Robert Carricart
Robert Carricart | |
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.jpg) Carricart (left) with Richard Reeves in The Lawless Years, 1959 | |
| Born | Robert Anthony Carricart January 18, 1917 Bordeaux, France |
| Died | March 3, 1993 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Film, television and theatre actor |
| Years active | 1947–1991 |
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, but then moved to Spain at the age of 16.[1] He then went back to the United States, later deciding that if he stayed a little longer, he would've had become a bullfighter.[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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "Robert Carricart". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Robert Carricart 'In Acapulco'". The Evening Sun. Hollywood, California. February 27, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Robert Carricart at IMDb
- Robert Carricart at the TCM Movie Database
- Template:AllMovie name
- Rotten Tomatoes profile
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
- 1917 births
- 1993 deaths
- Male actors from Bordeaux
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American male stage actors
- French male film actors
- French male television actors
- French male stage actors
- French emigrants to the United States
- French emigrants to Spain
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century French male actors