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Daniel Valdez is a Actor, Associate Producer and Music born on 27 april 1949

Daniel Valdez

Daniel Valdez
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Birth 27 april 1949 (75 years)

Daniel "Danny" Valdez (born April 27, 1949) is an American actor, musician, composer and activist. He is best known for his work as musical director of the films Zoot Suit (1981) and La Bamba (1987).

Best films

La Bamba (1987)
(Associate Producer)

Usually with

Luis Valdez
Luis Valdez
(4 films)
Cheech Marin
Cheech Marin
(1 films)
Alma Martinez
Alma Martinez
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Daniel Valdez (6 films)

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Actor

La Bamba
La Bamba (1987)
, 1h48
Directed by Luis Valdez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano
Roles Lelo
Rating69% 3.452483.452483.452483.452483.45248
Richard Steven Valenzuela (Phillips) is a normal teenage boy who becomes a rock 'n' roll superstar under the stage name Ritchie Valens. He meets and falls in love with fellow high school student Donna Ludwig (von Zerneck), for whom he wrote a song that became a number two hit ("Donna"). However, Donna's father is shown as having issues with his daughter dating a Mexican-American, which causes friction between Ritchie and Donna. The movie also has several subplots, such as his relationship with his mother Connie Valenzuela (DeSoto) and half-brother Bob Morales (Esai Morales), and the jealousy Bob felt toward Ritchie because of Ritchie's success.
Born in East L.A., 1h25
Directed by Cheech Marin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Musical films
Actors Daniel Stern, Paul Rodriguez, Cheech Marin, Tony Plana, Kamala Lopez, Jan-Michael Vincent
Roles Norteno Trio
Rating59% 2.998752.998752.998752.998752.99875
Rudy Robles (Marin) is told by his mother to pick up his cousin Javier (Paul Rodriguez) at a factory before she leaves for Fresno. Robles arrives shortly before immigration officials raid the factory looking for undocumented workers. Because he is carrying no identification, and his mother and sister are not available to verify he is a US citizen, Robles is deported with the undocumented workers to Mexico.
Zoot Suit
Zoot Suit (1981)
, 1h43
Directed by Luis Valdez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Edward James Olmos, Daniel Valdez, Tyne Daly, Charles Aidman, John Anderson, Mike Gomez
Roles Henry Reyna
Rating66% 3.3439453.3439453.3439453.3439453.343945
In Zoot Suit, Luis Valdez weaves a story involving the real-life events of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial — when a group of young Mexican-Americans were charged with murder — and the Zoot Suit Riots. In the play, Henry Reyna (inspired by real-life defendant Hank Leyvas) is a pachuco gangster and his gang, who were unfairly prosecuted, are thrown in jail for a murder they did not commit. The play is set in the barrios of Los Angeles in the early 1940s against the backdrop of the Zoot Suit Riots and World War II. As in the play, Edward James Olmos portrays El Pachuco, an idealized Zoot Suiter, who functions as narrator throughout the story and serves as Henry's conscience.
The China Syndrome, 2h2
Directed by James Bridges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about writers, La fin du monde, Films about journalists, Films about television, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Richard Herd, Scott Brady, Wilford Brimley
Roles Hector Salas
Rating73% 3.698323.698323.698323.698323.69832
While visiting the (fictional) Ventana nuclear power plant outside Los Angeles, television news reporter Kimberly Wells (Fonda), her cameraman Richard Adams (Douglas) and their soundman Hector Salas witness the plant going through an emergency shutdown (SCRAM). Shift Supervisor Jack Godell (Lemmon) notices an unusual vibration while grabbing his cup of coffee which he had set down. He then finds that a gauge is misreading and that the coolant is dangerously low (he thought it was overflowing). The crew manages to bring the reactor under control and can be seen celebrating and expressing relief.
Which Way Is Up?, 1h34
Directed by Michael Schultz
Genres Comedy
Actors Lonette McKee, Richard Pryor, Margaret Avery, Morgan Woodward, Tim Thomerson, Daniel Valdez
Roles Chuy Estrada
Rating61% 3.0984053.0984053.0984053.0984053.098405
When he falls into a union action by mistake, Leroy Jones is laid off from his job picking oranges. The only option given to find work to provide for his wife Annie Mae, their kids and his father Rufus is to leave them behind and go to Los Angeles, where more jobs are available. While he is away, Leroy becomes smitten with Vanetta, a beautiful labor activist. When he returns home, he has to juggle his wife, his new romance with Vanetta and his new job, meanwhile, the Rev. Lenox Thomas is not only watching out for Leroy's wife, nope

Producer

La Bamba
La Bamba (1987)
, 1h48
Directed by Luis Valdez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck, Joe Pantoliano
Roles Associate Producer
Rating69% 3.452483.452483.452483.452483.45248
Richard Steven Valenzuela (Phillips) is a normal teenage boy who becomes a rock 'n' roll superstar under the stage name Ritchie Valens. He meets and falls in love with fellow high school student Donna Ludwig (von Zerneck), for whom he wrote a song that became a number two hit ("Donna"). However, Donna's father is shown as having issues with his daughter dating a Mexican-American, which causes friction between Ritchie and Donna. The movie also has several subplots, such as his relationship with his mother Connie Valenzuela (DeSoto) and half-brother Bob Morales (Esai Morales), and the jealousy Bob felt toward Ritchie because of Ritchie's success.

Sound

Zoot Suit
Zoot Suit (1981)
, 1h43
Directed by Luis Valdez
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Edward James Olmos, Daniel Valdez, Tyne Daly, Charles Aidman, John Anderson, Mike Gomez
Roles Music
Rating66% 3.3439453.3439453.3439453.3439453.343945
In Zoot Suit, Luis Valdez weaves a story involving the real-life events of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial — when a group of young Mexican-Americans were charged with murder — and the Zoot Suit Riots. In the play, Henry Reyna (inspired by real-life defendant Hank Leyvas) is a pachuco gangster and his gang, who were unfairly prosecuted, are thrown in jail for a murder they did not commit. The play is set in the barrios of Los Angeles in the early 1940s against the backdrop of the Zoot Suit Riots and World War II. As in the play, Edward James Olmos portrays El Pachuco, an idealized Zoot Suiter, who functions as narrator throughout the story and serves as Henry's conscience.
Fighting for Our Lives, 59minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Roles Music
Rating61% 3.080013.080013.080013.080013.08001