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Richard Davalos

Born 1930-11-05

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Davalos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Cool Hand Luke 1967 · 8.0 Kelly's Heroes 1970 · 7.6 East of Eden 1955 · 7.8 Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983 · 6.7 Death Hunt 1981 · 6.9 The Sea Chase 1955 · 6.4 Ninja Cheerleaders 2008 · 3.4 Hot Stuff 1979 · 6.3 The Quest: The Longest Drive 1976 · 5.8 Elvira's Movie Macabre: Legacy of Blood 1982