Henry Darrow

1933-09-15 New York City, New York, USA

Biografia

Henry Darrow is a Nuyorican (a New York-born Puerto Rican) character actor of stage and film known for his role as Manolito "Mano" Montoya on the 1960s television series, The High Chaparral. In film, Darrow played the corrupt and vengeful Trooper Hancock in The Hitcher. Darrow had already landed small parts in 12 movies and 75 television series when he won the role in a play titled The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. This brought him to the attention of television producer David Dortort, who immediately recruited him for his television western series The High Chaparral, casting him as Manolito Montoya. Making its debut on American television in September 1967, it went on to last four seasons and was screened around the world. While on the show, both he and series' lead, Cameron Mitchell, became household names as the breakout stars of the show. Darrow is the first Latino actor to portray Zorro on television. He starred in the series Zorro and Son and also has provided the voice for the animated series of The New Adventures of Zorro. He replaced Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Zorro's father from 1990–1994, in the Family Channel's successful series, The New Zorro. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was seen in numerous guest starring television roles. In 1972, Darrow co-founded the Screen Actors Guild Ethnic Minority Committee with actors Ricardo Montalbán, Edith Diaz and Carmen Zapata. In 1974-75, Darrow portrayed police detective Manny Quinlan in the first season of Harry O, starring David Janssen. The character was killed off at the end of the first season in a re-tooling of the series. In 1986, he appeared in the horror film The Hitcher as Trooper Hancock, a ruthless and vengeful policeman who would go above the law to kill the main protagonist (who was framed for the crimes by the main antagonist). Darrow replaced Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Zorro's father Don Alejandro de la Vega in the 1990s television series Zorro.

Películas

	Soda Springs	El Quijano	2012-03-27
	Primo	Dr. Vasquez	2008-06-19
	A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story	Papi	2006-06-19
	Runaway Jury	Sebald	2003-01-16
	Tequila Body Shots	Doc	1999-05-07
	Enemy Action	Doctor	1999-01-01
	Mom, Can I Keep Her?	Mr. Willard	1998-06-10
	The Fight In The Fields	Narrator	1997-04-16
	Maverick	Riverboat Poker Player	1994-05-20
	Criminal Passion	Captain Ramoz	1994-09-21
	Percy & Thunder	Manuel Valencia	1993-09-07
	Zorro: The Legend Begins		1990-01-10
	The Last of the Finest	Captain Joe Torres	1990-03-09
	L.A. Bounty	Lt. Chandler	1989-09-15
	In Dangerous Company	Alex Aguilar	1988-09-01
	W.A.R.: Women Against Rape	Chief Medina	1987-01-01
	The Hitcher	Trooper Hancock	1986-01-17
	Mission Kill	Senor Borghini	1986-06-19
	Losin' It	Sheriff	1982-08-20
	St. Helens	Lloyd Wagner	1982-01-01
	Seguin	Don Erasmo	1982-01-26
	Rooster	Dr. Sanchez	1982-08-19
	Birds of Paradise	Mario, 'The Jackal'	1981-12-04
	Beyond the Universe	Coblenz	1981-01-01
	Attica	Herman Badillo	1980-03-02
	Walk Proud	Mike Serrano	1979-06-15
	Isabel La Negra		1979-01-01
	When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion	Self	1979-06-05
	Where's Willie?	Sheriff Charlie Wade	1978-04-12
	Halloween with the New Addams Family	Pancho Addams	1977-10-30
	The Invisible Man	Dr. Nick Maggio	1975-05-06
	Aloha Means Goodbye	Dr. David Kalani	1974-10-11
	Hitchhike!	Gardner	1974-02-23
	Night Games	D.A. Jaimie Martinez	1974-03-16
	Badge 373	Sweet William	1973-07-25
	Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John	Calheiros de Menezes	1973-04-21
	Brock's Last Case	Arthur Goldencorn	1973-03-05
	Cancel My Reservation	Joe Little Cloud	1972-09-21
	The Dream of Hamish Mose	Mex	1969-12-31
	The Glass Cage	Police Lab Man	1964-02-06
	Summer and Smoke	Drunk on Porch (uncredited)	1961-11-16
	Curse of the Undead	Roberto Robles (uncredited)	1959-05-01
	Holiday for Lovers	Station wagon driver	1959-07-21