Richard Chaves

Richard Chaves is an American actor who was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam before turning to acting. He helped write the stage drama Tracers, which drew critical praise, and took soap opera roles in the early 1980s. His screen break came as Poncho in Predator (1987), then as Lieutenant Colonel Ironhorse in War of the Worlds, the television series where new management wrote the character out in its second season. His films include Fire on the Mountain (1981), Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988), L.A. Takedown (1989) and Night Eyes II (1991). On television he also appeared in Miami Vice, L.A. Law, MacGyver, Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Voyager, and his later films include Lost Warrior: Left Behind, Dark House and Beyond the Game.