Nick Cravat

Nicholas Cuccia (January 11, 1912 – January 29, 1994), known as Nick Cravat, was an American actor and stuntman. He co-starred with Burt Lancaster in nine movies.James McKay, The Films of Victor Mature (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013), pp. 107–108 He played a mute character in movies such as Davy Crockett and King of the Wild Frontier. He did not have speaking roles because he could not hide his thick Brooklyn accent.

Cravat was born in New York City.Gene Scott Freese, Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2d ed. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2014), p. 64 On January 29, 1994 he died of lung cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.Harris M. Lentz, Obituaries in the Performing Arts (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1996), p. 47

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