Albert Carrier
Albert Carrier | |
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.webp.png) Carrier in Lock-Up, 1961 | |
| Born | Alberto Carrieri October 16, 1919 Magog, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | May 23, 2002 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1950–1984 |
| Spouse | |
Albert Carrieri (October 16, 1919 – May 23, 2002) was a Canadian-American film and television actor. He was best known for playing Pedro Quinn, a sugar mogul working with Alejandro Sosa (Paul Shenar) in the 1983 film Scarface.[1] He was also known for playing the role of the villainous Captain Jacques Tremaine in the 1965 film Major Dundee.[2][3]
Life and career
Carrier was born in Magog, Quebec. He began his acting career in Mexico in 1950 during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, billed as 'Alberto Carrière'.[2] In 1951, he played the lead role of Fernando Sandoval in the Julio Bracho film History of a Heart. Four years later, he moved to Los Angeles, California and gained his United States citizenship,[4] thereafter appeared in numerous films and television programs.[2]
In 1958, Carrier starred in the film Desert Hell, playing Sgt St. Clair.[2][5] He appeared in films such as Two Weeks in Another Town, A New Kind of Love,[6][7] The Secret Life of an American Wife, Fitzwilly, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Do Not Disturb, Tender Is the Night, Thunder in the Sun and Moment to Moment.[2] During his screen career, in 1965, he played the villainous Captain Jacques Tremaine in Sam Peckinpah's film Major Dundee, and as Pedro Quinn, a sugar mogul working with Alejandro Sosa (Paul Shenar) in Brian De Palma's 1983 film Scarface, starring Al Pacino.[8] He also guest-starred in numerous television programs including Adventures of Superman, 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, The Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Batman, Mission: Impossible, The F.B.I., The Rockford Files, and Three's Company. He retired from acting in 1984.[2]
Personal life and death
In 1950, Carrier married actress Beatriz Ramos in Mexico City. They divorced after he moved to the United States.[9]
Carrier died on May 23, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82.[10]
References
- ↑ "Scarface (1983)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Albert Carrier". Fandango. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ↑ "New Rocket Fuel?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. March 2, 1964. p. 20. Retrieved December 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Albert Carrier". U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project). Retrieved April 27, 2026 – via Ancestry.com. (subscription required)
- ↑ "Desert Hell (1958)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Albert Carrier Stars In A New Kind Of Love". Brooklyn Daily. Brooklyn, New York. December 28, 1962. p. 21. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Albert Carrier In Shavelson Movie". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. January 2, 1963. p. 32. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Scarface (1983)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Wilt, David E. (2010). The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786461226.
- ↑ "Albert Carrier". AllMovie. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
External links
- Albert Carrier at IMDb
- Albert Carrier at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- Rotten Tomatoes profile
- 1919 births
- 2002 deaths
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male television actors
- 20th-century Canadian male actors
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Male actors from Quebec
- Canadian emigrants to Mexico
- Canadian expatriates in Mexico
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- 20th-century American male actors