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