Steve Gravers

Steve Gravers
Born
Solomon Gottlieb

(1922-04-08)April 8, 1922
DiedAugust 26, 1978(1978-08-26) (aged 56)

Steve Gravers (born Solomon Gottlieb; April 8, 1922, New York City – August 26, 1978, Studio City, California) was an American character actor who appeared in numerous television shows and several films in a career that lasted from 1952 until his death in 1978.

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

Steve Gravers married Vita Marcus, 1958-60, no children. Resided in Studio City, California until his death on 8/26/1978 from lung cancer.

Selected credits

Films

Television

  • I Spy (1955) (S1:E3, "Bits and Pieces") - French Officer
  • Peter Gunn (1959) (Season 1 Episode 20: "Pecos Pete") - Frank Kelly
  • Have Gun - Will Travel (1959) (Season 2 Episode 16: "The Wager") - Howard Gorman
  • The Untouchables (1959-1963)
    • (Season 1 Episode 3: "The Jake Lingle Killing") (1959) - Birch Henchman (uncredited)
    • (Season 3 Episode 4: "The Genna Brothers") (1961) - Tony Genna
    • (Season 4 Episode 21: "The Man in the Cooler") (1963) - Harry Tazik
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 32: "Self Defense") - Lieutenant Schwartz
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962) (Season 7 Episode 20: "The Test") - Wickers
  • Dr. Kildare (1963) (Season 3 Episode 2: "The Good Samaritan") - Albert Case
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (Season 1 Episode 15: "The Thirty-First of February") - The Psychiatrist
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964) (Season 2 Episode 12: "Three Wives Too Many") - Lieutenant Storber
  • Rawhide (1964) (Season 7 Episode 9: "The Backshooter") - Fred Adams
  • Combat! (1964) (Season 2 Episode 22: "Counter-Punch") - Tech Sergeant Martinez
  • I Spy (1965-1966)
    • (Season 1 Episode 9: "No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise") (1965) - Captain Richards
    • (Season 2 Episode 7: "Sparrowhawk") (1966) - Patterson
  • Bonanza (1966) (S7:E16, "To Kill a Buffalo") - Martinez
  • Gunsmoke (1966)
    • (Season 11 Episode 16: "Death Watch") - Wales
    • (Season 12 Episode 5: "The Good People") - Jed Bailey
  • Get Smart (1967) (Season 2 Episode 22: "Smart Fit the Battle of Jericho") - Carlos
  • Here Come the Brides (1970) (Season 2 Episode 18: "Another Game in Town") - Barney Alton
  • Alias Smith and Jones (1971-1972)
    • (Season 1 Episode 15: "The Legacy of Charlie O'Rourke") (1971) - Parson
    • (Season 2 Episode 14: "Miracle at Santa Marta") (1971) - Bookie
    • (Season 2 Episode 19: "The Biggest Game in the West") (1972) - Mattson
    • (Season 3 Episode 7: "The Ten Days That Shook Kid Curry") (1972) - Bartender
  • Columbo (1972) (Season 1 Episode 6: "Short Fuse") - Sergeant
  • Ironside (1972) (Season 6 Episode 6: "Riddle Me Death") - Taxi Driver Jones
  • Kojak (1973) (Season 1 Episode 14: "Die Before They Wake") - Pullian
  • The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973) (TV movie) - Irwin David
  • Charlie's Angels (1978) (Season 2 Episode 19: "Angel Blues") - Cooperman

References

  1. ↑ "Steve Gravers". TV.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 280. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
  3. ↑ Calta, Louis (November 9, 1955). "'HATFUL OF RAIN' ARRIVES TONIGHT; Tale of Narcotics User, With Shelley Winters and Ben Gazzara, Due at Lyceum". The New York Times. p. 41. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Dad Gets Around". The Miami News. December 4, 1955. p. 8F. Retrieved December 10, 2012.

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