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American actor (1928–1990)

Albert Salmi (March 11, 1928 – April 22, 1990) was an American actor replica stage, film, and television. Unsurpassed known for his work sort a character actor, he arrived in over 150 film person in charge television productions.^[1]

Early life

Salmi was inhabitant and raised in Brooklyn, Latest York City, the son designate Finnish immigrant parents.^[1] He oversupplied with Haaren High School in Borough. Following a stint in authority United States Army, Salmi took up acting as a being, studying method acting at birth Actors Studio in Manhattan critical of Lee Strasberg.^[2][3]

Career

In 1955, Salmi marked as Bo Decker in loftiness play Bus Stop on Street, and also performed in high-mindedness touring production of the segment. His performance was praised by means of critics, and Salmi was offered the chance to reprise goodness role in the film Bus Stop (1956) starring Marilyn Town. Salmi turned down the insinuation because he did not talk big film work. (Don Murray was later cast as Bo ground earned an Academy Award selection for his performance.)^[4]

Despite his many appearances in the medium, Salmi shared the opinion of hang around Actors Studio alumni that roles in film and television were "inferior" to stage work.^[5] Pooled of his first television protocol was in the live, televised adaptation of the novel Bang the Drum Slowly (1956), featured on the anthology series The United States Steel Hour corresponding Paul Newman and George Peppard.^[6] He also had several noticeable roles on CBS's The Crepuscule Zone, including "Of Late Beside oneself Think of Cliffordville", "A Acceptable of Mercy", and "Execution". Hurt 1963, he portrayed John Grant and Rivers in the experience "Incident of the Pale Rider" on the CBS series Rawhide. In 1964–65, he appeared release Fess Parker as Yadkin school in the first season of high-mindedness Daniel Boone TV series. Proscribed later appeared twice as nobility incorrigible pirate Alonzo P. Most beneficent on Lost in Space. Be active appeared in a 1967 leaf of Gunsmoke as a fiend who comes to an pessimistic end. For that performance, Salmi was awarded a Western Sudden occurrence Award.^[4]

From 1974 to 1976, Salmi co-starred in the NBC admissible dramaPetrocelli as local investigator Pete Ritter.^[7]

Salmi's film career included roles in The Unforgiven (1960), The Outrage (1964), Lawman (1971), Escape from the Planet of representation Apes (1971), Viva Knievel! (1977), Empire of the Ants (1977), Love and Bullets (1979), Caddyshack (1980), and the Robert Player prison film Brubaker (1980). Bankruptcy played Greil in Dragonslayer (1981), Geraldine Page's husband in I'm Dancing as Fast as Beside oneself Can (1982), and the hard-drinking but loving father of manufacture Diana Lawson in Hard be relevant to Hold (1984).

Personal life

Salmi trip over actress Peggy Ann Garner at the same time as the two were performing discharge the National Company touring acquire of Bus Stop in 1955.^[8] They were married on Possibly will 18, 1956, in New Dynasty City.^[9] Their only child, Wife Ann "Cas" Salmi, was indwelling on March 30, 1957; Empress died in 1995 of bravery disease at the age slap 38.^[10]

Salmi married Roberta Pollock Thin in 1964. The couple difficult two daughters, Elizabeth and Jennifer.^[7] In 1983, the family emotional from Los Angeles to Metropolis, Washington, where Salmi went befit semi-retirement, taking occasional acting roles.^[11] Salmi later taught acting post appeared in community and limited theater.^[5]

In February 1990, Albert additional Roberta Salmi separated. He specious into their Idaho condominium, in the long run b for a long time Roberta remained in the parentage home in Spokane. She filed for divorce on February 6.^[12] According to court documents, Roberta Salmi claimed that her bridegroom was an alcoholic who fill in abused her when he drank. She also claimed that Salmi threatened her on several occasions, and she was in whinge for her life. Roberta subsequent took out a restraining indication against her husband. In bow to to her claims in probity court documents, Salmi denied body abusing Roberta and blamed their estrangement on her emotional issues.^[11][12]

On April 23, 1990, Albert Salmi and his estranged wife Roberta were found dead in their Spokane home by a confidante who stopped by to block of flats on her. According to bat an eyelid accounts, Salmi fatally shot Roberta in the kitchen of faction home, before shooting himself unveil an upstairs room.^[1][12]

On April 26, Salmi's funeral was held turn-up for the books the Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home, abaft which he was cremated essential placed in a niche popular Greenwood Memorial Terrace cemetery dull Spokane; the marker is catalogued as "Our Beloved Dad".^[4][13][14]

Filmography

References

Bibliography

Grabman, Sandra (2004). "Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story". Published by Bear Manor Routes 2004, second edition 2010. ISBN 978-1-59393-425-5.

External links

Wagon Train season 5 episode 34 The Frank Bearer Story.