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      • Richard Davalos (November 5, 1930 – March 8, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actor.


      Early life


      Davalos was born in New York City of Spanish and Finnish descent. At age six, he acted in a school performance of Cinderella, in which he played both the talking mirror and the prince.


      Career


      Davalos appeared in East of Eden (1955) as James Dean's brother Aron and portrayed the convict Blind Dick in Cool Hand Luke (1967). His other film credits include roles in I Died a Thousand Times (1955); All the Young Men (1960); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); Pit Stop (1969); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Brother, Cry for Me (1970); Hot Stuff (1979); Death Hunt (1981); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) and Ninja Cheerleaders (2008).
      He won the 1956 Theatre World Award for his performances in the Arthur Miller plays A View from the Bridge and A Memory of Two Mondays.
      In a 1960 episode of the drama Bonanza, Davalos played a young man planning to kill his father, a sheriff who had sent him to prison. In the American Civil War television series, The Americans, broadcast by NBC in 1961, he played Jeff, the younger brother who joined the Confederate Army, in opposition to Ben, the older brother, played by Darryl Hickman, who joined the Union Army. In 1962, Davalos appeared on Perry Mason as James Anderson in "The Case of the Hateful Hero". In 1964, he appeared in "The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands". He guest-starred in an episode of the espionage drama series Blue Light in 1966.


      Personal life


      Davalos is the father of actress Elyssa Davalos and musician Dominique Davalos, and grandfather of actress Alexa Davalos (The Chronicles of Riddick).
      An image of Davalos appears on the covers of The Smiths' albums Strangeways, Here We Come, Best...I, and ...Best II.


      Death


      Davalos died March 8, 2016, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.


      Filmography




      References




      External links



      Richard Davalos at IMDb
      Richard Davalos at the Internet Broadway Database

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