Robert Carricart

Robert Carricart
Carricart (left) with Richard Reeves in The Lawless Years, 1959
Born
Robert Anthony Carricart

(1917-01-18)January 18, 1917
Bordeaux, France
DiedMarch 3, 1993(1993-03-03) (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1947–1991

Robert Anthony Carricart (January 18, 1917 – March 3, 1993) was a French-American film, television and theatre actor. He was known for playing the role of Pepe Cordoza in the American action drama television series T.H.E. Cat.[1]

Life and career

Carricart was born in Bordeaux.[2] At the age of three, he emigrated to the United States with his mother, but was taken to Spain by an uncle and aunt at the age of 16.[1] He then went back to the United States shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.[3] After serving in the Army during World War II he planned to become a playwright.[3][4] He attended the Dramatic Workshop in New York, where he took a playwriting class on the G.I. Bill.[4]

Carricart began his acting career in 1947, playing Thyreus in a Broadway production of Anthony and Cleopatra.[2] His theatre credits also included appearances in Broadway productions of King Richard III, Captain Brassbound's Conversion, and The Rose Tattoo.[2] He spoke French, Spanish, and Italian, which he found helpful in his move to Hollywood, California.[4][5] Carricart began his screen career in 1950, appearing in the documentary series Believe it or Not!. He guest-starred in television programs including M Squad, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mr. Lucky, Combat!, The Time Tunnel, The Untouchables, Columbo, The Andy Griffith Show, Tales of Wells Fargo, Get Smart, Have Gun, Will Travel, Bat Masterson, Man with a Camera, Branded, Perry Mason and Bonanza. In 1963, Carricart played Jose Garcia in the film Fun in Acapulco, which starred Elvis Presley.[6] He was signed by film producer Hal B. Wallis.[6]

Other films in which Carricart appeared included Blueprint for Robbery, Dime with a Halo, Apache Uprising, Blood on the Arrow, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Follow That Dream, Black Spurs, and Villa Rides. He was originally cast as George Washington Wishbone on the CBS western television series Rawhide, but only appeared in an unaired pilot, with Paul Brinegar taking over the role for the main series.[7] In 1966, he joined the cast of the NBC action drama television series T.H.E. Cat, playing the nightclub owner and gypsy Pepe Cordoza.[1][3]

Death

Carricart died in March 1993 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pepe In T.H.E. Cat Could Have Been A Juvenile Delinquent". The Salt Lake Tribune. May 28, 1967. p. 94. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b c d "Robert Carricart". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Actor Likes His Role As a Man of Mystery". The Ottawa Journal. Hollywood. December 10, 1966. p. 58. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c Johnson, Erskine (March 4, 1967). "Carricart 'Faced' Up To It and Tried Acting". The Ithaca Journal. Hollywood. p. 35. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Robert Carricart Of Burlesque Is Doing Just Fine". The North Adams Transcript. Hollywood. December 10, 1966. p. 15. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ a b "Robert Carricart 'In Acapulco'". The Evening Sun. Hollywood, California. February 27, 1963. p. 31. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Brode, Douglas (January 1, 2010). Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present. University of Texas Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780292783317 – via Google Books.