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Name
  
Steve Gravers


Role
  
Character actor


Died
  
August 22, 1978, Studio City, California, United States

Movies
  
Wizards, Across 110th Street

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Steve Gravers (born Solomon Gottlieb; April 8, 1922, New York City – died August 22, 1978, Studio City, California) was an American character actor who appeared in numerous television shows and also in several movies in a career that lasted from 1952 until his death in 1978.

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Career

A life member of The Actors Studio, Gravers made his Broadway debut in the Studio's production of Michael Gazzo's A Hatful of Rain on November 9, 1955.

This was the same night on which Graver's first featured television performance was aired, a guest appearance on I Spy (not the popular hour-long series which would debut a decade later, but rather a half-hour anthology series hosted/narrated in character by Raymond Massey, as 'Anton the spymaster'), in an episode entitled "Bits and Pieces".

Personal life

Gravers married actress Vitina Marcus by whom he had two children; the couple divorecd in 1960. Gravers lived in California until his death on August 22, 1978 from lung cancer in Studio City, California.

Television

  • I Spy (1955) - French Officer
  • Peter Gunn (1959) - Frank Kelly
  • Combat 1963 Sgt. Martinez

    Have Gun - Will Travel (1959) - Howard Gorman
  • The Untouchables (1959-1963) - Harry Tazik / Tony Genna / Birch Henchman (uncredited)
  • Dr Kildare (1963) - Albert Case
  • Rawhide (1964) - Fred Adams
  • I Spy (1965-1966) - Patterson / Capt. Richards
  • Bonanza (1966) - Martinez
  • Gunsmoke (1966) - Jed Bailey / Wales
  • Get Smart (1967) - Carlos
  • Alias Smith and Jones (1971-1972) - Bartender / Mattson / Bookie / Parson
  • Columbo (1972) - Sergeant
  • Ironside (1972) - Taxi Driver Jones
  • Kojak (1973-1974) - Pullian / Irwin David
  • Charlie's Angels (1978) - Cooperman
  • Films

  • Al Capone (1959) - Albert Anselmi
  • Hell Bent for Leather (1960) - Grover
  • Operation Eichmann (1961) - Jacob
  • 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962) - Daytime
  • The Satan Bug (1965) - 2nd Fake SDI Agent (uncredited)
  • Across 110th Street (1972) - Tailor Shop Patrolman
  • Blood Sabbath (1972) - The Padre
  • Wizards (1977) - Blackwolf (voice)
  • The Car (1978) - Mr. Mackey
  • References

    Steve Gravers Wikipedia