Dec 14
Val Avery Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 14:47 · 124 words · print
Val Avery, whose craggy features and threatening aura ensured him nearly 50 years of work playing tough guys on both sides of the law in dozens of television series and films like “Hud,” “Hombre” and several directed by John Cassavetes, died Saturday at his home in Greenwich Village. He was 85.
The death was confirmed by his daughter, Margot Avery.
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Mr. Avery was born Sebouh Der Abrahamian on July 14, 1924, in Philadelphia. He acted in productions of the Armenian Youth Theater and, after serving as an Army flight instructor during World War II, enrolled in the Bessie V. Hicks School of Drama in Philadelphia.
In 1953, he married the actress Margot Stevenson, who survives him, along with their daughter.
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