Carlos RomeroFilmography

The A-Team: Knights of the Road

Synopsis: The scene is New Mexico, where evil towing-service operater Tyler (Don Stroud) is using the most vicious means imaginable to drive his chief competitor, the Corson Garage, out of business. Tyler, it seems, is in league with drug dealer Zuniga (Carlos Romero), and is using the towed cars to smuggle Read More

The Rockford Files: South By Southeast

Synopsis: References to the films of Alfred Hitchcock abound in this roller-coaster of an episode, in which Jim (James Garner) is mistakenly identified as a spy named Terrence Halsey. Unable to convince the Feds that he isn't who they think he is, Jim ends up being dispatched to South America, there to help Read More

Adam-12: Night Watch

Synopsis: If Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) thought that they'd pulled light duty when they were assigned to a relatively peaceful part of town, they were sorely mistaken. In the course of a single evening, the two cops are confronted with a plethora of motel robberies, a Read More

Adam-12: O'Brien's Stand

Synopsis: The "O'Brien" of the title is Mrs. O'Brien (Lillian Bronson), the feisty old manager of the apartment building wherein resides Officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner). Someone has stolen Mrs. O'Brien's purse, and she is determined that the police capture the thief--even if it means picketing the Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: Death Watch

Synopsis: Without taking anything away from series stars Karl Malden and Michael Douglas, it must be admitted that this episode is stolen hands-down by its formidable array of guest actors, headed by future Little House on the Prairie and Highway to Heaven costar Victor French as ruthless alien smuggler Read More

The Don Is Dead

Actors: Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Angel Tompkins

Synopsis: In this organized crime drama (one of many that came in the wake of The Godfather, Tony (Frederic Forrest) and Vince (Al Lettieri) are two brothers whose father is a high-ranking Mafia kingpin; they've followed him into the family business, operating a profitable drug ring. While waiting for a Read More

Soylent Green

Actors: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters

Synopsis: Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes Read More

Adam-12: Gifts and Long Letters

Synopsis: Mark Miller plays a paranoid ex-convict named Tom and Leslie Parrish appears as a waitress named Sharon in a sad story of a star-crossed romance. Sharon fond of Tom, but he is more preoccupied with the fear that he is being stalked and pursued . When Sharon attempts suicide, Officers Jim Reed Read More

Family Affair: You Can Fight City Hall

Synopsis: In the final episode of Family Affair, Buffy (Anissa Jones) and Jody (Johnnie Whitaker) try to help their less fortunate friend Ricky Alvarez (Tony Fraser), who has no time to play because he must care for his younger brother while their cab-driver dad (Carlos Romero) is working. The twins come Read More

Murder One

Actors: Diane Baker, Howard Duff, Robert Conrad

Synopsis: Murder One was the pilot film for the Jack Webb-produced TV series The D.A. Howard Duff plays the title role, with Robert Conrad his able-bodied deputy. The indictment they must prepare for the Grand Jury is that of nurse Diane Baker. Several of Baker's husbands and relatives have met untimely Read More

Family Affair: A Young Man from Bolivia

Synopsis: Jody (Johnnie Whitaker) is thrilled when his Bolivian pen pal Paco Mendez (Miguel Monsalve) pays a visit to New York. Hoping to make Paco feel at home, the members of the Davis household fall over themselves giving the boy excessive attention and lavishing him with kind words. As a result, Jody Read More

The F.B.I.: The Patriot

Synopsis: At the behest of a Latin-American dictator (Thomas Gomez), the Mafia sends one of their most efficient operatives (James Callahan) on a kidnap assignment. The prospective victim is the dictator's most powerful political foe, publisher Emilio Cruz (Gilbert Roland), who is living in exile in the Read More

The Fugitive: Death of a Very Small Killer

Synopsis: Adopting the alias "Tom Barrett", for the second time this season, Kimble journeys to the small Mexican town of Puerta Banales. Here he is blackmailed into acting as assistant for Dr Frederick Howell (Arthur Hill), who with his loyal secretary Reina (Carol Lawrence) is battling an outbreak of Read More

The F.B.I.: Line of Fire

Synopsis: Richard Macklin (Henry Silva), a criminal on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, has managed to elude capture in a spectacular shootout in a hospital parking lot. Worse still, Macklin has taken nurse Carol Grant (Lynda Day) hostage--and he has no intention of ever setting her free. This episode marks a Read More

The F.B.I.: The Gray Passenger

Synopsis: Rhodes (Stephen Brooks) goes undercover as a seaman when a Latin-American diplomat is killed on board a merchant ship. It turns out that a group of insurgents are planning a mutiny, the better to deliver weapons to guerilla warriors in a South American republic. To make certain that the mission Read More

The F.B.I.: The Extortionist

Synopsis: Having previously played a homicidal kidnapper during The F.B.I.'s inaugural season, Wayne Rogers upholds his villainous tradition in this episode as a bigoted extortionist. Harboring a pathological hatred for all Latinos, Tyler Cray (Rogers) devises a nasty method of extorting $200,000 from a Read More

