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Fiesta (1975)
Character: N/A
A modern-day retelling of the parable of the prodigal son.
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Flip Side (1970)
Character: N/A
Created by the Youth Films division of Gospel Films, and produced by American evangelical leader Rev. Billy Zeoli, this dramatic Christian teenage narrative questions the values of modern youth, portraying them as selfish, impulsive, and disconnected from deeper purpose. The story then shifts blame to emotionally absent parents who replace love with money and dismissive gestures and risky behaviors. This leads the characters to many forms of conflict, pain, and tragedy, including drug use, illness and even abortion. A powerful presentation of the gospel message follows, emphasizing Jesus’ resurrection and the hope He provides for those burdened by guilt and confusion. There is longing for a new beginning—“the flip side.” The story concludes with a musical call to decision. The film challenges the viewer to personally respond to Christ’s offer of new life.
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Second Serve (1986)
Character: Spaniard
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.
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Twin Detectives (1976)
Character: Lt. Martinez
Identical twin brothers who own a detective agency hatch a plan to expose a phony group of psychics, but soon find themselves involved in a murder.
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Borderline (1980)
Character: Mirandez
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
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Zorro: The Legend Begins (1990)
Character: Sgt. Jaime Mendoza
The story of Don Diego de la Vega, a young man who returns to his home in Spanish California to find the town under the oppressive rule of a corrupt Alcalde, forcing him to take on the secret identity of Zorro to fight for justice and protect the people from the tyrannical regime, with the help of his loyal servant Felipe.
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Gunfighter's Moon (1997)
Character: Juan Acosta
A notorious gunfighter returns to his ex-wife, who only wants him to save her sheriff husband from being killed by gunmen out to free his condemned prisoner.
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Fuzz (1972)
Character: Patrolman Gomez
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.
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Defiance (1980)
Character: Father Rivera
Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the gang and his neighbors, it does not work. Soon he is battling the Souls and not only changing their attitudes, but the attitudes of his previously intimidated neighbors as well.
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Stand and Deliver (1988)
Character: Ana's Father
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
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The Streets of L.A. (1979)
Character: Mr. Corona
A woman embarks on a lone pursuit of three teenaged hoods in the Los Angeles barrio after becoming incensed at their malicious tire-slashing on parked cars including hers.
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Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
Character: Joey
A young woman with dreams of being a dancer moves to Hollywood with her draft-dodging boyfriend. While the man is forced to take a job as a janitor, his girlfriend enters the glamour of go-go dancing and the criminal world of drug trafficking.
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Boulevard Nights (1979)
Character: Gil Moreno
Raymond Avila is an ex-gang member trying to build a future. His kid brother Chuco is a sullen low-rider still caught up in the life. Despite their differences, their family bond is strong. But that bond is violently tested when rivals challenge Chuco's gang and ignite a neighborhood war.
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The Telephone (1988)
Character: N/A
Crazy out of work actress Vashti Blue spends all her time in her small apartment with her pet owl and her telephone, which she uses to try and solve all her problems with life.
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Losin' It (1983)
Character: Lawyer
In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.
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Casa de Mi Padre (2012)
Character: Old Friend #3
Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.
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I, Desire (1982)
Character: Dr. Herrera
A coroner's assistant, who is also a law student, gets involved in a strange case involving his girlfriend's place of employment (a hospital), prostitutes, a defrocked priest, and vampires.
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Rolling Thunder (1977)
Character: Lopez
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion, and seeks retribution against those responsible.
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