Robert Carricart

Robert Anthony Carricart (January 18, 1917 – March 3, 1993) was a French-American film, television and theatre actor. He was known for playing the role of Pepe Cordoza in the American action drama television series T.H.E. Cat. At the age of three, he emigrated to the United States with his mother, but was taken to Spain by an uncle and aunt at the age of 16. He then went back to the United States shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. After serving in the Army during World War II he planned to become a playwright. He attended the Dramatic Workshop in New York, where he took a playwriting class on the G.I. Bill. Carricart began his screen career in 1950, appearing in the documentary series Believe it or Not!. He guest-starred in television programs including M Squad, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mr. Lucky, Combat!, The Time Tunnel, The Untouchables, Columbo, The Andy Griffith Show, Tales of Wells Fargo, Get Smart, Have Gun, Will Travel, Bat Masterson, Man with a Camera, Branded, Perry Mason and Bonanza. In 1963, Carricart played Jose Garcia in the film Fun in Acapulco, which starred Elvis Presley. He was signed by film producer Hal B. Wallis. In 1966, he joined the cast of the NBC action drama television series T.H.E. Cat, playing the nightclub owner and gypsy Pepe Cordoza.

Death Carricart died in March 1993 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76.