Frank Augusto Ramírez Mateus (12 February 1939 – 19 February 2015) was a Colombian actor and television director, playing roles in various series, both American and Colombian.

Biography

Ramírez was the son of Jorge Ismael Ramírez Rojas, pharmacist and member of the

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, and Cecilia Mateus Rico. Ramírez studied at the Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramático in Bogotá, but left for the United States in 1964, studying under

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tutelage. While in the U.S., he took on roles in series such as ''

Barnaby Jones ''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was or ...

'', ''

Lou Grant Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two television series produced by MTM Enterprises for CBS. The first was ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970–1977), a half-hour light-hearted situation comedy in which the character ...

'', and ''

The Flying Nun ''The Flying Nun'' is an American sitcom about a community of nuns which included one who could fly when the wind caught her cornette. It was produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book ''The Fifteenth Pelican,'' written by Tere Rio ...

''. After returning to Colombia, he appeared in the films ''

Cóndores no entierran todos los días ''A Man of Principle'' ( es, Cóndores no entierran todos los días) is a 1984 Colombian drama film directed by Francisco Norden. It is an adaptation of the 1971 novel of the same name written by Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal. It was screened i ...

'' (1984), '' La estrategia del caracol'' (1993), and the telenovela '' La Saga, Negocio de Familia'' (2004). Ramírez's last role was the Colombian version of Héctor Salamanca in '' Metástasis'', a Spanish-language remake of ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...

''. He died at age 76, at ''Clínica Marly'', of

Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms usually emerge slowly, and as the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms becom ...

, in 2015.

Filmography

A partial filmography follows.

Television

* ''

'' (1968) "The Crooked Convent" (S2E2) * ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central character ...

'' (1973) "Whelan's Men" (S18E20) as Breed * ''

'' (1984) * '' La estrategia del caracol'' (1993) * '' Pecados Capitales'' (2003) * '' La Saga, Negocio de Familia'' (2004) * ''

En los tacones de Eva ''En los tacones de Eva'' (English: ''In Eva's Heels'') is a Colombian telenovela created by Elkin Opina, Fernán Rivera and Juan Carlos Troncoso and, that premiered on RCN Televisión on November 14, 2006, and concluded on May 22, 2008. Plot ...

'' (2006) as Jesús Mejía * '' Metástasis'' (2014) as Héctor Salamanca

Film

* ''

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'' (1979) * ''

A Man of Principle ''A Man of Principle'' ( es, Cóndores no entierran todos los días) is a 1984 Colombian drama film directed by Francisco Norden. It is an adaptation of the 1971 novel of the same name written by Gustavo Álvarez Gardeazábal. It was screened i ...

'' (1984) * ''Técnicas de duelo'' (1988) * ''Miracle in Rome'' (1988) * ''María Cano'' (1990) * ''Río Negro'' (1991) * ''

The Strategy of the Snail ''The Strategy of the Snail'' ( es, La estrategia del caracol) is a 1993 Colombian comedy-drama film directed and produced by Colombian filmmaker and director Sergio Cabrera. The film stars Frank Ramírez, Florina Lemaitre, Humberto Dorado, Faus ...

'' (1993) * ''Águilas no cazan moscas'' (1994)

References

External links

* 2015 deaths People from Casanare Department Colombian male film actors Colombian male telenovela actors Colombian male television actors Deaths from Parkinson's disease Neurological disease deaths in Colombia 1939 births {{Colombia-actor-stub