Unsold pilot: Co-starred in an unsold sitcom pilot for NBC called "Patsy". Pat Cooper starred as the manager of a small Italian restaurant who must deal with his oddball relatives.
While playing a role with Frank Sinatra on the made-for-TV movie Contract on Cherry Street (1977), Sinatra remarked to De Santis that he "should have played the Godfather". De Santis cherished this comment to the end of his days.
