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An actor of seemingly boundless range, New York-born Hector Elizondo began his career as a dancer. His initial training was at the Ballet Arts school of Carnegie Hall, from which he moved on to the Actors Studio. After several years’ stage work, Elizondo made an inauspicious movie debut as “The Inspector” in the low-budget sex film The Vixens 1969. He was shown to better advantage in his next film, Hal Ashby’s The Landlord 1970, which he followed up with strong character parts in such Manhattan-based productions as The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 and Thieves 1977. With Young Doctors in Love 1982, Elizondo began his long association with director Garry Marshall, who has since cast the actor in all of his films, in roles both sizable Matt Dillon’s dad in The Flamingo Kid 1984, the cafe owner in Frankie and Johnny 1991, and microscopic Overboard 1987. Elizondo’s screen roles have run the gamut from scrungy garbage scow captains to elegant concierges Pretty Woman. In addition, he has been a regular on several mediocre television series: Popi, Freebie and the Bean, Casablanca in the old Claude Rains role of Inspector Renault, a.k.a. Pablo, Foley Square, and Down and Out in Beverly Hills, In 1994, Elizondo took on a co-starring role as a demanding chief of surgery on the popular TV medical drama Chicago Hope. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Hector Elizondo was born on December 22, 1936, in New York’s Upper West Side. His father was Martin Echevarria Elizondo, a Basque who was born at sea on a cargo ship sailing from Spain to Puerto Rico, and his mother was Carmen Medina from Puerto Rico. His parents married in Puerto Rico and moved to New York, before Hector and his younger sister Emma were born. At age 10, Hector was discovered by the legendary W.C. Handy 1873-1958, who was portrayed by ‘Nat ‘King’ Cole’ in St. Louis Blues 1958 1958. Hector appeared with W.C. Handy on local radio and TV. Hector attended public high school, and also took voice lessons. He was quite an athlete, his high school baseball skill was so good he was scouted by the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1954, Hector went to the City College of New York, wanting to become a history teacher. Around 1955 Hector got married for the first time, and had a son the marriage ended in divorce in 1957. Hector also studied dance at the Ballet Arts Company at Carnegie Hall. From 1962-63 he was briefly married a 2nd time, to a young secretary. Hector continued acting, and met actress Carolee Campbell at the Actor’s Studio, she was a star on the NBC soap "The Doctors" 1963. They got hitched in 1969 and have been happily married ever since. Hector made the transition from acting on the stage to movies, and since 1970 has been in over 80 movies and TV-movies. Director Garry Marshall considers Hector to be his “good luck charm” and Hector has appeared in 12 of Garry’s movies, which included appearing with both Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman 1990, for which Hector got a Golden Globe award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He appeared again with Gere and Roberts in Runaway Bride 1999 which was a runaway success at the box office. Hector’s son Rodd Elizondo is a school teacher, and Hector also has a granddaughter. Hector’s hobbies include Kendo a type of Japanese fencing, playing the guitar and singing, and he still plays the bongos.

Hector Elizondo was born in New York and raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Elizondo, the name is Basque and means “at the foot of the church”. His lifestyle in his pre-acting days was as diverse as the roles he plays today. He was a conga player with a Latin band, a classical guitarist and singer, a weightlifting coach, a ballet dancer and a manager of a bodybuilding gym. In his teens he played basketball and baseball and was scouted by the Giants and Pirates farm teams. After a knee injury ended his dance career, he switched to drama. Since then he has frequently appeared on Broadway, most notably with George C. Scott in Arthur Penn’s production of “Sly Fox” for which he received a Drama Desk nomination and for his role as God in “Steambath”, which won him an Obie Award. Other theatre credits include “The Prisoner of Second Avenue” “The Great White Hope” “Dance of Death” with Robert Shaw and “The Rose Tattoo” opposite Cicely Tyson. Countless starring roles in television include: ȯoley Square" 1985 Medal of Honor Rag 1982 TV ⋊sablanca" 1983 in which he recreated the Claude Rains role of police chief Renault Freebie and the Bean 1974 "Popi" 1976 and as Sophia Loren’s husband in the CBS special Courage 1986 TV. Guest appearances include: "Kojak" 1973 Kojak: Ariana 1989 TV Ȭolumbo: A Case of Immunity #5.2" 1975 ⊺retta" 1975 Ȫll in the Family" 1971 "The Rockford Files" 1974 and ȫret Maverick" 1981. In addition, he also directed Ȫ.k.a. Pablo" 1984, the first show to utilise seven cameras instead of the usual four. On the big screen he has been seen in, among others: American Gigolo 1980 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Cuba 1979 Valdez Is Coming 1971 and in four films directed by Garry Marshall: Young Doctors in Love 1982 The Flamingo Kid 1984 Nothing in Common 1986 and Overboard 1987. Elizondo starred with Dan Aykroyd and Michelle Pfeiffer in PBS’ Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson 1987 TV based on a collection of John O'Hara stories and made his debut as a stage director with a production of “Villa” starring Julio Medina. In addition, he performed in the 50th anniversary production of “War of the Worlds” co-starring Jason Robards and the movie for television Addicted to His Love 1988 TV with Barry Bostwick.

