Julio Medina
Born: 1933-01-16 in Colombia
Died: 2024-11-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Julio Medina Salazar (16 January 1933 – 23 November 2024) was a Colombian actor. He was notable for his debut work in Gunsmoke and for his award-winning role in Las aguas mansas. For nearly thirty years, Medina worked and lived in Los Angeles until moving to Colombia, later basing his acting works there. In his Hollywood career he appeared in numerous television roles ranging from I Dream of Jeannie to The Partridge Family. He was considered to be the first Colombian actor to have a successful Hollywood career in the United States.
Filmography
2024
- querido julio as Self
2012
- Fat, Bald, Short Man as Pedro
2006
- Karmma as Juan Diego Valbuena
1996
- Prisioneros del amor as Ariel Santacruz
- Ilona Arrives with the Rain as Wito
1992
- Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See as Diego Rivera
1989
- The Final Days as Manolo Sanchez
1988
- Little Nikita as Soccer Announcer
1986
- Starman as Pepe
1984
- Airwolf as Col. Martine Arias
1983
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Caesar Varga
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Judge Ramirez
1982
- Seguin as General Castillon
1981
- The Greatest American Hero as Dr. Romero
- The New Adventures of Zorro
1978
- Centennial as Father Gravez
- The Crash of Flight 401
1975
- Wonder Woman as Captain Gaitan
1974
- The Rockford Files as Gardener
- Harry O as Dr. Troy
- Villa Alegre as El Vendedor
- The Healers
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Nick Solano
- Banacek as Padre Borda
- Kung Fu as Padre
1970
- The Partridge Family as Chavez
1968
- The Mod Squad as Montoya Sr.
- It Takes a Thief as Haberdasher
- El tesoro de Atahualpa
1967
- The Flying Nun as Mayor Salvador Calderon
1965
- I Dream of Jeannie as Stranger
- The Wild Wild West as Don Carlos
1964
- The Young Marrieds as Bartender
1955
- Gunsmoke as Rodriguez