Luis Saguar

Luis Saguar was an American actor, writer and professor who worked in theater and film. Born in San Francisco and raised in Daly City, he began acting at almost 30 and helped found Campo Santo, the theater company based at the Intersection for the Arts. He performed on Bay Area stages including the Magic Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Theatreworks USA and El Teatro Campesino, in works by Shakespeare and Sartre, and played characters as diverse as wise elders and strange sidekicks. His stage credits included Santos & Santos, directed by Octavio Solis, in which he played one of the corrupt lawyer brothers. On screen he was known for 8MM (1999), Fun with Dick and Jane and Flawless, and he appeared in about 20 films, among them The Zodiac. His television work included The Shield, Nash Bridges and Midnight Caller. He also published Angulo Hotel in 2001. Saguar died in 2009.