Val Avery: movies and TV shows
Val Avery has 156 credits in the archive: 73 films and 83 TV series, from 1950 to 2004. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2004 · busiest year: 1965 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Blueberry | Judge | Film | 4.8 | 79 |
| 2001 | In the Shadows | Carlo Pierazzi | Film | 5.3 | 76 |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 1999 | A Fish in the Bathtub | Abe | Film | 6.7 | 74 |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Santo Trafficante Jr. | Film | 7.5 | 72 |
| 1997 | Gold Coast | Jimmy Capp | Film | 5.8 | 72 |
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Gen. Sherman | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Dan Magadan Sr. | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Max Schaeffer | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Russ Sharko | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1987 | Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 | Superintendent of Police | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1986 | Cobra | Chief Halliwell | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1986 | Courage | Pete Solto | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1986 | The Messenger | Clark | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1985 | Moonlighting | Mr. Viola | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1985 | Out of the Darkness | Guido Pressano | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1984 | Hunter | Ray Sullivan | TV | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1984 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | Nunzi | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1984 | Too Scared to Scream | Dr. Richards | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1984 | The Streets | Whitcomb | Film | — | 59 |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | TV | 6.5 | 58 | |
| 1983 | Easy Money | Louie the Bartender | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1983 | The Sting II | O'Malley | Film | 4.8 | 58 |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | TV | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 1982 | Jinxed! | Milt Hawkins | Film | 4.6 | 57 |
| 1982 | Assignment Berlin | Talaat Pasha | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine | Manny | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1981 | Continental Divide | Yablonowitz | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1981 | The Chosen | Teacher | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1981 | Choices | Coach Rizzo | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 1980 | Brubaker | Wendel | Film | 7.1 | 55 |
| 1980 | Gloria | Sill | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1979 | The Amityville Horror | Sgt. Gionfriddo | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1979 | The Wanderers | Mr. Sharp | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1979 | Love and Bullets | Caruso | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1978 | Up in Smoke | Factory Boss | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | TV | 7.1 | 52 | |
| 1977 | Man from Atlantis | Lew | TV | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1977 | Heroes | Mel | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1977 | Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? | Chuck Voit | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Rawley Dinehart | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Blair Benoit | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Chatsworth | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1975 | Baretta | TV | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | TV | 7.3 | 50 | |
| 1975 | Switch | Irving Munn | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1975 | Switch | Rosie Finniston | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1975 | Lucky Lady | Dolph | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1975 | Archer | TV | 7.0 | 50 | |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Lt. Bottomley | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1975 | Russian Roulette | Rudolf Henke | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1974 | The Legend of Hillbilly John | Cobart | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1973 | Kojak | George Janis | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1973 | Papillon | Pascal | Film | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1973 | The Laughing Policeman | Insp. John Pappas SFPD | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1973 | Black Caesar | Cardoza | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1973 | Blood Sport | Frank Dorsdale | Film | 7.9 | 48 |
| 1973 | Firehouse | Sonny Caputo | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Ralph Dobbs | TV | 8.1 | 46 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Artie Jessup | TV | 8.1 | 46 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Harry Barnes | TV | 8.1 | 46 |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 1971 | Nichols | Jasper | TV | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1971 | Monty Nash | Man | TV | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | Monty Nash | Luis Perez | TV | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes | Parelli aka Socks | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Bartender | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz | Zelmo Swift | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1971 | Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! | The Marshal | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Elmo | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 45 | |
| 1970 | The Traveling Executioner | Jake | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1969 | Machine Gun McCain | Chuck Regan (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1969 | A Dream of Kings | Fatas | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 43 | |
| 1968 | Lancer | TV | 5.6 | 43 | |
| 1968 | Faces | Jim McCarthy | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood | Jake Rotherman | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1968 | The Pink Jungle | Rodriguez | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1967 | Ironside | TV | 6.9 | 42 | |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 42 | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Manager | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1967 | Dragnet | Phil Masturian | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 42 | |
| 1967 | Mr. Terrific | Leo | TV | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1967 | Hombre | Delgado | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1967 | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | McDermott | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Al Ross | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Constantine Victor | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 41 | |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | McDermott | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Buck Mason | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen | Trench | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1966 | The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones | Morgan | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1966 | Wild, Wild Winter | Fox | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1965 | Get Smart | KAOS Agent #1 | TV | 7.9 | 40 |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | John Crane | TV | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Roy Sumner | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Carn | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Tony Hendricks | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Max Horton | TV | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | 2nd Killer | TV | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1965 | Honey West | Roger | TV | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1965 | Laredo | TV | 6.4 | 40 | |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Bartender | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1965 | Sylvia | Pudgey Smith (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1965 | Satan's Bed | Film | 3.9 | 40 | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Watowah | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1964 | The Munsters | The Commissar | TV | 7.9 | 39 |
| 1964 | Mr. Broadway | TV | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Jerry Kulik | TV | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Gordie Shiller | TV | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Burns | TV | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Jim Ross | TV | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sergeant | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Colonel Velasquez | TV | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1963 | Hud | Jose | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1963 | The Power and the Glory | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Jim Sunderland | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1962 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Young fighter's promoter | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Mac Peters | TV | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | D.A. Anthony Periko | TV | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Strafaci | TV | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1961 | Everglades | TV | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1961 | The Investigators | Phil Bledsoe | TV | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | TV | 5.0 | 36 | |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | Milt Frielobe | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | Henry | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1960 | Hong Kong | Michael Fortune | TV | — | 35 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Bartender | TV | 8.5 | 34 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sheriff | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato | TV | 5.3 | 34 | |
| 1959 | The Lawless Years | TV | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | Police Chief | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill | Steve, Horseshoe Bartender' | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | TV | 6.6 | 33 | |
| 1958 | Naked City | Franko | TV | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Sherrif Jenkins | TV | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Wilk (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1958 | King Creole | Ralph (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1958 | The Great Gatsby | Joe | Film | — | 33 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | TV | 7.3 | 32 | |
| 1957 | Edge of the City | Brother | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Carson | TV | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Frank (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Joe Nadler | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Dorner | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Trent | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Bull | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | One Touch of Venus | Bus Starter | Film | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | TV | 8.8 | 26 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Gus Shuman | TV | 8.8 | 26 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Driver | TV | 8.8 | 26 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Philip Reilly (The Tall Dark Man) | TV | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Hank | TV | 6.7 | 25 |