Raúl Dávila

Raúl Dávila (September 15, 1931 – January 2, 2006) was an actor, who is best remembered in the United States for his role of Hector Santos in the American soap opera All My Children. In his home country of Puerto Rico, he is perhaps better remembered as the titular "Carmelo" of the hit WAPA-TV sitcom, "Carmelo y Punto". Dávila directed La Morena: The Dark One, which gained recognition off-off-Broadway. He continued his education at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and then earned his master's degree in Dramatic Arts from California's Pasadena Playhouse. He was married to Isabel Dávila, with whom he had three children.

In 1974, he played the lead role in Luis Rafael Sánchez' presentation of "O casi el alma", both in Spanish and English. During his final years, Dávila was afflicted with diabetes.

Raúl Dávila died on January 2, 2006, at his home in Newark, New Jersey from a heart attack. On January 6, 2006, New York Democratic Congressman José Serrano released a statement to be submitted to the Congressional Record honoring Dávila.

Theater Dávila spent most of the decade of the 70's doing theater. Among the many productions in which he worked were:

Bodas de Sangra - Leonardo Yerma - Juan Tonight or Never - Franz South Pacific - The Professor Kiss me Kate - Hortensio La vida es un sueño - Segismundo The King and I - The King The Sun looks Down - Anselmo The Sound of Music - Captain Von Trapp La Viliza - Osvaldo Quién le teme a Virginia Wolf?

Filmography 1959: Counterplot - Messenger 1965: The Patty Duke Show (TV Series) - Carlos 1965: Heroína - Judge 1966: El Escuadrón del pánico 1984: A Doctor's Story (TV Movie) - Jack Angel 1985: Private Sessions (TV Movie) - Mr. Fontana 1985: La Gran Fiesta - Don Miguel de la Torre 1986: Florida Straits (TV Movie) - Esteban 1987: The Believers - Oscar Sezine 1988: The Trial of Bernhard Goetz (TV Series) - Flores 1990: The Old Man and the Sea (TV Movie) 1991: Fires Within - Reuben 1991: Camelo y Punto (TV Movie) - Camelo 1992: Le Grand pardon II - Emilio Esteban 1993: La guagua aérea - Ernesto 1994: Law & Order (Episode: "Coma") - Camacho 1994: New York Undercover (Episode: "Missing" November 3) - Martinez 1994: Linda Sara - Doctor Baez 1994-1998: All My Children (TV Series) - Hector Santos 1999: Los Diaz de Doris - Rodolfo 2005: Fuego en el alma - (final film role)