whom he had four children. On May 18, 2008, Pevney died at home in Palm Desert, California, at age 96. Selected filmography As actor: Nocturne (1946) as Fingers Body and Soul (1947) as Shorty Polaski The Street with No Name (1948) as Matty Thieves' Highway (1949) as Pete Outside the Wall (1950) as Gus Wormser Shakedown (1950) as Keller, the reporter (uncredited, final film role) As director: Shakedown (1950) Undercover Girl (1950) The Iron Man (1951) The Lady from Texas (1951) The Strange Door (1951) Air Cadet (1951) Flesh and Fury (1952) Meet Danny Wilson (1952) Because of You (1952) Just Across the Street (1952) Desert Legion (1953) Back to God's Country (1953) It Happens Every Thursday (1953) Yankee Pasha (1954) Playgirl (1954) 3 Ring Circus (1954) Six Bridges to Cross (1955) Foxfire (1955) Female on the Beach (1955) Away All Boats (1956) Congo Crossing (1956) Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) The Midnight Story (1957) Istanbul (1957) Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) Torpedo Run (1958) Twilight for the Gods (1958) Cash McCall (1959) The Crowded Sky (1960) The Plunderers (1960) Portrait of a Mobster (1961) The Night of the Grizzly (1966) References External links 1911 births 2008 deaths American male film actors American television directors Film directors from New York City Hugo Award winners Vaudeville performers 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American male actors Burials at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery 21st-century American Jews