{{short description|Canadian-American actor (1919–2002)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Albert Carrier | image = Albert Carrier in One Step Beyond (The Secret).jpg | caption = Carrier in ''One Step Beyond'', 1959 | birth_name = Alberto Carrieri | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|16}} | birth_place = Magog, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|05|23|1919|10|16}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1950–1984 | spouse = {{marriage|Beatriz Ramos|1950||end=div.}} }}
'''Albert Carrieri''' (October 16, 1919 – May 23, 2002) was a Canadian-American film and television actor. He was best known for playing Pedro Quinn, a sugar mogul working with Alejandro Sosa (Paul Shenar) in the 1983 film ''Scarface''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/43082/Scarface/overview|title=Scarface (1983)|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325063340/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/43082/Scarface/overview|archive-date=March 25, 2015|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> He was also known for playing the role of the villainous Captain Jacques Tremaine in the 1965 film ''Major Dundee''.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fandango.com/people/albert-carrier-98941|title=Albert Carrier|work=Fandango|access-date=December 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/88615811/|title=New Rocket Fuel?|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|date=March 2, 1964|access-date=December 26, 2021|page=20|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
== Life and career == Carrier was born in Magog, Quebec. He began his acting career in Mexico in 1950 during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, billed as 'Alberto Carrière'.<ref name="a" /> In 1951, he played the lead role of Fernando Sandoval in the Julio Bracho film ''History of a Heart''. Four years later, he moved to Los Angeles, California and gained his United States citizenship in the 1950s,<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert Carrier |url=https://www-ancestryinstitution-com/search/collections/1629/records/8045422 |publisher=U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)|access-date=April 27, 2026|via=Ancestry.com}} {{Closed access}} {{Subscription required}}</ref> thereafter appeared in numerous films and television programs.<ref name="a" />
In 1958, Carrier co-starred in the film ''Desert Hell'', where he played the role of Sgt St. Clair.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/89172/Desert-Hell/overview|title=Desert Hell (1958)|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325122927/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/89172/Desert-Hell/overview|archive-date=March 25, 2016|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> He appeared in films such as ''Two Weeks in Another Town'', ''A New Kind of Love'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/577662251/|title=Albert Carrier Stars In ''A New Kind Of Love''|work=Brooklyn Daily|location=Brooklyn, New York|date=December 28, 1962|access-date=December 17, 2021|page=21|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/370116239/|title=Albert Carrier In Shavelson Movie|work=The Evening Sun|location=Baltimore, Maryland|date=January 2, 1963|access-date=December 17, 2021|page=32|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> ''The Secret Life of an American Wife'', ''Fitzwilly'', ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'', ''Do Not Disturb'', ''Tender Is the Night'', ''Thunder in the Sun'' and ''Moment to Moment''.