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TV series / 1974
Chico and the Man
Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.
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Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.
Cast
Freddie PrinzeChico Rodriguez
Della ReeseDella Rogers
Jack AlbertsonEd Brown
Scatman CrothersLouie
CharoAunt Charo
Ronny Graham
Diana Canova
Paul Lichtman
Avery Schreiber
Carl Gottlieb
Roger C. Carmel
Jonathan DalyMr. Sheldon / Daniel Hanratty
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Bernie Kopell
René Enríquez
King Moody
Charles Lane
Herb Vigran
Shelley Winters
Tom McFadden
Larry Hovis
Tony OrlandoTomas Garcia
Danny Goldman
Sammy Davis Jr.
Jim Backus
Bruce Kirby
Herbie Faye
Lisa Mordente
Cesar Romero
Rich Little
Ted Cassidy
Alice Ghostley
Frank Campanella
George Takei
Carmel Myers
Ralph Manza
Cesare Danova
Queenie Smith
Arnold Soboloff
Art Evans
Portia Nelson
Beulah Quo
Audra Lindley
Carmen Zapata
Hope Summers
Carlos Romero
Joe Silver
Penny Marshall
Harvey Lembeck
Louis Quinn
Joey Bishop
Florida Friebus
Billy Barty
Richard X. Slattery
Arnold StangGus-delivery man
Pat MoritaPat Yamaguchi
Charles FleischerCharlie
Alice NunnMrs. Keever
Danuta WesleyBarbara
Patch MackenzieSusie
Hilarie ThompsonLynn
Julie HillMonica
Ray BallardArthur L. Keever
Tim HerbertBumperless Customer
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