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== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Carricart was born in [[Bordeaux]].<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/robert-carricart-78096|title=Robert Carricart|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref> At the age of three, he emigrated to the United States, but then moved to Spain at the age of 16.<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99490520/pepe-in-the-cat-could-have-been-a/|title=Pepe In T.H.E. Cat Could Have Been A Juvenile Delinquent|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|date=May 28, 1967|access-date=2022-04-10|page=94|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> He then went back to the United States, later deciding that if he stayed a little longer, he would've had become a [[bullfighter]].<ref name="c">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99490666/actor-likes-his-role-as-a-man-of-mystery/|title=Actor Likes His Role As a Man of Mystery|work=[[The Ottawa Journal]]|location=Hollywood|date=December 10, 1966|access-date=2022-04-10|page=58|via= [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> He also thought about becoming a [[playwright]].<ref name="c" /><ref name="d">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99490959/carricart-faced-up-to-it-and-tried/|title=Carricart 'Faced' Up To It and Tried Acting|first=Erskine|last=Johnson|work=[[The Ithaca Journal]]|location=Hollywood|date=March 4, 1967|access-date=2022-04-10|page=35|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Carricart attended the [[Dramatic Workshop]] in [[New York (state)|New York]], where he took a playwriting class on the [[G.I. Bill]].<ref name="d" />
Carricart was born in [[Bordeaux]].<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/robert-carricart-78096|title=Robert Carricart|work=[[Internet Broadway Database]]|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99490520/pepe-in-the-cat-could-have-been-a/|title=Pepe In T.H.E. Cat Could Have Been A Juvenile Delinquent|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|date=May 28, 1967|access-date=2022-04-10|page=94|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> He then went back to the United States shortly before the outbreak of the [[Spanish civil war]].<ref name="c">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99490666/actor-likes-his-role-as-a-man-of-mystery/|title=Actor Likes His Role As a Man of Mystery|work=[[The Ottawa Journal]]|location=Hollywood|date=December 10, 1966|access-date=2022-04-10|page=58|via= [[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> He also thought about becoming a [[playwright]].<ref name="c" /><ref name="d">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99490959/carricart-faced-up-to-it-and-tried/|title=Carricart 'Faced' Up To It and Tried Acting|first=Erskine|last=Johnson|work=[[The Ithaca Journal]]|location=Hollywood|date=March 4, 1967|access-date=2022-04-10|page=35|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Carricart attended the [[Dramatic Workshop]] in [[New York (state)|New York]], where he took a playwriting class on the [[G.I. Bill]].<ref name="d" />


