Acting

Abel Franco

Born October 22, 1922 · El Paso, Texas, USA

Died June 15, 2000 · aged 77

No biography available.

Known For

¡Three Amigos!¡Three Amigos! · 1986
¡Three Amigos!
6.31986
MovieComedyWestern
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
Blazing SaddlesBlazing Saddles · 1974
Blazing Saddles
7.21974
MovieWesternComedy
Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.
The Falcon and the SnowmanThe Falcon and the Snowman · 1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
6.41985
MovieThrillerDrama
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
El NorteEl Norte · 1983
El Norte
7.11983
MovieAdventureDrama
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.
It Started with a KissIt Started with a Kiss · 1959
It Started with a Kiss
5.51959
MovieComedyRomance
While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a charity raffle. Both his wife and the car turn out to be problematic.
Zoot SuitZoot Suit · 1981
Zoot Suit
6.41981
MovieDramaMusic
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
Holiday for LoversHoliday for Lovers · 1959
Holiday for Lovers
6.31959
MovieComedy
Clifton Webb as a strict, conservative father heads the cast of this 1959 comedy, about an American family vacationing in South America. Directed by Henry Levin, the film also features Jane Wyman, Jill St. John, Carol Lynley, Paul Henreid, Gary Crosby, Henny Backus, Wally Brown, Gardner McKay and Jose Greco.
SeguinSeguin · 1982
Seguin
1982
MovieHistory
A dramatization of the life of Juan Seguin, a heroic Mexican-Texan who became entangled in the struggle between two contrasting cultures in the turbulent decade between the Texas Revolution (1836) and the Mexican-American War (1846-1847).

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