Spoiler : Caruso, Anthony (aka Anthony L. Caruso, Tony Caruso) Born in Frankfort, Indiana 4/7/1916; died 4/4/2003 following a long illness at his home in Brentwood, California. Married to Tonia Valente (1940-2003 his death). Caruso was a horseman and boxer before becoming an actor, and because of his last name, he also tried singing. Screen debut in Johnny Apollo (1940). Last movie was The Legend of Grizzly Adams (1990). Television character actor on television from the early 1950s until the late 1980s. Chief Blackfish on Daniel Boone for NBC-TV (1964).