Carricart began his career in 1947, playing Thyreus in the Broadway play ''[[Anthony and Cleopatra]]''.<ref name="a" /> His other two theatre credits were ''King Richard III'' and ''[[Captain Brassbound's Conversion]]''.<ref name="a" /> He spoke in different languages for which it guided him to [[Hollywood, California]].<ref name="d" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99491072/robert-carricart-of-burlesque-is-doing/|title=Robert Carricart Of Burlesque Is Doing Just Fine|work=[[The North Adams Transcript]]|location=Hollywood|date=December 10, 1966|access-date=2022-04-10|page=15|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Carricart began his film and television career in 1950, appearing in the [[Documentary film|documentary]] series ''[[List of Ripley's Believe It or Not! TV series#Original series (1949–1950)|Believe it or Not!]]''. He guest-starred in television programs including ''[[M Squad]]'', ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[Mr. Lucky (TV series)|Mr. Lucky]]'', ''[[Combat!]]'', ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'', ''[[Get Smart]]'', ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel|Have Gun, Will Travel]]'', ''[[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]]'', ''[[Man with a Camera]]'', ''[[Branded (TV series)|Branded]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' and ''[[Bonanza]]''. In 1963, Carricart played Jose Garcia in the film ''[[Fun in Acapulco]]'', which starred [[singer]], [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name="e">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99491280/robert-carricart-in-acapulco/|title=Robert Carricart 'In Acapulco'|work=[[The Baltimore Sun|The Evening Sun]]|location=Hollywood, California |date=February 27, 1963|access-date=2022-04-10|page=31|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> He was signed by [[film producer]] [[Hal B. Wallis]].<ref name="e" />
Carricart began his career in 1947, playing Thyreus in the Broadway play ''[[Anthony and Cleopatra]]''.<ref name="a" /> His other two theatre credits were ''King Richard III'' and ''[[Captain Brassbound's Conversion]]''.<ref name="a" /> He spoke in different languages for which it guided him to [[Hollywood, California]].<ref name="d" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99491072/robert-carricart-of-burlesque-is-doing/|title=Robert Carricart Of Burlesque Is Doing Just Fine|work=[[The North Adams Transcript]]|location=Hollywood|date=December 10, 1966|access-date=2022-04-10|page=15|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> Carricart began his film and television career in 1950, appearing in the [[Documentary film|documentary]] series ''[[List of Ripley's Believe It or Not! TV series#Original series (1949–1950)|Believe it or Not!]]''. He guest-starred in television programs including ''[[M Squad]]'', ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', ''[[Mr. Lucky (TV series)|Mr. Lucky]]'', ''[[Combat!]]'', ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', ''[[Tales of Wells Fargo]]'', ''[[Get Smart]]'', ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel|Have Gun, Will Travel]]'', ''[[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]]'', ''[[Man with a Camera]]'', ''[[Branded (TV series)|Branded]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' and ''[[Bonanza]]''. In 1963, Carricart played Jose Garcia in the film ''[[Fun in Acapulco]]'', which starred [[singer]], [[Elvis Presley]].<ref name="e">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99491280/robert-carricart-in-acapulco/|title=Robert Carricart 'In Acapulco'|work=[[The Baltimore Sun|The Evening Sun]]|location=Hollywood, California |date=February 27, 1963|access-date=2022-04-10|page=31|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> He was signed by [[film producer]] [[Hal B. Wallis]].<ref name="e" />

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Robert Carricart
Carricart (left) with Richard Reeves in The Lawless Years, 1959
Born
Robert Anthony Carricart

(1917-01-18)January 18, 1917
Bordeaux, France
DiedMarch 3, 1993(1993-03-03) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)Film, television and theatre actor
Years active1947–1991

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.[1]

Life and career

Carricart was born in Bordeaux.[2] 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.[1] He then went back to the United States shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish civil war.[3] He also thought about becoming a playwright.[3][4] Carricart attended the Dramatic Workshop in New York, where he took a playwriting class on the G.I. Bill.[4]

Carricart began his career in 1947, playing Thyreus in the Broadway play Anthony and Cleopatra.[2] His other two theatre credits were King Richard III and Captain Brassbound's Conversion.[2] He spoke in different languages for which it guided him to Hollywood, California.[4][5] Carricart began his film and television 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, 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 singer, Elvis Presley.[6] He was signed by film producer Hal B. Wallis.[6]

Other films in which Carricart appeared included Blueprint for Robbery, Dime with a Halo, Apache Uprising, Blood on the Arrow, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Follow That Dream, Black Spurs, and Villa Rides. He was originally going to play George Washington Wishbone on the CBS western television series Rawhide, but actor Paul Brinegar took over the role in its full television series.[7] Carricart only played the role in its unaired pilot.[7] 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.[1][3]

Death

Carricart died in March 1993 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pepe In T.H.E. Cat Could Have Been A Juvenile Delinquent". The Salt Lake Tribune. May 28, 1967. p. 94. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b c d "Robert Carricart". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Actor Likes His Role As a Man of Mystery". The Ottawa Journal. Hollywood. December 10, 1966. p. 58. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c Johnson, Erskine (March 4, 1967). "Carricart 'Faced' Up To It and Tried Acting". The Ithaca Journal. Hollywood. p. 35. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Robert Carricart Of Burlesque Is Doing Just Fine". The North Adams Transcript. Hollywood. December 10, 1966. p. 15. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ a b "Robert Carricart 'In Acapulco'". The Evening Sun. Hollywood, California. February 27, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ a b Brode, Douglas (January 1, 2010). Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present. University of Texas Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780292783317 – via Google Books.