Rafael Campos

Rafael Campos
Born (1936-05-13)May 13, 1936
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Died July 19, 1985(1985-07-19) (aged 49)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality Dominican
Occupation Actor
Years active 1955 - 1985

Rafael Campos (13 May 1936 - 19 July 1985) was an actor from the Dominican Republic whose credits include Blackboard Jungle (1955), Dino (1957), Slumber Party '57 (1976), The Astro-Zombies (1968), Centennial (1978) and V (1983). He was also, for a brief period of time, married to the blues singer and pianist, Dinah Washington.

Background

Originally from the Dominican Republic, he moved to the United States in 1949.[1] From 1961 to 1962, he was married to Dinah Washington, who was twelve years his senior.[2] In 1961, Jet magazine published a photo with Washington embracing both Campos, reportedly her seventh husband, and her ex-husband Eddie Chamblee, reportedly her fifth husband.[3] He then married the model Sally Boyd, with whom he had two daughters.[4]

He was diagnosed with stomach cancer and entered hospital in December 1984. He died on 9 July 1985, aged 49. He was survived by his two daughters, five brothers and three sisters.[1]

One of Campos's brothers is the cryptographer, artist, and poet Luis Campos; another brother, Fernando Campos, is the president of New York's Latin ACE awards.[5]

Career

Campos had a career that lasted 30 years.[6] He was spotted by the director Richard Brooks during a theater production of Heavenly Express. Thanks to Brooks,[6] he had a starring role alongside Vic Morrow, Margaret Hayes and Sidney Poitier in the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle.[7] In the 1955 film Trial he played the part of a Chicano teenager wrongfully accused of murdering a white girl from a rich family at a beach party. He is being defended by a college law instructor, played by Glenn Ford.[8] Was in an episode of Have Gun Will Travel. Played a teenager who stole a statue of St. Francis of Assisi. During the 1960s, film he was in the Ted V. Mikels-directed The Astro-Zombies, which starred John Carradine, Wendell Corey and Tura Satana. He played the part of Juan.[9]

From 1977 to 1978, he had a reoccurring role as Ramon Diaz, Jr. in the series Rhoda.[10][6] He appeared in ten episodes of the show.[11]

Possibly his last credited film role was in 1986, in The Return of Josey Wales, in which he played Chato.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cancer Claims Character Actor Rafael Campos", Los Angeles Times, 11 July 1985
  2. ↑ Interracial Marriage & Family - Dinah Washington and Rafael Campos – One of the Queen’s Men
  3. ↑ "We Three", Jet, February 9, 1961, page 31
  4. ↑ "Actor Rafael Campos dies of cancer", The Pantagraph, July 12, 1985, page 18
  5. ↑ "Downtown Randall Brown: Luís Campos: Celebrity of ciphers - Randall Brown", Knoxville News Sentinel, 3 May 2016
  6. 1 2 3 "RAFAEL CAMPOS", New York Times, 12 July 1985
  7. ↑ Alt Film Guide: Anne Francis Movie Schedule: FUNNY GIRL, IMPASSE, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE
  8. ↑ Jesús Salvador Treviño, "Chicano Cinema", The New Scholar, Volume 8 (1982), pages 169-170
  9. ↑ Christopher Wayne Curry, 5. Astro Zombies Credits in Film Alchemy: The Independent Cinema of Ted V. Mikels
  10. ↑ "Rafael Campos, 49, character actor who launched his career...", Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 1985
  11. ↑ Rafael Campos (I) (1936–1985), Rhoda (TV Series), IMDb
  12. ↑ The Motion Picture Guide 1988 Annual: The Films of 1987, Cinebooks, 1 April 1997, page 246


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