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Luis Ávalos is a Actor Cubain born on 2 september 1946 at Havana (Cuba)
Luis Ávalos (September 2, 1946 – January 22, 2014) was a Cuban character actor. He made numerous film and television appearances, most notably in the 1971–1977 children's television show The Electric Company. He joined the show with Denise Nickerson (who was in only season two) and they replaced Irene Cara (who was in only season one and recently departed in 1972) in season two, playing, most notably, Doctor Doolots. He was in seasons two-six of this show. He was good friends with fellow Electric Company star Rita Moreno. His most notable movie role was as Ramon in the 1979 comedy Hot Stuff, in which he starred alongside Jerry Reed, Dom Deluise, and Suzanne Pleshette.
Ávalos also starred as Jesse Rodriguez on the short-lived situation comedy Condo with McLean Stevenson, and as Dr. Tomas Esquivel on the short-lived situation comedy E/R with Elliott Gould and Mary McDonnell. Additionally, he starred as Stavi in the comedy The Ringer with Johnny Knoxville.
He died on January 22, 2014, of heart failure, after a recent heart attack. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles at Burbank.
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Ávalos also starred as Jesse Rodriguez on the short-lived situation comedy Condo with McLean Stevenson, and as Dr. Tomas Esquivel on the short-lived situation comedy E/R with Elliott Gould and Mary McDonnell. Additionally, he starred as Stavi in the comedy The Ringer with Johnny Knoxville.
He died on January 22, 2014, of heart failure, after a recent heart attack. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles at Burbank.
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$5 a Day (2008)
, 1h38Directed by Nigel Cole
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, Sharon Stone, Peter Coyote, Dean Cain
Roles Martinez
Rating62%
Ritchie Flynn Parker (Alessandro Nivola) is a seemingly successful man living in Los Angeles, California who has just broken up with his girlfriend Maggie (Amanda Peet). He has also just been fired from his job as a health inspector when he discovers his father Nat (Christopher Walken), a cheap con-man, has a terminal brain tumor and he wants to see Ritchie. Ritchie, believing it's another con, grudgingly goes to Atlantic City to see his father who explains he has been living on five dollars a day, going to extremes to do so, such as constantly calling various radio station contests with different aliases to win things, like concert tickets he can then scalp. Nat shows Ritchie an x-ray of his skull, and asks Ritchie to drive him to New Mexico to seek a potential cure. The father and son hit the road driving a Sweet'n Low car free of charge provided they get gas at Chevron stations along the way. Ritchie calls his girlfriend to tell her about his life and the trip, using one of Nat's many free cell-phones with promotional minutes.
The Ringer (2005)
, 1h34Directed by Barry W. Blaustein
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Films about disabilities
Actors Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, Brian Cox, Bill Chott, Jed Rees, Edward Barbanell
Roles Stavi
Rating57%
Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville) hates his job but after over two years of working, receives a promotion. His first duty is to fire his friend Stavi, who is the janitor. Steve fires Stavi (Luis Ávalos), but hires him to work around his apartment. Stavi gets three fingers cut off in a lawn-mower accident, and reveals that he doesn't have health insurance. Steve must raise $28,000 within two weeks to pay for the surgery to re-attach his friend's fingers. His uncle Gary (Brian Cox), owes $40,000 in gambling debts and suggests that they fix the Special Olympics in San Marcos, Texas in order to solve both of their financial problems. Steve, who competed in track and field in high school as well as being in the drama club, enters the Special Olympics in the guise of a high functioning young man with learning difficulties named Jeffy Dahmor. Gary, assuming that Steve will easily defeat the legitimate contenders, bets $100,000 that reigning champion Jimmy Washington won't win the gold medal. Despite initially being disgusted at pretending to be mentally challenged, Steve goes along with it for Stavi.
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
, 1h56Directed by Ron Shelton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich
Rating52%
Sergeant Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) is a financially strapped Hollywood homicide detective who began moonlighting as a real estate broker seven years ago. His partner is K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), a much younger officer who teaches yoga on the side and wants to be an actor. The duo are assigned to investigate the murders of four men, members of a rap group called H2OClick who were gunned down in a nightclub by two unidentified assailants. While investigating the murders, the detectives discover there had been a witness in the nightclub who later escaped unnoticed, and work together to track him down. In the midst of it all, Gavilan has to deal with a looming real estate deal that may be the key to getting out of debt, while Calden further pursues his dreams of acting by trying to be scouted by talent agents.
Wishcraft (2002)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Alexandra Holden, Michael Weston, Austin Pendleton, Huntley Ritter, Meat Loaf, Zelda Rubinstein
Roles Mayor Phelan
Rating52%
A high school student named Brett Bumpers (Weston) receives a mysterious package one day. It contains a bull penis totem with a note explaining that it will grant him three wishes. His first wish is for Samantha (Alexandra Holden) to go with him to a spring dance. The next day, Samantha invites him to the dance, and he suspects that his wish has come true. Samantha's boyfriend Cody is the star jock at the school, and he is humiliated by Samantha's decision.
Noriega: God's Favorite (2000)
, 2hDirected by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bob Hoskins, Jeffrey DeMunn, Rosa Blasi, Luis Ávalos, Nestor Carbonell, Tony Plana
Roles President Nicky Barletta
Rating61%
Love Stinks (1999)
, 1h34Directed by Jeff Franklin
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors French Stewart, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Bill Bellamy, Tyra Banks, Steve Hytner, Jason Bateman
Roles Judge
Rating57%
Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at his best friend's (Bellamy) wedding. He's immediately sexually attracted to her while she's instantly attracted to his single-ness. They both ditch their wedding dates and start their own date that same night.
