Richard Hartunian(1932-1972)
- Actor
Richard Hartunian was slated to be the next
James Dean in Hollywood. He starred
in Hot Rod Rumble (1957), where he
put his mark. Cousin of Wayne Hartunian,
who worked at MGM studios for 7 years as did his father-in-law, Charles
"Hovey" Hovland, who worked for MGM studios for 40 years, helped
pioneer it with his wives family (the Gray's) in the late 1930s. Rich
entertainment blood ran through the family tree. Richard's wife is
actress Virginia Aldridge, who played
"Lieutenant Karen Tracy" in
Wolf in the Fold (1967),
a second season episode of
Star Trek (1966): The Original
Series. Hartunian is the third cousin of actress
Michele Cummins (aka Michele
Hartunian-Cummins), who resides in Vancouver, B.C. Family is Armenian &
Richard's parents migrated to Fresno, California around 1913-1915 from
the Armenian Genocide.
