Julio Medina
Actor
Biography
Julio Medina Salazar (16 January 1933 – 23 November 2024) was a Colombian actor. He was notable for his debut work in Gunsmoke and for his award-winning role in Las aguas mansas. For nearly thirty years, Medina worked and lived in Los Angeles until moving to Colombia, later basing his acting works there.
In his Hollywood career he appeared in numerous television roles ranging from I Dream of Jeannie to The Partridge Family. He was considered to be the first Colombian actor to have a successful Hollywood career in the United States.
Filmography
Ilona Arrives with the Rain
as Wito 1996
The Final Days
as Manolo Sanchez 1989
Fat, Bald, Short Man
as Pedro 2012
El tesoro de Atahualpa
1968
Karmma
as Juan Diego Valbuena 2006
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
The Deal
2005
Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See
as Diego Rivera 1992
Seguin
as General Castillon 1982
The Healers
1974