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Rick Vallin (September 24, 1919 – August 31, 1977) was an actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1938 and 1966. ==Biography== Born Eric Efron in Russia, Vallin came to America while still young. He started his Hollywood career with an uncredited part in the film ''Freshman Year''.〔(''Freshman Year'' at IMDb.com )〕 He later joined the Pasadena Playhouse in 1942, and the same year received his first co-star billing in the film ''The Panther's Claw'' together with Sidney Blackmer,〔(''The Panther's Claw'' at IMDb.com )〕 and showed promising leading man material in ''Secrets of a Co-Ed'' with Otto Kruger.〔(''Secrets of a Co-Ed'' at IMDb.com )〕 But what was seeming to be a career pointed to stardom, turned later into secondary roles in several B-movies and cliffhanger serials. For the most part, Vallin interpreted the hero's dullish sidekick, a secondary villain, or a prominent ethnic figure. In the minds of studio filmmakers, he had a tight B-movie image and found any advance to the "A" ranks almost impossible. By the mid-1930s, Vallin had moved considerably down the credits list, until he became a mainstay in the Columbia Pictures serials and appeared in a few of the Bowery Boys 1940s capers. His successful union with Columbia also kept him active in minor roles in three Johnny Weissmuller's ''Jungle Jim'' movies, playing both sinister villains and savage natives. Occasionally he showed up in such television series as ''Brave Eagle'', ''Sheriff of Cochise'', ''Bat Masterson'', ''Jefferson Drum'', ''The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'', ''The Lone Ranger'' and ''Wyatt Earp''. He was also cast on ''The Adventures of Superman'', as well in both ''The Gene Autry Show'' and ''The Roy Rogers Show''. His last appearance was a guest role on ''Daniel Boone'' in 1966. Vallin died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of fifty-seven. He is interred at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rick Vallin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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