Val Avery
Val Avery (actually Sebouh Der Abrahamian , born July 14, 1924 in Philadelphia , † December 12, 2009 in Greenwich Village ) was an American actor .
Life
Avery began his career as a performer in the Armenian youth theater in his hometown. After serving as a flight instructor during World War II , he attended acting classes at the Bessie V. Hicks School of Drama .
His career in film and television began with the first live broadcasts in the early 1950s; He first gained more attention in Dirty Laurel , where he played alongside Humphrey Bogart . He then played policemen, crooks or mafia killers on the screen as in TV series, such as in Man Called him Hombre , The Magnificent Seven , Columbo and On the Run , he was involved in around 100 movies and 300 television productions. He played his last role in 2004.
Avery often worked with John Cassavetes . In 1998 he starred in an off-Broadway play , Over the River and through the Woods .
Since 1953 he was married to the actress Margot Stevenson .
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: Dirty Laurel ( The Harder They Fall )
- 1957: A Man Conquers Fear ( Edge of the City )
- 1959: The last train from Gun Hill ( Last Train from Gun Hill )
- 1960: The Magnificent Seven ( The Magnificent Seven )
- 1963: In love with a stranger ( Love with the Proper Stranger )
- 1966: attack on the Queen Mary ( Assault on a Queen )
- 1965–1967: On the run ( The Fugitive , TV series, 4 episodes, various roles)
- 1966: He was called Hombre ( Hombre )
- 1968: Bizarre Murders (No Way to Treat a Lady)
- 1971–1975: Columbo (TV series, 4 episodes, various roles)
- 1971: The Anderson Clan ( The Anderson Tapes )
- 1973: Papillon
- 1975: Adventurer on the Lucky Lady ( Lucky Lady )
- 1979: A man cleans up ( Love and bullets )
- 1979: The Wanderers
- 1980: Brubaker
- 1981: Two like cats and mice ( Continental Divide )
- 1984: The Pope of Greenwich Village ( The Pope of Greenwich Village )
- 1986: The City-Cobra ( Cobra )
- 1987–1990 Friday the 13th: The Series (TV series)
- 2001: Shadows of Death: In the Mafia's Crosshairs ( In the Shadows )
- 2004: Blueberry and the Curse of the Demons ( Blueberry )
Web links
- Val Avery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Avery, Val |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sebouh The Abrahamian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 2009 |
Place of death | Greenwich Village |