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Chu Chu Malave

Actor
Born August 4, 1950 (73 years)
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Edwin Malave (born August 4, 1950) in New York, New York, better known as "Chu Chu Malave" is a former professional boxer and an actor.

Malave beat out Erik Estrada for the role of "Ramon Santos" in the Barney Miller pilot for ABC. He also co-starred in the short lived series Chopper One for NBC, and played a small part in Dog Day Afternoon. He then landed a role in Deadly Hero with Don Murray and James Earl Jones. ABC then flew Chu Chu back to LA to reshoot the Barney Miller pilot. He moved to Los Angeles in 1975 and remained there for the rest of his acting career with a one-year stint in New York for a starring role in the NBC soap For Richer, for Poorer in 1978. His acting career includes over 20 guest starring and co-starring roles in TV episodes and several pilots. He was an extra in the funeral scene of the 1981 movie S.O.B. written and directed by Blake Edwards
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Mausoleum
  • Guns
  • Do or Die
  • Hard Hunted
  • Fit to Kill
Known For
  • The Main Event
  • Mausoleum

Filmography

1993
1992
1991
Do or Die · as Bodreaux
1990
Guns · as Cubby
1983
Mausoleum · as Delivery Boy
1979
The Main Event · as Luis
1979
A Force of One · as Rudy
1979
1978
Last of the Good Guys · as Benita Juarez Zapata (uncredited)
1976
Visions (1976) (TV Series) · as Husband I
1975
1975
Dog Day Afternoon · as Maria's Boyfriend
1975
Baretta (TV Series) · as Jesse
1975
Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Joseph Rubio
1974
Police Woman (TV Series) · as Bobby Romero
1973
Police Story (TV Series) · as Rafael
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Vince Figueroa
1960
Insight (TV Series) · as Carlos Sanchez

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