Luis Oquendo

Cuban actor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCuban actor
PlacesCuba
wasActor Television actor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Male
Birth24 March 1925, Havana, Cuba
Death25 August 1992Miami, USA (aged 67 years)
Star signAries
The details

Biography

Luis Oquendo Valhuerdi (March 24, 1925 – August 25, 1992) was a Cuban-American actor who was well known for his acting on radio before going into television and film.

Born in Havana, he permanently immigrated to Florida in 1965. In 1969, he participated in the recording of Cachucha y Ramon a radio soap opera that paired him with actress Norma Zuñiga.

In 1977–1979, he reached the pinnacle of popularity as the grandfather Antonio in the PBS series ¿Que Pasa USA?. He appeared in the movie Guaguasi in 1979 opposite his Que Pasa co-star Velia Martínez and in 1990 in the movie A Show of Force with Andy García and Robert Duvall. In the 1990s he was in the Spanish soap operas, Marielena and El Magnate. He suffered a heart attack while being operated on and died in 1992, while suffering from stomach cancer.

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