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Valentin de Vargas (born Albert Charles Schubert; April 27, 1935 – June 10, 2013) was an actor known for appearing in films in the 1950s and 1960s.
Valentin de Vargas was an actor and director who appeared in films such as To Live and Die in L.A., Touch of Evil and Hatari!. He was born in 1935 in New Mexico and died in 2013 in Oklahoma.
- January 1, 1
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- January 1, 1
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Aug 14, 2013 · Valentin de Vargas, a veteran character actor who terrified Janet Leigh in a darkened Mexican motel room in the Orson Welles film noir classic Touch of Evil, has died. He was 78.
Valentin de Vargas was born on April 26, 1935 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He was an actor and director, known for To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Touch of Evil (1958) and Hatari! (1962). He was married to M. Diana Pace, Nome Jones and Arlene McQuade.
- April 26, 1935
- June 10, 2013
Aug 15, 2013 · The Hollywood Reporter notes that Valentin De Vargas—an actor of Spanish and Austrian descent who appeared in movies and on TV for more than 55 years, and “was active in Nosotros, the...
Valentin de Vargas was an actor known for appearing in films in the 1950s and 1960s. Two of his prominent roles were as a gangster threatening Janet Leigh in Orson Welles' Touch of Evil (1958) and playing Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez in Hatari! (1962).
Aug 15, 2013 · Valentin de Vargas, who menaced Janet Leigh as Pancho in Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil,” has died at the age of 78. De Vargas died June 10 of myelodysplastic syndrome in Tulsa, Okla. He was laid to rest Tuesday at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in New Mexico.
