Rudy Diaz

Rudy Diaz

Born: October 16, 1918
Died: December 5, 2006

Movies for Rudy Diaz...

The Painted Desert
Title: The Painted Desert
Character: Griff
Released: January 29, 1994
Type: Movie
In the middle of the desert, a solipsistic Japanese-American woman, along with her elderly and paralysed friend Barbara, runs the Desert Rose Cafe. Things liven up with the arrival of a mafia henchman (whose boss is hiding out at a nearby ranch), a battered Japanse man (who turns out to be a terrific chef, but who also triggers Barbara's memories of internment during WWII), and an attack on the mob boss' camp.
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Gorp
Title: Gorp
Character: Indian Joe
Released: May 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Pranksters cause trouble at a summer camp for rich kids.
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Mafia on the Bounty
Title: Mafia on the Bounty
Character: Stalker
Released: March 7, 1980
Type: Movie
A mob boss' plan to rub out his competition runs into trouble when his boat is attacked by a group of gay rights activists whose leader believes he is the legendary Captain Bligh .
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Steel Cowboy
Title: Steel Cowboy
Character: Mexican
Released: December 6, 1978
Type: Movie
An independent trucker, trying to keep his marriage alive and his rig out of the hands of bill collectors, agrees to haul a cargo of stolen cattle with his good ol' buddy.
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Desperate Women
Title: Desperate Women
Character: Two Feathers
Released: October 25, 1978
Type: Movie
A laconic ex-hired gun in the Old West teams up with three scrappy female prisoners abandoned in the desert, two orphaned children, an army deserter, and a group of cantankerous animals, all of whom try to outsmart and outshoot a ratty gang of desperadoes trying to retrieve their boss' girlfriend and the saddle-tramp's secret cargo.
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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Title: Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Released: October 24, 1978
Type: Movie
A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and the selection of a route, the wagon train is soon decimated by Indian raids, a scarcity of food and water, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Finally after months of hardship, the party reaches the High Sierras, only to be stranded in the middle of the pass by an early snowstorm. And as fear of an agonizing death from starvation forces the abandonment of conventional rules of human behavior, the pioneers face a new enemy - each other.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Raoul
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Charley Varrick
Title: Charley Varrick
Character: Deputy Sanchez
Released: September 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.
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Cleopatra Jones
Title: Cleopatra Jones
Character: Spanish Officer (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1973
Type: Movie
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
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Yuma
Title: Yuma
Character: Caballo
Released: March 2, 1971
Type: Movie
A down-and-dirty town is forced to shape up when a new marshal (Clint Walker) comes to town. However, when a scheme is launched to destroy the lawman's authority, he must discover the perpetrators and preserve his reputation.
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Flap
Title: Flap
Character: Larry Standing Elk (Tribal Policeman)
Released: November 13, 1970
Type: Movie
Comedy based on the plight of modern Native Americans living on reservations.
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Pieces of Dreams
Title: Pieces of Dreams
Character: Sgt. Walkingstick
Released: September 23, 1970
Type: Movie
A young priest questions his faith after he falls in love with a social worker.
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The Undefeated
Title: The Undefeated
Character: Sanchez
Released: October 4, 1969
Type: Movie
After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon are leading two disparate groups of people through strife-torn Mexico. John Henry and company are bringing horses to the unpopular Mexican government for $35 a head while Langdon is leading a contingent of displaced southerners, who are looking for a new life in Mexico after losing their property to carpetbaggers. The two men are eventually forced to mend their differences in order to fight off both bandits and revolutionaries, as they try to lead their friends and kin to safety.
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Che!
Title: Che!
Character: Willy
Released: June 27, 1969
Type: Movie
Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The film covers Guevara's life from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in an ambush by government troops in the mountains of Bolivia in 1967.
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Mackenna's Gold
Title: Mackenna's Gold
Character: Besh
Released: March 18, 1969
Type: Movie
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
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Hellfighters
Title: Hellfighters
Character: Zamora
Released: November 27, 1968
Type: Movie
The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
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Coogan's Bluff
Title: Coogan's Bluff
Character: Running Bear
Released: October 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
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Bandolero!
Title: Bandolero!
Character: Angel
Released: June 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, however, against a group of Mexican bandits.