Richard Davalos

Biography

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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

East of Eden
East of Eden
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
I Died a Thousand Times
I Died a Thousand Times
Hot Stuff
Hot Stuff
Pit Stop
Pit Stop
The Cabinet of Caligari
The Cabinet of Caligari

Filmography

2008 Ninja Cheerleaders
as Don Lazarro
1990 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1984 Murder, She Wrote
as D.L. Beaumont
1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Mr. Crosetti
1982 Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood
as Johnny Dean
1981 The Fall Guy
as
1981 Death Hunt
as Beeler
1979 Hart to Hart
as Spencer Krump
1979 Hot Stuff
as Charles
1979 B. J. and the Bear
as
1977 How the West Was Won
as Captain Olini
1976 The Quest: The Longest Drive
as Pratt
1975 Starsky & Hutch
as
1975 Bronk
as
1975 S.W.A.T.
as
1975 The Jeffersons
as
1974 The Rockford Files
as Manny Stickells
1973 Toma
as
1973 Snatched
as Whit
1971 Blood Legacy
as Johnny Dean