Emmy Award-winning actor Henry Darrow, best known as Manolito Montoya in the hit Western “The High Chaparral” and as the first Latino to play the dashing Zorro on television, has died at his home in North Carolina at age 87. His former publicist Michael B. Druxman announced Darrow’s March 14 death on Facebook, saying the actor had died of natural causes. All young actors should study Henry (as I did) and learn.”The Screen Actors Guild also celebrated Darrow: “We honor the career and achievements of Henry Darrow, the pride of Puerto Rico and SAG board member from 1970-73.”AdvertisementBeyond being an actor, Darrow was an activist who worked to expand the roles offered to Latinos on screen. Darrow was also a vice president of Nostros, the organization founded by Montalban to help Latino actors be cast in non-stereotypical roles. “Darrow wrote an autobiography, “Henry Darrow: Lightning in a Bottle,” with Jan Pippins in 2012.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 20, 2021 00:11 UTC