Valentin de Vargas
Valentin de Vargas (born Albert Charles Schubert on April 27, 1935 in Albuquerque , New Mexico , † June 10, 2013 in Tulsa , Oklahoma ) was an American actor .
life and career
Valentin de Vargas was born into a Mexican-American family; one of his uncle was the actor Don Alvarado . From the mid-1950s to the late 1990s, he was seen in numerous films and series. He made his debut in 1955 as a student in the school drama The Seeds of Violence by Richard Brooks . In 1958 he starred in Orson Welles ' film Under the Signs of Evil in a villain role. In 1960 he was in The Magnificent Seven by John Sturges to see. These roles set the expressive, often mysterious to demonically smiling de Vargas on the role of mostly petty criminals Mexicans who worked for a larger cartel or a larger gang. In 1962, however, he gained greater fame with the incomparably more sympathetic role of Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez in Howard Hawks ' film Hatari! . De Vargas played his last role in 1997 as a Mexican doctor in the crime drama Without a Conscience on the side of Billy Zane .
The actor was married three times and had three children. He died of cancer in June 2013 at the age of 78.
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: The Seeds of Violence (Blackboard Jungle)
- 1956: Playboy - March, March! (The Girl He Left Behind)
- 1957: The Big Caper
- 1957: 10,000 bedrooms (Ten Thousand Bedrooms)
- 1957: Airfreight Opium (Tip on a Dead Jockey)
- 1958: Kess und flirtatious (The Girl Most Likely)
- 1958: Touch of Evil (Touch of Evil)
- 1960: The Magnificent Seven (The Magnificent Seven)
- 1962: The Nun and the Sergeant
- 1962: Hatari! (Hatari!)
- 1962: The Firebrand
- 1968: The Intrepid (Hellfighters)
- 1974: My Bears and I (The Bears and I)
- 1976: The Treasure of Matecumbe
- 1985: Fast Forward - You only knew one goal (Fast Forward)
- 1985: Live and Die in LA (To Live and Die in LA)
- 1992: Exiled in America
- 1997: Without Conscience (This World, Then the Fireworks)
Web links
- Valentin de Vargas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary for Valentin de Vargas in: The Hollywood Reporter
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Vargas, Valentin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schubert, Albert Charles (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Albuquerque , New Mexico , |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 2013 |
| Place of death | Tulsa , Oklahoma |