Chu Chu Malave

Birth : 1950-08-04, New York, New York, U.S.

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

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Movies

Fit to Kill

Evel

Buxom do-gooders Donna and Nicole set out to reclaim the stolen Alexa diamond from its hiding place in Russia … only to run into their nemesis, Martin Kane.

Hard Hunted

Wiley

A nuclear trigger has been smuggled to the Middle East by an evil mastermind named Kane, and the weapons could upset the delicate balance of power in the region if they fall into the wrong hands. It's up to three bombshell federal agents to avert disaster and restore the precarious balance.

Do or Die

Bodreaux

Asian crime boss Kaneshiro captures two voluptuous undercover federal agents, Donna and Nicole. But instead of liquidating them, he gives the busty duo a head start in a deadly cat-and-mouse game involving six other assassin teams. The heated action takes them from Hawaii to Las Vegas and Louisiana.

Guns

Cubby

A South American gunrunner uses an island in Hawaii as his base of operations. A squad of beautiful government agents is sent to put him out of business.

The Main Event

Luis

Hillary Kramer, successful Perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.

A Force of One

Rudy

Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.

The Return of Mod Squad

Kid

Pete, Linc and Julie are called back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on their old boss. But the three soon discover that they themselves are the intended targets of a gunman who lives in their old "flower child" world of the 1960s.

Last of the Good Guys

Benita Juarez Zapata (uncredited)

A young cop starts an elaborate con game to ensure that the family of his dead buddy gets a pension.

Deadly Hero

Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted from detective back to patrol duty for his violent tendencies and trigger-happy behavior.

Dog Day Afternoon

Maria's Boyfriend

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.