Valentin de Vargas

Valentin de Vargas
Born	Albert Charles Schubert April 27, 1935 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Died	June 10, 2013 (aged 78) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1955–2011
Spouse(s)	Arlene McQuade (m. 1960–67; divorced); 2 children Nome Jones (1973–80); 1 child M. Diana Pace (2007–13; his death)

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. 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).

Biography

After serving in the United States Army, de Vargas made his film debut in The Blackboard Jungle while still attending Loyola Marymount University. He had responded to a flyer posted at Loyola to audition for a high school student role in the film. He had a variety of uncredited appearances in films and appeared in several television series until Touch of Evil in 1958, where he also met his first wife, actress Arlene McQuade. He travelled to Mexico, where he played one of the Mexican bandidos in The Magnificent Seven (1960).

In the 1960s he appeared on television programs including Bonanza, Daniel Boone, The Wild Wild West, That Girl S3, E2, Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, The High Chaparral, Mission: Impossible, Barnaby Jones, The Streets of San Francisco, and Dallas. He later operated a realty firm, Schubert-DeVargas Realty, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 1962 he joined the cast of international stars in Howard Hawks' Hatari!.

Death

After suffering for many months from myelodysplastic syndrome, he died on June 10, 2013, aged 78, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His interment was at Santa Fe National Cemetery.

His first wife was actress Arlene McQuade, who died in 2014. He was a nephew of actor Don Alvarado.

Partial filmography