Richard Venture (born Richard Charles Venturella; November 12, 1923 – December 19, 2017) was an American actor. He performed in more than eighty films from 1964 to 2001. His television guest-credits include ''

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'', '' Fame'', Street Hawk and ''Murder, She Wrote''. Venture died just 31 days prior to ex-wife actress Olivia Cole, in December 2017 at the age of 94. Venture was born in New York City. He debuted on Broadway in ''Dinosaur Wharf'' (1951). His other Broadway credits included ''The National Health'' (1974), ''Chemin de Fer'' (1973), ''The Visit'' (1973), ''Murderous Angels'' (1971), ''Solitaire / Double Solitaire'' (1971) ''Double Solitaire'' (1971), and ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1951). Venture wed actress Grayce Grant in 1946, and they divorced in 1971. They had four children. He was married to actress

Olivia Cole Olivia Carlena Cole (November 26, 1942 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress, best known for her Emmy Award-winning role in the 1977 miniseries ''Roots''. Early life and education Cole was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Ar ...

from 1971 until their divorce in 1984. He and Lorraine Venture married in 1984 and divorced in 1995. He was married to Katherine Catalano-Venture in 2003 until his death in 2017. Venture served in the

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during

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* 1923 births 2017 deaths American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from New York City 20th-century American male actors United States Navy personnel of World War II {{US-theat-actor-1920s-stub