Frank Ramírez

Aguazul, Colombia

Biography

Frank Augusto Ramírez Mateus (Aguazul, February 12, 1939 – Bogotá, February 19, 2015) was a Colombian film and television actor and director. The son of Ismael Ramírez and Cecilia Mateus, Frank Ramírez was born in Aguazul, Casanare. From a very young age, he was drawn to acting. When he turned 20, he moved to New York to study at the Actor’s Studio. Years later, he became involved in Hollywood, where he appeared in important films and television series such as Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, and Riptide. He returned to Colombia to portray significant roles in films such as Cóndores no entierran todos los días and La estrategia del caracol. He also appeared in TV series like La Mala Hora, Los atrevidos, El gallo de oro, and ¿Por qué diablos?. His last television appearance was in the adaptation of Breaking Bad, Metástasis. The actor passed away at Clínica Marly in Bogotá at the age of 76 due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which he had been suffering from for some time, in addition to Parkinson’s disease.

Movies

Paris is an American television series that appeared on the CBS television network from September 29, 1979 to January 15, 1980. A crime drama, the show is notable as the first-ever appearance of renowned actor James Earl Jones in a lead role on television and was created by Steven Bochco, who later achieved fame for Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, also served as executive producer. The program told the story of Los Angeles Police Captain Woody Paris, who supervised a team of young detectives. The rookie investigators were led by Sergeant Stacy Erickson and included officers Charlie Bogart, Ernesto Villas, and Willie Miller. Hank Garrett portrayed Deputy Chief Jerome Bench, Paris' superior, and, in an unusual turn for police dramas of that era, Paris' home and off-duty life was given considerable attention in the plots, with Lee Chamberlin playing his wife, Barbara. Paris was also shown moonlighting as a professor of criminology at a local university. Although Paris was critically acclaimed for its portrayal of the tension between the professional Paris character and his often impetuous underlings, CBS scheduled the show in one of the worst possible timeslots on a weekly schedule: Saturdays at 10 p.m./9 Central. All three networks debuted new shows for the 1979-80 season in that slot; only ABC's Hart to Hart survived its first 13 weeks. Toward the end of its run, CBS moved it to Tuesdays at 10/9, but to no avail. Edward DeBlasio produced the show for MTM Enterprises, which would unveil, during the next season, executive producer Bochco's landmark Hill Street Blues, on NBC.

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Paris
1979