
                             EXHIBIT 23
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                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
Action Industries, Inc.



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (Form S-8 No. 33-48361 and 33-48362) pertaining to the
Stock Option Plan and Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan of
Action Industries, Inc. and in the related Prospectuses of our
report dated September 14, 1995, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedules of Action Industries, Inc.
included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June
24, 1995.


ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 21, 1995


