Henry Darrow, protagonist of “El Gran Garriga”, dies at the age of 87

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Puerto Rican actor Enrique Tomás Delgado Jiménez, better known as Henry Darrow, died Sunday at the age of 87, As published in the magazine “Variety” and confirmed by its former representative Michael B. Druxman. Darrow died at home in Wilmington, North Carolina.

In the 1960s, Darrow became one of the most famous Latin actors due to his participation in western series and films. According to the National Foundation for Popular Culture, the Manhattan-born artist on September 15, 1933, always proudly proclaimed his Puerto Rican origins, although he was forced to adopt an Anglo-Saxon professional pseudonym to facilitate his entry into the world of American film and television.

Her parents, Enrique, who owns a restaurant in the Bedford Village area of ​​New York, and Gloria were originally from the town of Corozal. At age 13, Darrow moved with his family to St. John’s and, after culminating its studies in the School Our Lady of the Perpetual Aid, entered the Department of Drama, University of Puerto Rico. In addition to being part of the University Theater Company, he also joined the famous University Choir, conducted at the time by Maestro Augusto Rodríguez Amador. Later, from 1957 to 1959, he expanded his acting knowledge at the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse Academy.

As shown by the archives of the National Foundation for Popular Culture, its name began to acquire relevance from the period 1964 to 1967, When he joined the cast of the legendary series “General Hospital”, Of the chain ABC TV, in which it characterized a Mexican lawyer. Nevertheless, its moment of greater splendor would have it to the personage of the rancher, also Mexican, “Manolito Montoya” in the series of jeans “L’Alt Chaparral”, That David Dortot, the same creator of the very successful “Bonanza” (1959), produced for NBC TV during the years 1967 to 1971. In that program it shared protagónicos credits with Cameron Mitchell, Lee J. Cobb and Linda Cristal.

Henry Darrow later joined the permanent cast of “Dick Van Dyke’s new show” (1973 to 1974) i “Zorro“, Embodying” Don Diego de la Vega “from 1990 to 1992. In the meantime, as a guest star, he appeared in episodes of TV series as important as “Dallas”, “Dynasty”, “TJ Hooker”, “Falcon Crest” i “Magnum PI”, Others.

Darrow was the father of two children, Denise (Dee-Dee) and Tom, the product of their first marriage. At the time of his death, he was married to Lauren Darrow.

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