<ref name="a" /> During his screen career, in 1965, he played the villainous Captain Jacques Tremaine in the Sam Peckinpah film ''Major Dundee'', and as Pedro Quinn, a sugar mogul working with Alejandro Sosa (Paul Shenar) in the Brian De Palma 1983 film ''Scarface''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/43082/Scarface/overview|title=Scarface (1983)|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325063340/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/43082/Scarface/overview|archive-date=March 25, 2015|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> He also guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''Adventures of Superman'', ''77 Sunset Strip'', ''Maverick'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''One Step Beyond'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Batman'', ''Mission: Impossible'', ''The F.B.I.'', ''The Rockford Files'', and ''Three's Company''. He retired from acting in 1984.<ref name="a" />
== Personal life and death == In 1950, Carrier married actress Beatriz Ramos in Mexico City. They divorced after he moved to the United States.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilt |first=David E. |title=The Mexican Filmography, 1916 through 2001 |publisher=McFarland |year=2010 |isbn=978-0786461226}}</ref>
Carrier died on May 23, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/albert-carrier-an19552|title=Albert Carrier|work=AllMovie|access-date=July 15, 2024}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1950|| ''Una mujer sin destino'' || || |- |1951|| ''History of a Heart'' || Fernando Sandoval || |- | rowspan="3" |1952|| ''Mamá nos quita los novios'' || Otto Krugenberg || |- | ''Se le pasó la mano'' || || |- | ''Prisionera del recuerdo'' || Papá de Marcela || |- | rowspan="4" |1953|| ''Mujeres que trabajan'' || Alfredo Berman || |- | ''The Unfaithful'' || Carlos || Uncredited |- | ''Eugenia Grandet'' || Socio de Carlos || |- | ''Our Father'' || Frenchman || |- | rowspan="2" |1954|| ''When I Leave'' || Ralph || |- | ''Black Ace'' || El francés || |- | rowspan="2" |1955|| ''Bengazi'' || MacMillan || |- | ''Desert Sands'' || Ducco || |- | rowspan="2" |1956|| ''Anything Goes'' || Assistant Purser || rowspan="5" | Uncredited |- | ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'' || French Policeman |- | rowspan="5" |1957|| ''Istanbul'' || Mauret |- | ''Silk Stockings'' || Reporter |- | ''Tip on a Dead Jockey'' || French Official |- | ''Panama Sal'' || Moray || |- | ''The Sad Sack'' || French Aide || Uncredited |- | rowspan="2" |1958|| ''Desert Hell'' || Sergeant St. Clair || |- | ''The Perfect Furlough'' || Hairdresser || Uncredited |- | rowspan="3" |1959|| ''Thunder in the Sun'' || Basque || |- | ''Ask Any Girl'' || Etienne || rowspan="2" | Uncredited |- | ''The Wreck of the Mary Deare'' || Ambulance Attendant |- |1960|| ''Spring Affair'' || Arthur || |- |1961|| ''Operation Eichmann'' || Airline Attendant || Uncredited |- | rowspan="3" |1962|| ''Tender Is the Night'' || Louis || |- | ''Hitler'' || Reporter at Party || rowspan="8" | Uncredited |- | ''Two Weeks in Another Town'' || Mario |- | rowspan="4" |1963|| ''A New Kind of Love'' || Gendarme |- | ''Take Her, She's Mine'' || Assistant manager |- | ''The Wheeler Dealers'' || French Headwaiter |- | ''The Prize'' || French Reporter |- | rowspan="2" |1964|| ''A Global Affair'' || French UN Delegate |- | ''Bedtime Story'' || Assistant manager |- | rowspan="2" |1965|| ''Major Dundee'' || Cpt. Jacques Tremaine || |- | ''Do Not Disturb'' || Reynard || |- | rowspan="3" |1966|| ''Moment to Moment'' || Travel Agent || |- | ''Batman'' || French Delegate || rowspan="3" | Uncredited |- | ''Not with My Wife, You Don't!'' || Vittorio |- | rowspan="2" |1967|| ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' || Adrian Huntley |- | ''Fitzwilly'' || Pierre || |- |1968|| ''The Secret Life of an American Wife'' || Jean-Claude || |- |1970|| ''Darling Lili'' || Night Club M.C. || rowspan="2" | Uncredited |- |1973|| ''Cleopatra Jones'' || French Officer |- |1980|| ''The Formula'' || Butler || |- |1982|| ''Voyager from the Unknown'' || Policeman || |- |1983|| ''Scarface'' || Pedro Quinn || |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | rowspan="3" |1956 |''Passport to Danger'' |Alvaro |Episode: "Baja California" |- |''Screen Directors