Lalo Rios
Biography
Lalo Rios was a Mexican-born American actor whose film and television career ran for nearly twenty years. Born in San Miguelito, Sonora, he moved to East Los Angeles as a child and was working as a carpenter when he landed his first role, in the Paramount film The Lawless (1950), playing a young Mexican man threatened by a lynch mob. His best known part came in 1952, when he took the lead as Tommy in The Ring, and he went on to appear in Big Leaguer (1953) and Touch of Evil (1958). He made his last film, Lonely Are the Brave (1962), then turned to television, with roles in Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Laredo (1966) and Marcus Welby, M.D. (1968). He died in 1973.
46years old at death
- Born Sonora
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 9 years1953 to 1962
Every film, newest first
- 1962Lonely Are the BraveIMDb rating 7.5
- 1958Touch of EvilIMDb rating 7.9
- 1953City Beneath the SeaIMDb rating 5.5
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Rios landed his best-known part in 1952, playing Tommy in The Ring. He took the lead role and was the film's protagonist.
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