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While the name Albert Salmi might not ring a bell, his face looks awfully familiar. That's because Albert was in dozens of films and hundreds of TV shows. With his tall, brawny physique and his ability to intimidate, he was most often cast as the bad guy or the authority figure.
Every now and then, though, a casting director got a bit more creative and put Albert into a more complex role – one in which a bad guy becomes good, a good guy is thought to be bad, or a plain ordinary guy like us did something illegal, but for a good reason.
That's where Albert shone.
A method actor taught by Lee Strasberg himself, Albert was able to produce any emotion necessary to tell us a very effective story. And that was Albert's mission – to teach us a valuable life-lesson and make us better people.
But guess what?
Albert Salmi was not the bad guy many viewers thought he was. Quite the opposite, in fact. He was more victim than villain.
The biography of Albert Salmi, Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story, was published February 15, 2004 by BearManor Media. Classic Images magazine named Spotlights & Shadows "Book of the Year – 2004".
On Dec. 1, 2009, BearManor Media released an audio version of Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi Story, read by Sandra Grabman and including new information on Albert. Radio host Joel Blumberg, whose weekly program, Silver Screen Audio airs every Monday night over WGBB radio 1240 AM, voiced the excerpts from Salmi's memoirs, quoted in the book.
Find out more about Albert Salmi here:
Tom Winegar's tribute to Albert
Albert's TV Tome page
Albert's TV film schedule this month
Albert's TV film schedule this week
Albert's Who2 page
Albert Salmi: WWII Military Record, by Sandra Grabman
Spotlights & Shadows: The Albert Salmi
Story, by Sandra Grabman, is available
through these on-line booksellers:
BearManor Media
Amazon US
The audio version of Spotlights & Shadows:
The Albert Salmi Story is also available through
With 7 hours and 8 chapters, including new information on Albert Salmi, the audio-book may be ordered as CDs or by MP3 download.