Playhouse'' |Croupier |Episode: "The Bitter Waters" |- |''Soldiers of Fortune'' |French Officer |Episode: "The Danger Sisters" |- | rowspan="2" |1957 |''The Man Called X'' |Victor |Episode: "Train Blow-Up" |- |''Adventures of Superman'' |Pierre Lamont |Episode: "Peril in Paris" |- |1957, 1958 |''Suspicion'' |Pierre, Policeman |2 episodes |- | rowspan="5" |1958|| ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' || Garçon || Episode: "Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty" |- |''Mr. Adams and Eve'' |Maurice |Episode: "Planes That Pass in the Night" |- |''Maverick'' |Phillipe Theriot |Episode: "Island in the Swamp" |- |''The Loretta Young Show'' |Andre |Episode: "The Happy Widow" |- |''The Veil'' |Philippe Jussard |Episode: "The Crystal Ball" |- | rowspan="6" |1959 |''Northwest Passage'' |Marquis de Montcalm |Episode: "The Secret of the Cliff" |- |''Death Valley Days'' |Cpt. Molet |Episode: "A Town is Born" |- |''The Third Man'' |Comissaire |Episode: "Confessions of an Honest Man" |- |''Alcoa Presents One Step Beyond'' |Jeremy |Episode: "The Secret" |- |''Bronco'' |Philip de Nilon |Episode: "Flight from an Empire" |- |''Bourbon Street Beat'' |Andre Lamartine |Episode: "Portrait of Lenore" |- |1959, 1960 |''77 Sunset Strip'' |Claude, Captain's Aide |2 episodes |- | rowspan="5" |1960 |''The Millionaire'' |Frenchman |Episode: "Millionaire Janie Harris" |- |''Adventures in Paradise'' |Triveaux, Pierre |2 episodes |- |''Sugarfoot'' |Count Raoul Beauchamp |Episode: "Man from Medora" |- |''Surfside 6'' |Andre Martine |Episode: "The International Net" |- |''Peter Loves Mary'' |Cpt. Farquart |Episode: "Wilma's Phantom Lover" |- | rowspan="2" |1962 |''Mister Ed'' |Roberto |Episode: "Ed, the Matchmaker" |- |''The Twilight Zone'' |Frenchman |Episode: "Cavender Is Coming" |- |1963 |''Hazel'' |Carlo Fiore |Episode: "Piccolo Mondo" |- | rowspan="2" |1964 |''My Favorite Martian'' |Andre Dupre |Episode: "Martin and the Eternal Triangle" |- |''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' |Headwaiter |Episode: "Strech vs. Kid Schenk" |- | rowspan="2" |1964, 1965 |''Kraft Suspense Theatre'' |Frenchy, Ambulance Attendant |2 episodes |- |''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'' |Racine, Man |2 episodes |- | rowspan="2" |1965 |''The Rogues'' |Jean Sorel |Episode: "Grave Doubts" |- |''Daniel Boone'' |Charles Penet, Marquis de Lafayette |2 episodes |- |1966|| ''Batman'' || Pete Savage || 2 episodes |- |1967 |''The Invaders'' |Frenchman |Episode: "Summit Meeting (Part II)" |- |1968, 1969 |''It Takes a Thief'' |Guest, Croupier |2 episodes |- |1968, 1970 |''Mission: Impossible'' |Captain, Pierre Morat |2 episodes |- |1969 |''The F.B.I.'' |Gendarme |Episode: "Caesar's Wife" |- |1969, 1970 |''That Girl'' |Jean-Paul Lemairre, Waiter |2 episodes |- |1976 |''Captains and the Kings'' |French Gentleman |Miniseries |- | rowspan="2" |1977 |''Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target'' |Servant |TV movie |- |''The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries'' |Paris Hotel Clerk |Episode: "Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (Part I)" |- | rowspan="2" |1978 |''Keefer'' |Henri |TV movie |- |''The Bastard'' |Valet |Miniseries |- |1979 |''The Rockford Files'' |Monty |Episode: "With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind?" |- |1980 |''Three's Company'' |Maurice |Episode: "Lee Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" |- |1981 |''Hart to Hart'' |Croupier |Episode: "Get Aweigh with Murder" |- |1983 |''Voyagers!'' |Policeman |Episode: "Voyagers of the Titanic" |- | rowspan="2" |1984 |''Masquerade'' |Gov. Antonio DeCarmona |Episode: "Five Days" |- |''Sweet Revenge'' |Maitre d'Hotel |TV movie |}
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0140390}} *{{TCM name|29590}} * [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/albert_carrier/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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