Actor
Chu Chu Malave
August 4, 1950 · New York, New York, U.S.
Edwin Malave (born August 4, 1950) in New York, New York, better known as "Chu Chu Malave" is a former professional boxer and an actor.
Malave beat out Erik Estrada for the role of "Ramon Santos" in the Barney Miller pilot for ABC. He also co-starred in the short lived series Chopper One for NBC, and played a small part in Dog Day Afternoon. He then landed a role in Deadly Hero with Don Murray and James Earl Jones. ABC then flew Chu Chu back to LA to reshoot the Barney Miller pilot. He moved to Los Angeles in 1975 and remained there for the rest of his acting career with a one-year stint in New York for a starring role in the NBC soap For Richer, for Poorer in 1978. His acting career includes over 20 guest starring and co-starring roles in TV episodes and several pilots. He was an extra in the funeral scene of the 1981 movie S.O.B. written and directed by Blake Edwards
Notable work
Often works with
Dona Speir
4 titles together
Guns, Hard Hunted, Fit to Kill
Roberta Vasquez
4 titles together
Guns, Hard Hunted, Fit to Kill
Bruce Penhall
4 titles together
Guns, Hard Hunted, Fit to Kill
Cynthia Brimhall
4 titles together
Guns, Hard Hunted, Fit to Kill
Michael J. Shane
4 titles together
Guns, Hard Hunted, Fit to Kill
Richard Cansino
4 titles together
Guns, Hard Hunted, Fit to Kill
Full filmography · 12
Fit to Kill
as Evel
19934.9
Hard Hunted
as Wiley
19924.5
Do or Die
as Bodreaux
19914.3
Guns
as Cubby
19904.7
Mausoleum
as Delivery Boy
19835.1
The Main Event
as Luis
19795.3
A Force of One
as Rudy
19794.9
The Return of Mod Squad
as Kid
1979Last of the Good Guys
as Benita Juarez Zapata (uncredited)
1978
Deadly Hero
cast
1975
Dog Day Afternoon
as Maria's Boyfriend
19757.9