Richard Devon

Richard Devon
Richard Devon as Carmine Ricca
in Magnum Force, 1973
Born (1926-12-11)December 11, 1926
Glendale, California
Died February 26, 2010(2010-02-26) (aged 83)
Mill Valley, California
Cause of death Vascular disease
Occupation Actor

Richard Devon (December 11, 1926 – February 26, 2010) was an American character actor best known for his roles in television and film.

Life and career

Devon was born in Glendale, California.[1] Beginning in the 1950s he was employed as a character actor in many Four Star Television television series but not exclusively. For instance, he appeared also in the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45 in the guest-starring role of Ed Pike in the 1959 episode "Yellow Terror".[2]

Devon's lengthy television credits include Richard Diamond, Private Detective (three episodes), The Rifleman, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Johnny Ringo (in the episode "The Posse"), Space Patrol, Trackdown starring Robert Culp (three episodes, including the pilot episode of that series, "Badge of Honor," which aired initially on Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre), The Tall Man, Gunsmoke (in the episodes "Ex-Con" and "The Quest for Asa Janin"), The Rebel, The Virginian and its spin-off, Laredo, Daniel Boone, The Monkees, Lassie, The Twilight Zone episode "Dead Man's Shoes" in 1962, three episodes of Perry Mason from 1964-1966, and Mission: Impossible. Devon had a regular role as well as on the CBS series Yancy Derringer, performing the part of Jody Barker, a pickpocket and sometime cohort of the lead character played by Jock Mahoney.[3] He also played the role of Cole Striker, a crook, in the 1963 episode "Incident of the Buryin' Man" on CBS's Rawhide.

He provided the voice of Batman on the pilot of a Batman radio program.[4]

Devon's film credits included the 1957 horror film The Undead, War of the Satellites, The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze, The Comancheros, and the Battle of Blood Island.

Death

Devon died of vascular disease on February 26, 2010,[1] in Mill Valley, California.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1952Scorching FuryKirk Flamer
1955The ProdigalRisafe
1957The UndeadSatan
1957The Buckskin LadyTownsmanUncredited
19573:10 to YumaWade HenchmanUncredited
1957Escape from San QuentinRoy Gruber
1957Teenage DollDet. Dunston
1957Blood of DraculaDet. Sgt. Stewart
1957The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea SerpentStark
1958Machine-Gun KellyApple
1958War of the SatellitesDr. Pol Van Ponder
1958Badman's CountryHarvey Logan
1958The BadlandersPrison GuardUncredited
1958Money, Women and GunsSetting Sun
1959Gunfighters of AbileneMarty Ruger
1960Battle of Blood IslandMoe
1961The ComancherosEsteban
1962Kid GalahadMarvin
1963Cattle KingVInce Bodine
1963The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a DazeMaharajah
1966The SilencersDomino
1968Three Guns for TexasMax
1973Magnum ForceCarmine Ricca
1988The Seventh Sign2nd Cardinal

References

  1. 1 2 Lentz, Harris M. III (2011). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. McFarland. p. 104. ISBN 9780786486496. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Colt .45". ctva.biz. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ http://fiftiesweb.com/tv/yancy-derringer/
  4. ↑ http://www.westernclippings.com/heavies/richarddevon_charactersheavies.shtml



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