Miguel Ángel Suárez
Acting
Biography
Miguel Ángel Suárez was born on July 5, 1939 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was an actor and director, known for Bananas (1971), Stir Crazy (1980) and Che: Part One (2008). He was previously married to Amneris Morales. He died on April 1, 2009 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
Born: July 5, 1939
Place of Birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Known For
Revolución en el infierno
Illustrates the events of the Ponce Massacre through the life of one of the victims, Ulpiano Perea.
Angel
The film follows the actions of a corrupt police captain, the title-character Ángel Lugo. Lugo is responsible for the wrongful imprisonment of Mariano Farías and the murder of his pregnant wife. After 15 years in a federal prison, Farías is still determined to prove his innocence.
Che: Part One
Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba.
Bananas
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Stir Crazy
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
Under Suspicion
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.
El poder del Shakti
Joseph Lando, the Hercolobus man himself, fights all sorts of mystical mayhem in this over-the-top yet delightful Puerto Rican classic.
La gran fiesta
In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a US military base. The guests drink, seduce and gossip, but some also plot against each other.
Havana
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wife of a Communist revolutionary.
Life of Sin
The film dramatizes the life of Isabel "la Negra" Luberza Oppenheimer. Pablo, a Caribbean peasant, and Isabel, a politician's mistress, open a brothel that becomes internationally famous. Though they gain wealth and power, the one thing that Isabel seeks continues to elude her.
Filmography
as Army Doctor
as Juan Miranda
as Don Nisio (Ulpiano's father)
as Superintendent
as Domingo Cabrera
as Outsider leader
as Crowley
as Sim #2
as Vázquez
as Rodolfo Farnesio
as Jesus Ramirez
as Mario
as Arnaldo's brother (segment "Dios Los Cría")
as New Boss (segment "La Otra")
as Luis