Richard Davalos

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

Early life Davalos was born in The Bronx, 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. 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 and death Davalos is the father of actress Elyssa Davalos and musician Dominique Davalos,

Davalos died at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, on March 8, 2016, at the age of 85.

Filmography + List of acting performances in film and television Year Title Role Notes 1955 East of Eden Aron Trask The Sea Chase Cadet Walter Stemme I Died a Thousand Times Lon Preisser 1960 All the Young Men Private Casey Bonanza Sam Jackson / Johnny Logan "The Trail Gang" 1961 Hawaiian Eye Mickey Martin "A Touch of Velvet" (season 2, episode 18) The Americans Corporal Jeff Canfield TV series (all episodes) 1962 The Cabinet of Caligari Mark Lindstrom1963 Perry Mason James Anderson TV series (season 6, episode 5)1964 Perry Mason Rodney Banks TV series (season 7, episode 16) 1965 Rawhide Will Butler TV series (season 7, episode 24) 1966 Blue Light Captain Hegner TV series (season 1, episode 6) 1967 Cool Hand Luke Dick "Blind Dick" 1968 The Rat Patrol Captain Wansee TV series (season 2, episode 51) 1969 Pit Stop Rick Bowman 1970 Kelly's Heroes Private Gutowski Brother, Cry for Me Michael Noble 1971 Blood Legacy Johnny Dean 1976The Rockford Files Asthmatic Henchman (billed as Dick Davalos) "Foul on the First Play" (season 2, episode 21) 1977 Hawaii Five-O Hawley "A Capitol Crime" 1979 Hot Stuff Charles 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars Yago: Malmori 1981 Death Hunt Beeler Hart to Hart Spencer Krump TV series (season 2, episode 10) 1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes Mr. Crosetti 2003 Between the Sheets Mr. Little 2008 Ninja Cheerleaders Don Lazzaro final film role