Steve Gravers
Steve Gravers (born Solomon Gottlieb; April 8, 1922, New York City – died August 22, 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
Gravers married actress Vitina Marcus, with whom he had two children; the couple divorced in 1960. Gravers lived in California until his death on August 22, 1978, from lung cancer in Studio City, California.
Selected credits
Films
- Al Capone (1959) - Albert Anselmi
- Hell Bent for Leather (1960) - Grover
- Operation Eichmann (1961) - Jacob
- 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962) - Daytime
- The Satan Bug (1965) - 2nd Fake SDI Agent (uncredited)
- Across 110th Street (1972) - Tailor Shop Patrolman
- Blood Sabbath (1972) - The Padre
- Wizards (1977) - Blackwolf (voice)
- The Car (1978) - Mr. Mackey
Television
- I Spy (1955) - French Officer
- Peter Gunn (1959) - Frank Kelly
- Have Gun - Will Travel (1959) - Howard Gorman
- The Untouchables (1959-1963) - Harry Tazik / Tony Genna / Birch Henchman (uncredited)
- 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) - 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) - Fred Adams
- Combat (1964) - Tech Sgt. Martinez
- I Spy (1965-1966) - Patterson / Capt. Richards
- Bonanza (1966) - Martinez (Episode: "To Kill a Buffalo")
- Gunsmoke (1966) - Jed Bailey / Wales
- Get Smart (1967) - Carlos
- Here Come the Brides (1970) - Barney Alton ("Another Game in Town")
- Alias Smith and Jones (1971-1972) - Bartender / Mattson / Bookie / Parson
- Columbo (1972) - Sergeant
- Ironside (1972) - Taxi Driver Jones
- Kojak (1973-1974) - Pullian / Irwin David
- Charlie's Angels (1978) - Cooperman