Richard Chaves

Acting

Richard Chaves

Born October 8, 1951 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA (age 74)

Richard John Chaves is an American character actor. In the early 1980s, he began work as an actor taking on various soap opera roles until he gained a role in 1987 as Poncho in the science fiction film Predator. Soon afterward, his career received another boost with the role of Lt. Colonel Ironhorse in the television series War of the Worlds. Chaves once calculated that the volume of fan mail he r…

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PredatorPredator · 1987
Predator
7.61987
MovieScience FictionAction
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
WitnessWitness · 1985
Witness
7.11985
MovieCrimeDrama
While protecting an Amish boy—the sole witness to a brutal murder—and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.
Dear America: Letters Home from VietnamDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam · 1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
7.11987
MovieDocumentaryWar
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof augment the first-person "narrative" by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did not survive it.
L.A. TakedownL.A. Takedown · 1989
L.A. Takedown
5.51989
MovieCrimeThriller
The tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think. Vincent Hanna is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless armed robber Patrick McLaren. After a botched heist, the two men confront each via a full scale battle on the seedy streets of Los Angeles.
Night Eyes IINight Eyes II · 1991
Night Eyes II
6.21991
MovieThrillerRomance
Security expert Will Griffith has been hired to secure the mansion of South American expatriate Hector Mejenes...
The Gambler: The Legend ContinuesThe Gambler: The Legend Continues · 1987
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
6.01987
MovieWesternTV Movie
Brady Hawkes and Billy Montana join forces once again in this new adventure. This time around their goal is to help the Sioux fight the government and get the supplies they need. They also uncover corruption within a government outpost and find themselves in a dangerous position.
Onassis: The Richest Man in the WorldOnassis: The Richest Man in the World · 1988
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
6.61988
MovieDramaTV Movie
Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.
The Penalty PhaseThe Penalty Phase · 1986
The Penalty Phase
5.21986
MovieDramaThriller
Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conservative and incisive. Furthermore, the jury already had a verdict: guilty of the more than 30 charges against him. But suddenly Judge Kenneth Hoffman finds out that the evidence was not obtained legally, so the procedure is void. Judge Hoffman is in the middle of this legal storm, although he wants to apply the law strictly, he will find everybody against him.

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L.A. LawL.A. Law · 1986
L.A. Law
7.11986
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

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