The Professionals

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale, Woody Strode

Synopsis: Grant (Ralph Bellamy) is a wealthy rancher who hires four mercenaries to retrieve his wife, Maria (Claudia Cardinale), from the clutches of the desperado Raza (Jack Palance) in this Western adventure set in 1917. Dolworth (Burt Lancaster) is a munitions expert who joins gunslinger Fardan (Lee Read More

The Fugitive: Wine Is a Traitor

Synopsis: While employed at the winery owned by Pete Crandall (James Gregory), Kimble (David Janssen) happens to be on hand when the leader of a grape picker's strike is murdered by Crandall's treacherous son Carl (Roy Thinnes). As the only witness to the killing, Kimble could easily clear his fellow worker Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara

Synopsis: No sooner has Mme. Sonya Galinova (Virginia Field) hires Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) to press charges against a jewel dealer for selling her a cheap imitation of a tiara worth $754,000 than she discovers that the "fake" is the genuine article. Somehow or other, the precious tiara ends up in the Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor

Synopsis: Fresh from her six-year stint on Lassie, June Lockhart is cast as Mona Harvey, the wife of wildly eccentric sculptor Hannibal Harvey (Sean McClory), and the principal stockholder in the highly respected publishing firm owned by her uncle Everett Stanton (Stuart Erwin). In dire need of $10,000 Read More

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Actors: Celia Kaye, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, George Kennedy, Carlos Romero

Synopsis: Based on the popular children's story by Scott O'Dell, this family movie tells of the true adventures of a young Native American girl. After her father is killed by a malevolent white trapper, Karana (Celia Kaye) joins her community as they leave their island home in the Pacific to live on the Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Libelous Locket

Synopsis: This is the second of four consecutive episodes in which Perry Mason appears only briefly, while a "guest" lawyer handles the case at hand (Raymond Burr was at the time recovering from minor surgery). Michael Rennie stars as erudite law professor Edward Lindley, one of Perry's best friends and Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Black Bull

Synopsis: Carlos Romero guest stars as Nina Ybarra, a retired matador whose years of inactivity have driven him insane. Also contributing to Ybarra's madness is an unquenchable thirst for revenge against a certain gunslinger named Paladin (Richard Boone). Inevitably, Paladin is kidnapped and forced into a Read More

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans

Actors: Michael Wilding, Sr., Anna Lee, Katherine Crawford, Randy Boone, James Anderson

Synopsis: While on a driving tour of America with her parents (Michael Wilding, Anna Lee), young English girl Loren Saunders (Katherine Crawford) heads to her folks' rented station wagon to take a nap. Unfortunately, she gets into the wrong car, and awakens somewhere in Mexico -- where she witnesses a Read More

The Deadly Duo

Actors: Craig Hill, Marcia Henderson, Dayton Lummis, Robert Lowery

Synopsis: Hampered by a quickie conclusion, this routine melodrama by Reginald LeBorg features twin sisters, Sabena and Dara (Marcia Henderson) who are identical in physical appearance but about as alike as night and day. The evil twin learns that her good-hearted sister is about to come into some money and Read More

Disneyland: Zorro: The Postponed Wedding

Synopsis: This one-hour spin-off of Walt Disney's popular Zorro series was reportedly concocted as a birthday present for Disney contractee Annette Funicello, who had long idolized handsome Zorro leading man Guy Williams. After several years away from Los Angeles, 17-year-old Constancia de la Torre (Annette Funicello Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Squatter's Rights

Synopsis: Bound by a debt of honor dating back to the Civil War, Paladin (Richard Boone) offers his gun in service to ruthless land baron Costigan (Warren Stevens). A family of squatters led by a hothead named Clemenceau (Robert Stevenson) has settled on Costigan's land, and refuses to be moved--backing up Read More

Maverick: Substitute Gun

Synopsis: Owing his life to Sheriff Coleman (Walter Sande), Bart (Jack Kelly) repays the debt by agreeing to help prevent a murder. It seems that saloon owner Tom Blauvelt (Robert Rockwell) has sworn to kill the man who has fallen in love with Blauvelt's wife Greta (Coleen Gray). Taking a job as the Read More

Maverick: Dutchman's Gold

Synopsis: Beau (Roger Moore) wins part ownership in the Blue Bell Saloon, a heavily-in-debt enterprise managed by Charlotte Simmons (Mala Powers). Despairing over the prospect of having a losing proposition on their hands, Beau and Charlotte have their spirits lifted somewhat when they make the acquaintance Read More

Maverick: The Marquesa

Synopsis: Winning a high-stakes poker game, Bart (Jack Kelly) finds himself the owner of the Lucky Lady Saloon in Santa Leora. But when he shows up to claim his prize, he is confronted by the hired guns of Marquessa Luisa de Ruisenor (played byAdele Mara, the wife of Maverick producer-creator Roy Huggins). Read More

