Jaime Sánchez (actor)
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Jaime Luis Sánchez Rodríguez (born December 19, 1938) is a Puerto Rican actor of stage, film and television, active since the 1950s.


Career


Stage

Jaime Luis Sánchez Rodríguez, appearing as Jamie Sanchez, began his acting career on Broadway at the age of 18 in 1957, when he played Chino in the original cast of ''
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''. He also performed in numerous off-Broadway theater productions, including an appearance as Marc Antony in
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's 1979 production of
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's ''
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''.


Screen

;Film Sánchez' film appearances include
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's drama ''
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'' (1962),
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's drama '' The Pawnbroker'' (1964),
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's World War II film ''
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'' (1967) and
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's western ''
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'' (1969). He also had two different roles in both
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's crime drama ''
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'' (1993) and its 2005 prequel '' Carlito's Way: Rise to Power'', directed by Michael Bregman. He plays the role of Miguel's Father in
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's biopic '' Piñero'' (2001), about the Puerto Rican playwright/actor
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played by
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. ;Television On television, Sánchez has appeared on shows such as '' The Fugitive'' (1966), ''
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'' (1970), ''
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'' (1974, 1976), ''
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'' (1985), ''
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'' (1986), ''
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'' (1992), and the second season of ''
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'', in which he appeared as Miguel in 1971.Sesame Street - Beginning theme to episode #179, YouTube
/ref> Sánchez also made appearances in television films, such as
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's action-drama '' Wings of Fire'' (1967),
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's action-adventure ''
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'' (1986), and '' Kojak: It's Always Something'' (1990).


Honors

In 2002, Sánchez received the HOLA Lifetime Achievement Award from the
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(HOLA). In 2008, Jaime Sánchez was invited and honored by the Bar Association of Puerto Rico (Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico), in an event that also honored pioneer actor
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posthumously.


Filmography


Film

*1962: ''
David and Lisa ''David and Lisa'' is a 1962 American drama film directed by Frank Perry. It is based on the second story in the two-in-one novellas ''Jordi/Lisa and David'' by Theodore Isaac Rubin; the screenplay, written by Frank Perry's wife Eleanor Per ...
'' (
Frank Perry Frank Joseph Perry Jr. (August 21, 1930 – August 29, 1995) was an American stage director and filmmaker. His 1962 independent film '' David and Lisa'' earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (writte ...
) - Carlos *1964: '' The Pawnbroker'' (
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) - Jesus Ortiz *1965: ''Heroina'' (Jeronimo Mitchell Melendez) - Chico *1967: ''
Beach Red ''Beach Red'' is a 1967 World War II film starring Cornel Wilde (who also directed and produced) and Rip Torn. The film depicts a landing by the United States Marine Corps on an unnamed Japanese-held Pacific island. The film is based on Peter Bo ...
'' (
Cornel Wilde Cornel Wilde (born Kornél Lajos Weisz; October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989) was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. Wilde's acting career began in 1935, when he made his debut on Broadway. In 1936 he began making small, uncredited ap ...
) - Colombo *1969: ''
The Wild Bunch ''The Wild Bunch'' is a 1969 American epic revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang ...
'' (
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) - Angel *1969: ''El escuadrón del pánico (Nuestro Regimiento)'' (Manuel Mur Oti) *1970: ''Arocho y Clemente'' (Miguel Ángel Álvarez) - Arocho *1971: ''La Palomilla'' (Efrain Lopez Neris) *1973: ''
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'' (
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) - Cop (uncredited) *1974: ''The Minutes and Hours'' (Frany Sardou) *1976: ''
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'' ( Richard C. Sarafian) - New York security

'' Jaime Sanchez (actor credit)
*1977: ''
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'' (
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) - Delveccio *1980: '' On the Nickel'' (
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) - Joe *1985: '' Invasion USA'' (
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) - Castillo *1986: '' Big Trouble'' (
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) - Terrorist chief *1992: '' In the Soup'' (
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) - Uncle Theo *1992: ''
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'' (
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) - Priest *1993: ''
Carlito's Way ''Carlito's Way'' is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by David Koepp, based on the novels '' Carlito's Way'' (1975) and '' After Hours'' (1979) by Judge Edwin Torres. It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelop ...
'' (
Brian De Palma Brian Russell De Palma (; born September 11, 1940) is an Americans, American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for work in the suspense, Crime film, crime, and psychological thriller genres. ...
) - Rudy *1995: ''Fear of Man'' (Short, William Nunez) - The patrol leader *1996: '' Looking for Richard'' (Documentary,
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) - Himself *1998: ''The City (La Ciudad)'' ( David Riker) - The director of the clothing store *2001: '' Piñero'' (
Leon Ichaso Leon Ichaso (August 3, 1948 – May 21, 2023) was a Cuban-born American writer and film director. Some of his prominent works included '' El Super'', ''Crossover Dreams'', '' Bitter Sugar,'' '' Piñero'', and '' El Cantante''. Biography Early l ...
) - Miguel's father *2005: ''The Krutch (Short, 29m, Judith R. Escalona) - Dr. Guzman *2007: ''3 Americas'' (Cristina Kotz Cornejo) - Henry *2011: ''The King Hector Lavoe'' (Antony Felton) - Hector Maisonave *2011: ''Diega!'' (James Aviles Martin) - Guillermo Diego *In production : ''An Artist's Emblem'' (Michael J. Narvaez) - Paco the activist


Television


Bibliography

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References


External links

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