Albert Salmi

Albert Salmi Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: March 11, 1928

Death Date: April 22, 1990 — 62 years old

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York

Spouses: Peggy Ann Garner

Albert Salmi served in the United States Army before studying Method acting with Lee Strasberg. Following a stint on stage, including a role in "Bus Stop" on Broadway, his film debut came in 1958 alongside Yul Brynner and William Shatner in "The Brothers Karamazov." Salmi also starred with Gregory Peck in "The Bravados" before moving back to television.

Throughout the 1960s he appeared in numerous TV shows including "The Twilight Zone," "Lost in Space," "Gunsmoke," "Combat!," and "Bonanaza." He continued to work primarily in television throughout the 1970s and 1980s with roles on shows like "Baretta," "Police Story," "Dallas," and "The A-Team."

Police in Spokane, Washington, found Salmi and his wife shot to death in their home in April 1990. Salmi had been suffering from depression, and police reports claim that he murdered his wife, from whom he was estranged, before killing himself.

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Breaking In

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Johnny Scot
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1989

Mission: Impossible

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1988

Born American

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Drane
Movie
1986

Murder, She WroteStream

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Joe Downing
Series
1984

Best Kept Secrets

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Ed Dietz
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1984

Hard to Hold

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Johnny Lawson
Movie
1984

Fatal Vision

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Judge Dupree
Movie
1984

The A-TeamStream

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Jonathan Fletcher
Series
1983

Knight RiderStream

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Series
1982

Thou Shalt Not Kill

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Hugh Grover
Movie
1982

Love Child

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Captain Ellis
Movie
1982

Superstition

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Inspector Sturgess
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1982

Simon & Simon

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1981

The Fall GuyStream

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1981

Burned at the Stake

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Capt. Billingham
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1981

St. Helens

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Clyde Whittaker
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1981

DragonslayerStream

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Greil
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1981
84%

Le Dragon du lac de feu

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Greil
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1981

Cloud Dancer

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Ozzie Randolph
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1980

Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger

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Haywood
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1980

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Mr. Noonan
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1980
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Cuba Crossing

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1980

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Rory Poke
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1980
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Trapper John, M.D.

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1979

Hart to HartStream

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1979

B. J. and the Bear

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1979

Love and BulletsStream

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Andy Minton
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1979

Steel

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Tank
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1979

DallasStream

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1978

Undercover With the KKK

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Lester Mitchell
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1978

The Sweet Creek County War

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1978

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Cortland
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1977
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Empire of the Ants

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Sheriff Art Kincade
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1977

Moonshine County Express

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1977

79 Park Avenue

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1977

Black Oak Conspiracy

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1977

Petrocelli

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1974

TattletalesStream

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The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

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Splint
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1974

The Take

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Dolek
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1974

Night Games

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1974

Police Story

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1973

Barnaby JonesStream

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1973

Female Artillery

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1973

Moving Target

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1973

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1972

Kung FuStream

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1972

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Joe Marley
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1971

LawmanStream

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1971
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Escape From the Planet of the ApesStream

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E-1
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1971
75%

Kung Fu

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Reuben Branch/Shawn Mulhare/Raif
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1971

Something Big

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Jonny Cobb
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1971

The Deserter

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Schmidt
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1971

Night GalleryStream

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1970

The Interns

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1970

McCloudStream

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1970

Menace on the Mountain

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1970

Love, American Style

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Victor
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1969

The Wonderful World of Disney

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1969

The Manhunter

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Rafe Augustine
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1969

The Name of the Game

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1968

Three Guns for Texas

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Cletus Grogan
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1968

Gentle Ben

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1967

The High Chaparral

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1967

Cimarron Strip

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1967

Hour of the GunStream

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Octavius Roy
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1967
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The Flim-Flam Man

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Deputy Meshaw
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1967
75%

The AmbushersStream

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Jose Ortega
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1967

JerichoStream

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1966

That GirlStream

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1966

The Meanest Men in the West

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Quinn
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1966

Laredo

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1965

Lost in SpaceStream

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Capt. Alonzo P. Tucker
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1965

I SpyStream

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1965

The Big ValleyStream

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1965

A Man Called Shenandoah

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1965

Daniel BooneStream

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Yadkin
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1964

12 O'Clock High

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1964

The Outrage

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Sheriff
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1964

The FugitiveStream

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Chuck
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1963

Combat!

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1962

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

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1962

The VirginianStream

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1962

Route 66Stream

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1960

Wild RiverStream

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1960
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The UnforgivenStream

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Charlie Rawlins
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1960
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The Untouchables

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1959

The Twilight ZoneStream

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Sgt. Causarano
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1959
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BonanzaStream

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1959

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1959

RawhideStream

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1959

The BravadosStream

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Ed Taylor
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1958
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The Brothers KaramazovStream

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1958
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Wagon TrainStream

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Frank Carter
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1957

Have Gun -- Will TravelStream

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1957

Tales of Wells FargoStream

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Jeremiah Logart
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1955

GunsmokeStream

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1955

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Studio One

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