Lou Diamond Phillips

During the making of this film, he met Julia Cypher, an assistant director who would later become his wife. His last role was in Soylent Green (1973). The first low budget film in which he starred in was called Trespasses. in sum, a Renaissance man"; sadly, he died two months prior to its formal presentation. Though the role garnered him laud from critics, he has since found it difficult to find another leading role in a big-budget Hollywood film. Never nominated for an Academy Award, in 1973 he was awarded an honorary Oscar in recognition that he had "achieved greatness as a player, a patron of the arts, and a dedicated citizen .. Phillips' big break came with the starring role in 1987's La Bamba as doomed early rocker Ritchie Valens. That same year he returned to Broadway in "Middle of the Night".

He is an alumnus of University of Texas at Arlington. In 1956 he had to sell off his large art collection for $3.25 million as part of his divorce settlement with Lloyd. Phillips worked as an assistant director and instructor at the University of Texas, where he also studied Drama and Film Technique, between 1983-1986. In the 1950s he was called to testify in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he was cleared of all suspicion. He has Filipino, Hawaiian, Chinese, Spanish, Scotch-Irish and eighth Cherokee Indian origins. He was a popular box-office draw and was able to avoid flops. Lou Diamond Phillips (born Louis Upchurch February 17, 1962 at Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines), named for Marine legend Lou Diamond, is an American actor. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), he expanded into edgy psychological dramas including Double Indemnity (1944), The Woman in the Window (1944) and Scarlet Street (1945); but he continued to accept gangster roles such as that of Johnny Rocco in the classic Key Largo (1948), one of five films he made with Humphrey Bogart.

Disorganized Crime. In the 1940s, after a good performance in Dr. La Bamba (1987). A sensational performance as the gangster Rico Bandello in Little Caesar (1930) led to him being typecast as a 'tough' for much of his early career in works such as Five Star Final (1931), Tiger Shark (1932), Kid Galahad and A Slight Case of Murder (1938). Stand and Deliver (1988). He married the actress Gladys Lloyd in 1927. Young Guns (1988). One of many actors who saw his career flourish in the new sound film era rather than falter, he made only three films prior to 1930 but left his stage career that year and made fourteen films in 1930-32.