Valentin de Vargas

Valentin de Vargas (born Albert Charles Schubert; April 27, 1935 – June 10, 2013) was an American actor known for appearing in films in the 1950s and 1960s.

Two of his prominent roles were as a gangster threatening Janet Leigh in Orson Welles' Touch of Evil (1958) and playing Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez in Hatari!

After serving in the United States Army, de Vargas made his film debut in The Blackboard Jungle while still attending Loyola Marymount University.

He had responded to a flyer posted at Loyola to audition for a high school student role in the film.

In the 1960s he appeared on television programs including Bonanza, Daniel Boone, The Wild Wild West, That Girl S3, E2, Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, The High Chaparral, Mission: Impossible, Barnaby Jones, The Streets of San Francisco, and Dallas.