Albert Valéry Dufour (February 5, 1927 – July 27, 2000), known as Val Dufour, was an American
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
. Born in
, Dufour's parents were of
Parisian French descent.
Dufour first appeared on
episodic television in 1952, and amassed appearances on over a dozen series. He was best known for his role as John Wyatt on the
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
''
Search for Tomorrow
''Search for Tomorrow'' is an American television soap opera. It began its run on CBS on September 3, 1951, and concluded on NBC, 35 years later, on December 26, 1986.
Set in the fictional town of Henderson in an unspecified state, the show focu ...
'', which he played from 1972 to 1979. Dufour won a
Daytime Emmy Award
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for his performance in 1977. Before his debut on ''Search for Tomorrow'', Dufour was also noted for his role as Walter Curtin on ''
Another World'' from 1967 to 1972 and for his role of Andre Lazar on ''
The Edge of Night
''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions.
It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that networ ...
''.
Dufour died in
Manhattan
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in 2000 of
cancer
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.
Filmography
References
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1927 births
2000 deaths
Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
20th-century American male actors
American male soap opera actors
Daytime Emmy Award winners
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners
Male actors from New Orleans
Male actors from Louisiana
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