Full Name Nicholas Cuccia Role Actor Spouse Arlene Cravat | Years active 1949–1977 Name Nick Cravat | |
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Born January 10, 1912 New York City, New York, U.S. Died January 29, 1994, Woodland Hills, California, United States Children Christina Cravat, Marcelina Cravat-Overway Movies The Crimson Pirate, The Flame and the Arrow, Run Silent - Run Deep, The Island of Dr Moreau, The Scalphunters Similar People Burt Lancaster, Robert Siodmak, Jacques Tourneur, Don Taylor, Norman Foster | ||
TV shows The Count of Monte Cristo Occupation Actor, stunt performer | ||
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Nicholas Cuccia (pronounced coo-cha; January 10, 1912 – January 29, 1994), better known by his stage name Nick Cravat, was an American actor and stunt performer.
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- Burt lancaster y nick cravat en el temible burl n
- Nick cravat tribute
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Death
- Filmography
- References
Nick cravat tribute
Early life
Cravat was born in New York City, New York. He took his stage name from a character in a play he had seen and liked.
Career
Cravat and Burt Lancaster met as youngsters at a summer camp in New York and became lifelong friends. They created an acrobatic act called Lang and Cravat in the early 1930s, and joined the Kay Brothers circus in Florida. The pair worked at various circuses and in vaudeville. In 1939, Lancaster suffered a hand injury that ended their act. They would later reunite. He co-starred with Lancaster in nine films, including The Flame and the Arrow (1950), The Crimson Pirate (1952), Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), The Scalphunters (1968) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977). He played a mute character in several films such as The Flame and the Arrow, The Crimson Pirate, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955), and the TV series The Count of Monte Cristo mostly because his thick Brooklyn accent would have been out of place. He also played the "gremlin" on the wing of an airplane in the 1963 Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
Personal life
Cravat had two daughters from his second and final marriage, Marcelina "Marcy" Cravat-Overway and Christina "Tina" Cravat, who also goes by the name Tina Cuccia. His first wife, Arlene, died in the 1950s. Ms Cravat is an environmental documentary film maker. Her debut film "Angel Azul" completed in 2014 won 12 awards. The film explores issues related to coral reefs through art activism. Her second film "Dirt Rich" is currently in post-production.
Death
Cravat died of lung cancer in Woodland Hills, California, on January 29, 1994, at the age of 82. He is interred at North Hollywood's Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Filmography
