Steve Conte (actor)

1950s

One of his earliest roles was in 1950 as the Road Agent in Shotgun Messenger which was very first episode of The Marshal of Gunsight Pass.^[7] Also the same year he played the part of Matt Riley in the William Berke directed western Gunfire, which starred Don 'Red' Barry, and Robert Lowery.^[8] The following year he played the part of the Apache kid in the Ten Thousand Reward episode of The Range Rider.^[9][10] Also that year he played Henchman Mac in the Robert Emmett Tansey directed Cattle Queen.^[11] In 1959, he played the part of Whorf in the Jerry Warren directed Teenage Zombies.^{[12] [13]}

1960s

In 1960, he had a guest starring role in M Squad episode, The Man Who Lost His Brain. Also in the same year, he had another guest-starring role in Overland Trail in the All the O'Mara Horses episode.^[14] In 1962, he played Cabot in the Jerry Warren directed Terror of the Bloodhunters.^[15][16] In 1966, he was working with Jerry Warren again who he had had previously in Teenage Zombies,^[17] Terror of the Bloodhunters, and Attack of the Mayan Mummy.^[18] This time it was The Wild World of Batwoman, released in 1966.^[19]

1970s to 1980s

The early 1970s saw him in films like the western The Gatling Gun as private Mitchell,^[20] and in the Sci-Fi The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler as a Radio Operator. In the late 1970s, he played a prison guard in the Harold Becker-directed The Onion Field.^[21]

One of his last appearances seems to be as an orderly in the Jeffrey Obrow / Stephen Carpenter directed horror film, The Kindred. in 1987.^[22]

Thugs and criminals

Throughout Conte's career, he played an assortment of henchmen and thug roles. He had approximately 23 roles playing, thugs, hoods, henchmen, burglars and criminal types.^[23]

He played the part of Henchman Mac in the 1951 film, Cattle Queen,^[24] and Henchman Lait in Hopalong Cassidy.^[25] In 1954, he played a bandit in the Wild Luke's Boy episode of General Electric Theater.^[26] In 1955, he played a henchman in the Dick Ross directed film, Wiretapper,^[27] and Cyclops, "One-Eyed Henchman" in the Guns Below the Border episode of The Gene Autry Show. He had also played a henchman in two previous episodes of the show. He played henchmen in three episodes of Batman which were, Penguin Is a Girl's Best Friend, Penguin Sets a Trend, and Penguin's Disastrous End.^[28]

Television

Film