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Monk Returns with a SplashJul 31, 2008 09:04 PM ETby TV Guide NewsMonk Fridays at 9 pmET USA is back with an aptly named episode Surly Detection A submarine skipper wants to give Monk Das Boot when the sleuth investigates a suspicious suicide for Natalies old Navy friend Casper Van Dien Since claustrophobia ranks high on Monks list of fears he freaks out on the sub Although Monk quickly fingers William Athertons by-the-book commander as the killer the story is just beginning Our show is like Columbo Its more about how they did it than who did it says executive producer Randy Zisk The show also relishes making its hero acutely uncomfortable Monk is in the worst place he can be an enclosed space underwater Theres no way to escape and that makes it more fun You bet it does particularly when Monk hallucinates that his new therapist Hector Elizondos Dr Bell is talking him through his anxiety The one advantage to an imaginary shrink Theres no fear of being charged for an extra session G J Donnelly read full article

Monk Fridays at 9 pmET USA is back with an aptly named episode Surly Detection A submarine skipper wants to give Monk Das Boot when the sleuth investigates a suspicious suicide for Natalies old Navy friend Casper Van Dien Since claustrophobia ranks high on Monks list of fears he freaks out on the sub Although Monk quickly fingers William Athertons by-the-book commander as the killer the story is just beginning Our show is like Columbo Its more about how they did it than who did it says executive producer Randy Zisk The show also relishes making its hero acutely uncomfortable Monk is in the worst place he can be an enclosed space underwater Theres no way to escape and that makes it more fun You bet it does particularly when Monk hallucinates that his new therapist Hector Elizondos Dr Bell is talking him through his anxiety The one advantage to an imaginary shrink Theres no fear of being charged for an extra session G J Donnelly

Well, we kinda knew Monk couldn’t go too long without an analyst, right So, tragic as is the April 8 death of Stanley Kamel — aka the neurotic’s Dr. Kroger — a USA Network spokesperson confirms to me exclusively that Hector Elizondo has been tapped to join Monk as Tony Shalhoub’s new shrink. There’s no word on how his character will be introduced, but he’ll first turn up in the show’s seventh season premiere on July 18.On a related note, Elizondo’s hiring would seem to signal that CBS’ Cane is a goner. So what’s your take, peeps Will you have a harder time adjusting to seeing Monk on someone else’s couch than he’ll have being on someone else’s couch Or do you remember Elizondo so fondly from Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries that you’ll actually be psyched to see him take a role on a show you actually watch Share your thoughts below

So Denzel Washington is starring in a remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 for director Tony Scott with a new screenplay by David Koepp Now Washington and Koepp are very talented and Scott can get a movie made but among movies in no need of remaking The Taking of Pelham One Two Three ranks high on the list So this weeks DVD Tuesday is dedicated to the original in all its grimy gloryHow do you steal a New York City subway train Former movie publicist Morton Freedgood figured out a way and his 1973 novel written under the pseudonym John Godey was snapped up before publication and immediately put into production under director Joseph Sargent and screenwriter Peter Stone Needless to say city officials and representatives of the Metropolitan Transit Authority werent wild about the story of four identically dressed hijackers hiding behind color-coded nicknames whats betting this is where Quentin Tarantino connoisseur of all things down and dirty got

CBS announced today its 2007-2008 Fall Prime-time lineup, featuring five new series: one comedy, three dramas and one reality program. These freshman series will join the 17 returning programs on the current CBS lineup, which helped the network win the 2006-2007 season in viewers and adults 25-54, continuing its multi-year winning streak. The five new series feature bold and creative concepts, including Viva Laughlin, where drama is accented by iconic music Cane, starring Jimmy Smits as the head of a powerful South Florida Cuban-American family Moonlight, a romantic thriller with a new twist on the vampire legend The Big Bang Theory, a comedy about genius geeks from Two and A Half Men cocreator Chuck Lorre and Kid Nation, a reality series where 40 kids attempt to build a new society in an abandoned ghost town.CBS will return television’s No. 1 drama and scripted program, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation the No. 1 comedy, Two and a Half Men the No. 1 new comedy, Rules of Engagem…

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