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Richard Chaves

Acting · Born October 8, 1951 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA

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.

Movies with Richard Chaves

• Predator (1987) — Jorge "Poncho" Ramirez
• Witness (1985) — Detective
• L.A. Takedown (1989) — Lou Casals
• Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) — (voice)
• Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) — Turkish Officer
• The Gambler: The Legend Continues (1987) — Iron Dog
• Night Eyes II (1991) — Hector Mejenes
• Fire on the Mountain (1981) — Army Lieutenant
• If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' (2000) — Self
• Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas the Horse (2009) — Buzzoose (voice)
• Cease Fire (1985) — Badman
• The Penalty Phase (1986) — Nolan Esherman

TV shows with Richard Chaves

• War of the Worlds (1988) — Colonel Paul Ironhorse