Valentin de Vargas with Janet Leigh in Touch of Evil.
Valentin de Vargas, who menaced Janet Leigh as Pancho in Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil," has died at the age of 78.
Vargas died June 10 of myelodysplastic syndrome in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was laid to rest at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in New Mexico. His daughter, Vanessa de Vargas, said the family wanted to wait until after his burial to announce his death.
Vargas was active in Nosotros, the organization founded by Ricardo Montalban to support Latinos in show business, and he took acting classes taught by Anthony Quinn.
Vargas reunited with Touch of Evil co-stars Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston.
In addition to "Touch of Evil," Vargas appeared in "Blackboard Jungle," Howard Hawks' "Hatari!," "The Magnificent Seven" and William Friedkin's "To Live and Die in L.A."
Vargas also guest starred in such popular TV shows as "Hill Street Blues,...
Valentin de Vargas, who menaced Janet Leigh as Pancho in Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil," has died at the age of 78.
Vargas died June 10 of myelodysplastic syndrome in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was laid to rest at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in New Mexico. His daughter, Vanessa de Vargas, said the family wanted to wait until after his burial to announce his death.
Vargas was active in Nosotros, the organization founded by Ricardo Montalban to support Latinos in show business, and he took acting classes taught by Anthony Quinn.
Vargas reunited with Touch of Evil co-stars Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston.
In addition to "Touch of Evil," Vargas appeared in "Blackboard Jungle," Howard Hawks' "Hatari!," "The Magnificent Seven" and William Friedkin's "To Live and Die in L.A."
Vargas also guest starred in such popular TV shows as "Hill Street Blues,...
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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 organization founded by Ricardo Montalban to support Latinos in show business”—died in June at the age 78. The article says that his family “wanted to wait until his burial to announce his death.” De Vargas made his movie debut as a member of a gang of teenage hoodlums in Richard Brooks’ then-controversial juvenile delinquency drama Blackboard Jungle (1955). It was an uncredited role and one without ...
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