Biography of Albert Salmi

Albert Salmi was a famous American actor who was active in television and theater. Salmi rose to stardom through his work as a character actor. During his time, he appeared in more than 150 film and television productions. Some of the well known acting credits of him include The Outrage , Lost in Space and Brubaker among others. He died at the age of 62 in 1990.

Early life and biography

Actor Salmi was born on March 11, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was born to Finnish immigrant parents and grew up in his hometown. Information about his siblings has not yet been released.

Salmi studied at Haaren High School in Manhattan. Before beginning her acting career, she briefly served in the United States Army during World War II. Later, she studied method acting at the Actors Studio in Manhattan with Polish-American actor Lee Strasberg.

Race

Albert Salmi’s acting career began in 1955 when he played Bo Decker in the Broadway play. Bus stop . He was offered to reprise the role in the 1956 film Bus Stop, which starred Marilyn Monroe, however he declined the offer saying that he did not enjoy film work.

In 1958, he worked on a movie. The Karamazov brothers with Yul Brynner, Lee J. Cobb and Richard Basehart. Salmi made numerous television and film appearances, however his on-screen work was always considered inferior to his stage work.

Salmi guest-starred in various television series and movies during the 1960s. In 1963, he played John Day and Rivers in the episode Pale Rider Incident on the CBS show Rawhide . The other guest roles of him came in the series like The Virginian, Naked City, Stoney Burke , Hawaii Five O and others.

On the other hand, his film credits included The Unforgivable, Outrage Empire of the Ants, and Hard to Hold among others.

Net worth

Albert Salmi had worked on over 150 television, film and stage shows at the time of his death in 1990. Having worked on such large projects, Salmi had undoubtedly made a considerable sum of money from his acting career.

Although Salmi’s exact net worth is not disclosed, it is believed to be in the millions. Meanwhile, some of the online tabloids are reporting that her net worth is valued at around $7 million in 2019, however, it is yet to be verified.

Personal life

The late actor Albert Salmi was married twice. He married his first wife, actress Peggy Ann Garner, on May 18, 1956, in New York City. They met while performing in the National Bus Stop Company production tour in 1955.

Salmi had a son with his first wife, Catherine Ann ‘Cas’ Salmi , whom they gave birth to on March 30, 1957. Catherine died at the age of 38 in 1995. Shortly after five years of marriage, Salmi and Garner they divorced in 1961.

Three years after the divorce, Salmi married his second wife, Cone Roberta Pollock in 1964. The couple gave birth to two children; daughters Elizabeth and Jennifer. He also separated from his second wife and moved into her condo in Idaho, while Roberta stayed in her family home.

Roberta filed for divorce from Salmi in 1990; she cited her husband’s addiction to alcohol and her abusive behavior as the reason for their separation from her. Roberta later took out a restraining order against her husband. Meanwhile, Salmi denied physically abusing his then-estranged wife and blamed her emotional difference for his separation from her.

Death

Legendary Broadway actor Salmi and his ex-wife, Roberta, were found dead in their Washington home on April 23, 1990. One of Roberta’s friends stopped by to check on her as he found them both dead.

It was later reported that Salmi, suffering from severe clinical depression, shot his wife to death in the kitchen of the house before turning the gun on himself. Police declared the incident a murder-suicide.

Salmi’s funeral was held at the Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home and he was later cremated.