Steve Gravers (born Solomon Gottlieb; April 8, 1922, New York City – died August 22, 1978, Studio City, California) was an American character actor who appeared in numerous television shows and several films in a career that lasted from 1952 until his death in 1978.

Career
A life member of The Actors Studio, Gravers made his Broadway debut in the Studio's production of Michael Gazzo's A Hatful of Rain on November 9, 1955.

This was the same night on which Graver's first featured television performance was aired, a guest appearance on I Spy (not the popular hour-long series which would debut a decade later, but rather a half-hour anthology series hosted/narrated in character by Raymond Massey, as 'Anton the spymaster'), in an episode entitled "Bits and Pieces".

Personal life

Gravers married actress Vitina Marcus, with whom he had two children; the couple divorced in 1960. Gravers lived in California until his death on August 22, 1978, from lung cancer in Studio City, California.

Selected credits

Films

 Al Capone (1959) - Albert Anselmi
 Hell Bent for Leather (1960) - Grover
 Operation Eichmann (1961) - Jacob
 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962) - Daytime
 The Satan Bug (1965) - 2nd Fake SDI Agent (uncredited)
 Across 110th Street (1972) - Tailor Shop Patrolman
 Blood Sabbath (1972) - The Padre
 Wizards (1977) - Blackwolf (voice)
 The Car (1978) - Mr. Mackey

Television

 I Spy (1955) - French Officer
 Peter Gunn (1959) - Frank Kelly
 Have Gun - Will Travel (1959) - Howard Gorman
 The Untouchables (1959-1963) - Harry Tazik / Tony Genna / Birch Henchman (uncredited)
 Dr Kildare (1963) - Albert Case
 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour  (1963, The 31st of February) - The Psychiatrist
 Rawhide (1964) - Fred Adams
 Combat (1964) - Tech Sgt. Martinez
 I Spy (1965-1966) - Patterson / Capt. Richards
 Bonanza (1966) - Martinez (Episode: "To Kill a Buffalo")
 Gunsmoke (1966) - Jed Bailey / Wales
 Get Smart (1967) - Carlos
 Here Come the Brides (1970) - Barney Alton ("Another Game in Town")
 Alias Smith and Jones (1971-1972) - Bartender / Mattson / Bookie / Parson
 Columbo (1972) - Sergeant
 Ironside (1972) - Taxi Driver Jones
 Kojak (1973-1974) - Pullian / Irwin David
 Charlie's Angels (1978) - Cooperman

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1922 births
1978 deaths
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
Male actors from New York City
Deaths from lung cancer in California
20th-century American male actors
Method actors