The Young Land

Actors: Patrick Wayne, Yvonne Craig, Dennis Hopper, Dan O'Herlihy

Synopsis: Although it revolves around a crucial issue in the history of California, this subpar drama misses its targets somehow. The time is 1848 in California when an American justice system has to try Californians who are either Mexican in culture and speech and heritage, or not. Hatfield Carnes (Dennis Hopper Read More

They Came to Cordura

Actors: Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Richard Conte, Michael Callan

Synopsis: Gary Cooper stars in one of his final roles in They Came To Cordura, Robert Rossen's moody study of the thin dividing line between heroism and cowardice. Cooper plays Major Thomas Thorn, a U.S. Army officer in the expedition into Mexico against Pancho Villa. Because he hesitated during a moment of Read More

The Gun Runners

Actors: Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens, Everett Sloane, Gita Hall

Synopsis: The third and (as of 2005) the last film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's short story To Have and Have Not, The Gun Runners was as topical as this morning's news when it came out in 1958. Audie Murphy plays Sam Martin, a charter-boat skipper based in Key West, whose bad luck has enlarged from the Read More

The World Was His Jury

Actors: Edmond O'Brien, Mona Freeman, Karin [Katharine] Booth, Robert McQueeney, Paul Birch

Synopsis: In this drama, a sea captain is accused of negligence when his ship sinks and 162 passengers drown. A zealous defense attorney, proud of his perfect track record, is assigned to defend the sailor. Though the captain is clearly guilty, the DA gets him acquitted. Afterward, the lawyer's wife and Read More

That's the Spirit

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, June Vincent, Gene Lockhart, Johnny Coy

Synopsis: The producer/screenwriter team of Michael Fessler and Ernest Pagano turned out several offbeat comedies for Universal in the 1940s; curiously, the one with the most fanciful plot, That's the Spirit, is the most conventional of the bunch. On the verge of fatherhood, happy-go-lucky Steve (Jack Read More

Song of the Sarong

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Nancy Kelly, William Gargan, Eddie Quillan, Fuzzy Knight, George Dolenz

Synopsis: In this tuneful comedy adventure, a free-spirited fellow with a keen eye for easy money is assigned to sail to a remote island and grab a great fortune in pearls which happen to be guarded by some very fearsome natives who are ruled by a sensuous dancing woman. Later the guards capture the Read More

Men in Her Diary

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Peggy Ryan, Louise Allbritton, Ernest Truex, Virginia Grey

Synopsis: In 1912, John Bunny and Flora Finch starred in the one-reel farce The New Secretary, wherein Bunny's wife hires a homely stenographer to keep her hubby from straying. 33 years later, this old chestnut was reheated for The Men in Her Diary. The cute-as-a-button Peggy Ryan "dresses down" to portray Read More

Murder in the Blue Room

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Anne Gwynne, Donald Cook, John Litel, Grace McDonald, Betty Kean

Synopsis: Set in a brooding old home, this musical mystery chronicles the endeavors of a young couple attempt to solve a mysterious murder that occurred there. The victim was the first husband of the new bride. The groom was the victim's best friend. After the murder, the house was abandoned and rumors Read More

Bowery to Broadway

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Maria Montez, Jack Oakie, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Ann Blyth

Synopsis: Two Bowery vaudevillians compete to be the first to produce shows on Broadway. They might be friends were they not so convinced that each has stolen ideas from the others. This bouncy musical chronicles their rivalry and the success they find after they finally team up. Unfortunately the success Read More

The Merry Monahans

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, Ann Blyth, Rosemary de Camp

Synopsis: The Merry Monahans is one of the higher-budgeted Universal musicals of the 1940s, even though the storyline is strictly grade-B material. During the first two decades of the 20th century the film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan (Jack Oakie). Because of his love Read More

Wintertime

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Sonja Henie, Jack Oakie, Cornel Wilde, Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, S.Z. Sakall

Synopsis: In her last 20th Century-Fox vehicle, skating star Sonja Henie plays, Nora, a Norwegian expatriate ice champion. Newly arrived in the U.S., Nora and her millionaire uncle Hjallmar (S. Z. Sakall) are sweet-talked into investing in a failing resort hotel, now a hostelry for showbiz folk. Unemployed Read More

He's My Guy

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Dick Foran, Irene Hervey, Joan Davis, Fuzzy Knight

Synopsis: Dick Foran is back for another seven-reel melange of music and comedy in Universal's He's My Guy. Foran is cast as defense-plant worker Van Moore, who is casting about for ways of boosting morale amongst his fellow workers. Coming to the rescue are a group of veteran vaudevillians, who stage a Read More

Thrill of a Lifetime

Crew: Choreography

Actors: Yacht Club Boys, Judy Canova, Ben Blue, Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs

Synopsis: "Camp Romance," a place for the romantically challenged, provides the setting of this musical. The story centers on a frumpy secretary's crush on her handsome boss, the camp manager. The manager has been working on a musical. Just as he is about to finish it, the secretary gives herself a Read More