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
, 1h45Directed by John Pasquin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Tim Allen, Martin Short, Sam Huntington, Lolita Davidovich, David Ogden Stiers, JoBeth Williams
Roles Abe
Rating52%
Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is a self-absorbed, successful commodities broker living in New York City. Wanting to marry his new fiancée Charlotte (Lolita Davidovich), he needs to obtain a final divorce from his first wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), who left him some years earlier. Patricia now lives with a semi-Westernised tribe in Canaima National Park, Venezuela. Michael travels there to get her signature on divorce papers, but upon arriving, discovers that he has a 13-year-old son named Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington).
Fires Within (1991)
, 1h26Directed by Gillian Armstrong
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jimmy Smits, Greta Scacchi, Vincent D'Onofrio, Earl Hindman, Luis Ávalos, Raúl Dávila
Roles Victor Hernandez
Rating47%
Set in the Cuban community in Miami, the story revolves around the relationship between Nestor, a recently released political prisoner, his wife Isabel, who had fled Cuba after Nestor was imprisoned, and Sam, the fisherman who had rescued Isabel from almost certain death at sea.
The Butcher's Wife (1991)
, 1h50Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, Luis Ávalos, Margaret Colin, George Dzundza, Helen Hanft
Roles Luis
Rating54%
As a clairvoyant, Marina awaits signs from beyond that her true love, whoever he may be, is waiting for her, somewhere. When New York butcher Leo Lemke shows up on the tiny North Carolina island of Ocracoke, where Marina lives, she is convinced that he is the man predestined to be her husband. After the wedding, Marina moves into Leo's blue-collar neighborhood, where she successfully commiserates with such eccentrics as withdrawn teenager Eugene, frustrated singer Stella Keefover, unlucky-in-love actress Robyn Graves, over analytical psychiatrist Dr. Alex Tremor, and frustrated dress shop clerk Grace. But what Marina fails to grasp about her powers is that she can see the future of strangers far more clearly than her own, and love is unpredictable no matter how many ways you have to look for it.
Changes (1991)
, 1h36Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Cheryl Ladd, Michael Nouri, Christopher Gartin, Christie Clark, Renée O'Connor, Ami Foster
Roles Ray
Rating59%
Melanie Adams is a divorced mother who gave birth to twin girls Val and Jessica at age 19. Nowadays, she is a successful news correspondent working in New York City. For her latest story, she travels to Los Angeles to do a report on a sick, but optimistic girl. She immediately feels attracted to the girl's doctor, Peter Hallam. Peter is a widowed father of three children; 18-year-old Mark, 15-year-old Pam, and 8-year-old Matt. Their mother died of a pulmonary hypertension, refusing treatment. The family is still grieving, and especially Pam has difficulty dealing with the loss.
Fresno (miniseries) (1986)
, 6hDirected by Jeff Bleckner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr, Charles Grodin, Gregory Harrison, Natalie Gregory
Roles Juan
Rating76%
Set in Fresno, California, the story focuses on the once-wealthy Kensington family, whose raisin-growing empire has fallen on hard times. The Kensingtons are led by widowed matriarch Charlotte (Burnett), who is locked in a deadly power struggle with rival raisin magnate Tyler Cane (Coleman).
Love Child (1982)
, 1h36Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime, Romance
Themes Prison films
Actors Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, Mackenzie Phillips, Albert Salmi, Joanna Merlin, Margaret Whitton
Roles Tony
Rating57%
Terry Jean Moore (Madigan) was convicted of a crime at the age of 19 and over the time she spent in prison, she meets a guard named Jack Hansen (Bridges). The two fall in love and Moore ends up having his child. Terry has to face the possibility of losing her baby, but she takes up the fight to keep the baby.
Stir Crazy (1980)
, 1h51Directed by Sidney Poitier
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Prison films, Buddy films
Actors Gene Wilder, JoBeth Williams, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Craig T. Nelson
Roles Chico
Rating66%
Writer Skip Donahue and actor Harry Monroe are fired from their jobs in New York, and leave for Hollywood. Along the way, they take odd jobs to make ends meet. During one such job in Arizona, Skip and Harry perform a song and dance routine dressed as woodpeckers as part of a promotion for a bank. While the duo is taking a break, two men steal the costumes and rob the bank. Harry and Skip are arrested, whisked through a speedy trial and handed 125-year jail sentences. Their court-appointed lawyer, Len Garber, advises them to wait until he can appeal their case.
The Hunter (1980)
, 1h37Directed by Buzz Kulik
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy, Action
Actors Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Richard Venture
Roles Poker Player
Rating61%
Ralph Thorson (Steve McQueen) est un chasseur de prime d'un autre temps. Quoique habile à pourchasser les repris de justice, il est peu en phase avec son époque. Au volant d'une voiture, c'est un véritable danger de la route. Sa maison ressemble davantage à un saloon qu'à un foyer. Tandis qu'il vaque à ses engagements, sa femme tente de l'intéresser à la naissance de leur enfant.
Sunday Lovers (1980)
, 2h5Directed by Gene Wilder, Édouard Molinaro, Dino Risi, Bryan Forbes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Anthology film, Romance
Actors Gene Wilder, Roger Moore, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Lino Ventura, Ugo Tognazzi, Priscilla Barnes
Roles (segment "Skippy")
Rating55%
L'action se situe dans les pays d'origine des metteurs en scène. Angleterre (Maître en la demeure) : Le chauffeur d'un lord se fait passer pour son patron afin de charmer les hôtesses de l'air qu'il invite dans le château de son maître...