Known for Acting
Born
January 26, 1941
Died
January 6, 1995 (age 53)
Birthplace
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Filmography
26 films, 8 shows


The Getaway
1994 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.


Deep Cover
1992 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.


The Mighty Quinn
1989 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The men have been friends since childhood.


Red Scorpion
1988 · 1h 45m
country: Namibia
A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.


Death of an Angel
1986 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Grace, a priest, tracks her missing daughter to a religious community where the strange father Angel is keeping a wooden Jesus figure that sheds actual blood. When the cross is stolen, Grace decides to help out to get her daughter back.


Invasion U.S.A.
1985 · 1h 47m
country: United States
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.


Deal of the Century
1983 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.


Back Roads
1981 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.


When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979 · 1h 53m
country: United States
A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.


Battered
1978 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their husbands.


Siege
1978 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. After learning that the police are stymied because the victims are too scared to testify against the bullying leader, a semi-retired toolmaker decides to take a stand.


Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
1977 · 1h 40m
country: United States
An airplane carrying coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the venomous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the venomous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees


Raid on Entebbe
1976 · 2h 25m
country: United States
Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane landed in Uganda. The terrorists released some passengers, keeping 94 Jews and 12 air crew hostage. The Israeli government would not negotiate. A rescue plan was devised, and less than 100 commandos were flown across Africa to rescue the passengers in surprisingly successful operation.


Special Delivery
1976 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.


Sky Hei$t
1975 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A husband and wife come up with a plan to steal $10 million in gold, using the hijacking of a police helicopter as a diversion.


Hustling
1975 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
Santiago's America
Santiago's America
1975 · 1h
country: Unknown
A Puerto Rican boy is invited to a prestigious conference in LA.


Senior Power
1975 · 19m
country: Unknown
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and North Hollywood Federal Savings and Loan team up to teach senior citizens some useful tips on avoiding purse snatcher, burglars, and armed robbers.


The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974 · 1h 45m
country: United States
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.


Harry and Tonto
1974 · 1h 55m
country: United States
Harry Coombes is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States — visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.


The Super Cops
1974 · 1h 30m
country: United States
The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin."


The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973 · 2h 5m
country: United States
A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
Santiago's Ark
Santiago's Ark
1972 · 59m
country: United States
An early ABC Afterschool Speical about an imaginative and determined 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy who builds a sailing ship to sail around Central Park. Followed in 1975 by the sequel "Santiago's America."


The Hospital
1971 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.


Born to Win
1971 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".


The Cross and the Switchblade
1970 · 1h 46m
country: United States
David Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involved with.