What is Nick Cravat?
[[File:Circus-Lancaster-Cravat.jpg|thumb|200px|Nick Cravat (right)]] '''Nicholas Cuccia''' (January 11, 1912 – January 29, 1994), known as '''Nick Cravat''', was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]] and [[stuntman]]. He [[co-star]]red with [[Burt Lancaster]] in nine [[movie]]s.<ref name=McKay107.8>James McKay, ''The Films of Victor Mature'' (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013), pp. 107–108</ref> He played a [[Muteness|mute]] character in movies such as ''Davy Crockett'' and ''King of the Wild Frontier''. He did not have speaking [[role]]s because he could not hide his thick [[Brooklyn]] [[accent]].<ref name=McKay107.8/> Cravat was born in [[New York City]].<ref>Gene Scott Freese, ''Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary'', 2d ed. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2014), p. 64</ref> On January 29, 1994 he died of [[lung cancer]] in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref>Harris M. Lentz, ''Obituaries in the Performing Arts'' (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1996), p. 47</ref> == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|id=0186576|name=Nick Cravat}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cravat, Nick}} [[Category:Actors from New York City]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:1994 deaths]] {{us-actor-stub}}