Richard Chaves
Acting • Born 1951-10-08
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.
Filmography
24 credits
Predator
Movie • 1987
Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
L.A. Takedown
Movie • 1989
Lou Casals
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
Movie • 1987
Iron Dog
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Movie • 1987
(voice)
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
Movie • 1988
Turkish Officer
Baja Run
Movie • 1996
Domingo
Night Eyes II
Movie • 1991
Hector Mejenes
Cease Fire
Movie • 1985
Badman
The Penalty Phase
Movie • 1986
Nolan Esherman
Witness
Movie • 1985
Detective
Fire on the Mountain
Movie • 1981
Army Lieutenant
Night Realm
Movie • 1994
Ursis
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Movie • 2000
Self
Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse
Movie • 2009
Buzzoose (voice)
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Tim Potts
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Carlos Mendez
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Chief
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
D.A. Gordon Martinez
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Special Agent Samuel Mills
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Enrique
Babylon 5
TV • 1994
Alvares
War of the Worlds
TV • 1988
Colonel Paul Ironhorse
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Manny