- Moe Di Sesso was born on April 20, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), The Hills Have Eyes (1977) and Annie (1982). He died on July 2, 2007 in Newhall, California, USA.
- Three sons: Frank, Cosimo and Glen (the last son preceded him in death).
- Supplied his very own trained raven (Jim Jr.) for Roger Corman's lowbudget horror The Raven (1963) and nearly 125 other projects; also worked trained the rats in Willard (1971), the dog Sandy in Annie (1982) and Arnold the pig on Green Acres (1965).
- Injured while serving NjurBeginning training of animals for films in the early 1960s, he won 11 Patsy Awards for his expertise.
- Despite being injured while serving in the Navy during WWII after a shipboard explosion, he nevertheless learned how to do stunt and rodeo riding and training horses. He started his career as a stuntman on such shows as The Cisco Kid (1950) and in such films as The Conqueror (1956) and The Ten Commandments (1956).
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