Richard Venture

{{short description|American actor (1923-2017)}}

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| birthname = Richard Charles Venturella

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|12}}

| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|19|1923|11|11}}

| death_place = Chester, Connecticut, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1954–2001

| spouse = {{plainlist|

• {{marriage|Grayce Grant|1946|1971|end=divorced}}
• {{marriage|Olivia Cole|1971|1984|end=divorced}}
• {{marriage|Lorraine Venture|1984|1995|end=divorced}}
• {{marriage|Katherine Catalano-Venture|2003|2017}}

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| children = 4

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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 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, 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.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-venture-dead-scent-a-woman-being-actor-was-94-1073180 Richard Venture, Character Actor in 'Scent of a Woman,' 'Being There' and Lots More, Dies at 94]

Venture was born in New York City.{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. III |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017 |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476670324 |page=397|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FspZDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Richard+Charles+Venturella%22&pg=PT411 |access-date=12 July 2018 |language=en}}

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).{{cite web |title=Richard Venture |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/richard-venture-63158 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=12 July 2018 }}

Venture wed actress Grayce Grant in 1946, and they divorced in 1971. They had four children. He was married to actress Olivia Cole from 1971 until their divorce in 1984. He and Lorraine Venture married in 1984 and divorced in 1995.{{cite journal |title=Richard Venture, 94 |journal=Classic Images |date=March 2018 |issue=513 |pages=48, 52}} He was married to Katherine Catalano-Venture in 2003 until his death in 2017.

Venture served in the United States Navy during World War II.