Hector Elizondo - Biography

Last Editor: JAZIEPOO06				Hector Elizondo Biography -   Name : Hector Elizondo Profession : Actor Birth Details : born December 22, 1936 in New York City Height : 5' 10" (1.78 m) Spouse : Carolee Campbell (13 April 1969 - present) ? (1962 - 1963) (divorced) ? (195? - 1957) (divorced) 1 son

Hector Elizondo Trivia -

Hector received a Tony for his role in Bruce Jay Friedman's "Steambath" Hector is a fine guitarist and singer. Wife Carolee Campbell is noted bookbinder, photographer and actress. Considered by director/producer Garry Marshall to be his "good luck charm", and as such is offered a role in each of his movies. Appears in so many Garry Marshall films that his credit in the beginning of Exit To Eden was "As Usual... Hector Elizondo" Often works with director Garry Marshall.

Hector Elizondo Detailed Biography -

Hector Elizondo (born December 22, 1936 in New York City) is a Puerto Rican-American actor. Hector Elizondo In the 1930s, Hector's parents, Martin Echevarria Elizondo (whose parents were from Spain) and Carmen Medina Reyes, emigrated to New York City, like so many other Puerto Ricans at the time, with the hope of finding a better way of life. They had two children, Hector being the first. At a young age, Elizondo demonstrated that he was talented in both sports and music. When he was 10 years old, he sang for the Frank Murray Boy's Choir. Upon graduating from Jr. High School in 1951, he enrolled in the High School of the Performing Arts. Elizondo also attended a regular public high school where he excelled in basketball and baseball. His baseball skills were good enough for him to be scouted by the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1954, Elizondo enrolled in New York City College, with the intention of becoming a history teacher. During his freshman year he became a father. He dropped out of College and went to work full-time in order to support his family. Later, he was divorced and gained full custody of his son, Rodd. From 1962–63, Elizondo studied dance at the Ballet Arts Company at Carnegie Hall. In 1963, Elizondo landed parts in two Off-Broadway shows, Kill the One-Eyed Man and The Great White Hope. His first major success came when he played "God" in guise of a Puerto Rican steam room attendant in the play Steambath. Elizondo won an Obie Award for his performance. In the 1980's, Elizondo befriended Garry Marshall. Marshall was impressed with Elizondo's talent. It was to become a life long friendship which would bring benefits for both. Their first movie together was Young Doctors in Love followed by The Other Sister. In some of the movies in which Elizondo appeared, he went uncredited and he wouldn't have minded staying that way for the movie Pretty Woman, however it was Marshall who insisted on crediting him. His role in Pretty Woman only lasted 10 minutes, but it was a very successful one and Elizondo received a Golden Globe nomination. Among the roles which Elizondo has played are the following: a Mexican bandit in Valdez is Coming (1971), a psychopathic killer in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), a dogged detective in The Fan (1981), a middle-class family man in The Flamingo Kid (1984), a football coach in Necessary Roughness (1991), a Greek coffee shop owner in Frankie and Johnny (1991) and as the head of the queens' security service in The Princess Diaries I and II. Much of the roles are geared toward playing a friend or sympathizer to the lead character. He provided the voice of Bane, one of the more aggressively themed characters in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. Hector Elizondo has participated in over 80 movies and 12 of them have been Garry Marshall's. He is married to actress Carolee Campbell whom he met in NBC's soap opera Doctors.