Film

The Exorcist III

Stedman

Film

She-Ra: Princess of Power

Bow / Sea Hawk / Hordak / Tung Lashor / Dylamug / Vultak

Film

Across 110th Street

Patrolman

Film

The Ninth Configuration

Capt. Fairbanks

Film

About Last Night...

Mr. Favio

Film

The Frisco Kid

Darryl Diggs

Filmography

Acting (103)

Movies (50)

Hustle

as Bartlett Giamatti

Hotel

as Boris

Tempted

as Byron Blades

It Had to Be You

as Mel

Illuminata

as Jailor

Lesser Prophets

as Jerry

Down, Out and Dangerous

as Lance Fredericks

Gypsy Eyes

as Wyden Burrows

Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion

as Albert Nardone

The Exorcist III

as Stedman

Memories of Manon

as Dorgan

Sing

as Mr. Marowitz

Face of the Enemy

as James Wald

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

1988

as Mr. Dan Blackheart

5.8

Walk Like a Man

1987

as Bob (Bub) Downs

4.7

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet

as Scotty

About Last Night...

as Mr. Favio

Omega Syndrome

as Philadelphia 'Phil' Horton

4.2

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho

as (voice)

Back to the Future

as Sam Baines

He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special

1985

as Hordak / Bow (voice)

6.6

He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword

1985

as Bow / Hordak (voice)

6.6

Cowboy

1983

as Davis Bentlow

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

as Bowdish

Breach of Contract

Gangster Wars

as Arnold Rothstein

Killing at Hell's Gate

1981

as Sam Caldwell

6.0

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

1981

as Tony Caruso

Reunion

1980

as Vincent Scozzola

The Ninth Configuration

1980

as Capt. Fairbanks

6.4

The Night the City Screamed

as Cliff Barrankos

High Midnight

as Bennett

The Frisco Kid

as Darryl Diggs

The Jordan Chance

as Sheriff DeVega

To Kill a Cop

1978

as Capt. Cornworth

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Major Benchley

The Choirboys

as Lt. Grimsley

The Hostage Heart

as Chief George Reinhold

Helter Skelter

1976

as Vincent Bugliosi

6.8

Last Hours Before Morning

1975

as Owings

2.0

The Swiss Family Robinson

as Suramin

Las Vegas Lady

as Eversull

The Invasion of Carol Enders

1974

as Dr. Palmer

3.8

Murder Works Overtime

1974

as Pacciardi

The Night Strangler

1973

as Underground Tour Guide (uncredited)

6.7

The Norliss Tapes

1973

as Man in Langdon Gallery

The Blue Knight

as Zoot Lafferty

Across 110th Street

as Patrolman

Going Home

as Sergeant

House of Dark Shadows

1970

as Deputy (uncredited)

6.5

Television (53)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Raoul Sabatelli

Wonderland

as Therapist

Judging Amy

as Atty. Barr

New York Undercover

NYPD Blue

as Pete Russell

Joe's Life

Batman: The Animated Series

as Ubu (voice)

Bodies of Evidence

as Robert Stiles

Law & Order

as Eddie Palmieri

Equal Justice

as Arnold Bach

Paradise

as Ned Wick

DuckTales

as Brigadier Broccoli (voice)

Jake and the Fatman

as Pat LaToni

Matlock

as George Wilton

If Tomorrow Comes

as Anthony Orsatti

Blacke's Magic

The Equalizer

as Dorgan

She-Ra: Princess of Power

1985

as Bow / Sea Hawk / Hordak / Tung Lashor / Dylamug / Vultak

7.5

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

as (voice)

Murder, She Wrote

as Michael Gardner

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Dynasty

as Charles Dalton

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

1981

as Lance Macho (voice)

McClain's Law

Blackstar

The Gangster Chronicles

Magnum, P.I.

as M. Barry Aldridge

To Kill a Cop

as Captain Cornworth

Eight Is Enough

How the West Was Won

as Tomaz

Hunter

as Rafik Saraffi

Aspen

as Abe Singer

Space Academy

Space Sentinels

McNaughton's Daughter

as Jack Perrili

Helter Skelter

as Vincent Bugliosi

Baretta

The Rockford Files

as Harry Stoner

The Manhunter

Kojak

as Harry Ferguson

Barnaby Jones

as Landau

Police Story

Doc Elliot

as Jim Semple

The Blue Knight

1973

as Zoot Lafferty

The Waltons

1972

as Calvin Satterfield

7.2

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

as Bert Masters

7.0

Delphi Bureau

1972

as Langtree

Kung Fu

as Jess

Cannon

Hawaii Five-O

as Len Jessup

Ironside

as Joe

The F.B.I.

as Dave

Gunsmoke

as Newt

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon

1969

Producer's Assistant

6.4