Val Avery

Val Avery (actually Sebouh The Abrahamian, * July 14, 1924 in Philadelphia, † December 12, 2009 in Greenwich Village ) was an American actor.

Life

Avery began his career as a performer in the Armenian youth theater of his hometown. After serving in World War II as a flight instructor, he attended acting classes at the Bessie V. Hicks School of Drama.

His career in film and television, he began to times of the first live broadcasts in the early 1950s; he obtained in Harder, where he played alongside Humphrey Bogart 's first major attention. He then played repeatedly policemen, crooks or mafia killer on the screen as in television series, as in He was called Hombre, The Magnificent Seven, Columbo and on the run, he was involved in about 100 films and 300 television productions. He played here in 2004 His last role.

Frequently Avery worked with John Cassavetes. In 1998 he played in an off- Broadway play, Over the River and through the Woods.

Since 1953 he was married to actress Margot Stevenson.

Filmography (selection)

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