Richard Chaves
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Biography: 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 received outnumbered the rest of the cast members by a four or five to one ratio.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Birthday: October 08, 1951
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Gender: Male
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Predator
Overview: A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-12
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L.A. Takedown
Overview: Michael Mann's gutsy telefilm tells 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.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-27
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The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
Overview: 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.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-22
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 1988-05-01
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Baja Run
Overview: A young Japanese woman and a naive American drug courier witness a L.A. drug-deal-gone-wrong shootout, and flee into Mexico with the drug money while being chased by two hit men.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-30
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Night Eyes II
Overview: Security expert Will Griffith has been hired to secure the mansion of South American expatriate Hector Mejenes...
Genres: Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-01
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Cease Fire
Overview: Tim Murphy is a Vietnam Vet. When he loses his job he starts to relive all the pain and horror of his time in Vietnam. The stresses and strains nearly destroy his marriage and his family. Only after joining a veterans' therapy group does Tim find relief from his nightmares. With the support of his fellow vets and the love of his wife, Tim recovers. Written by Pfyre Caidmon
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-18
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The Penalty Phase
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-18
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Witness
Overview: A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-08
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Fire on the Mountain
Overview: A young real estate developer returns to his hometown to make a land killing but soon takes up the cause of a crusty old-timer in his struggles with the government which wants his ranch for an Army missile base.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-23
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Night Realm
Overview: Action-fantasy.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-12
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If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the 1987 sci-fi/action film that has since become one of the modern classics, about a team of special forces soldiers who find themselves being stalked and killed by a hunter from another world. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate their experiences in bringing this film to life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-10
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