Richard Davalos
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-11-05
Day of Death
2016-03-08 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Richard Davalos
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Davalos (born November 5, 1935) was an American actor.
Davalos starred in East of Eden (1955) as James Dean's brother and portrayed the convict Blind Dick in Cool Hand Luke (1967). He won the Theatre World Award for his performance in the Arthur Miller play A Memory of Two Mondays in 1955.
In the Civil War television series The Americans, broadcast by NBC in 1961, he played Jeff, the younger brother who joined Confederate Army, in opposition to Ben, the older brother (played by Darryl Hickman), who joined the Union Army.
Davalos was 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2008)
Ninja Cheerleaders
as Don Lazarro
(1990)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
(1983)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Mr. Crosetti
(1982)
Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
as Johnny Dean
(1981)
Death Hunt
as Beeler
(1979)
Hot Stuff
as Charles
(1976)
The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Pratt
(1973)
Snatched
as Whit
(1971)
Blood Legacy
as Johnny Dean
(1970)
Kelly's Heroes
as Pvt. Gutowski
(1970)
Brother, Cry For Me
as Michael Noble
(1969)
Pit Stop
as Rick Bowman
(1967)
Cool Hand Luke
as Blind Dick
(1962)
The Cabinet of Caligari
as Mark Lindstrom
(1960)
All the Young Men
as Pvt. Casey
(1955)
East of Eden
as Aron Trask
(1955)
The Sea Chase
as Cadet Walter Stemme (as Dick Davalos)
(1955)
I Died a Thousand Times
as Lon Preisser