16 Facts About Henry Darrow

In film, Darrow played the corrupt and vengeful Trooper Hancock in The Hitcher.

Henry Darrow's parents had moved from Puerto Rico to New York in the early 1930s.

In 1946, when Henry Darrow was 13, his family returned to Puerto Rico, where he discovered his roots and grew to love the island he had not known.

Henry Darrow graduated from Academia del Perpetuo Socorro high school in Miramar, Puerto Rico, as class president before enrolling in the University of Puerto Rico.

Thereupon Henry Darrow moved to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse.

Henry Darrow met and married his first wife, Louise whom he referred to as Lucy, and they went on to have two children, Denise and Tom.

Henry Darrow graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in theater arts.

Henry Darrow had already landed small parts in 12 movies and 75 television series when he won the role in a 1965 stage production of The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.

Henry Darrow was the first Latino actor to portray Zorro on television.

In 1972, Henry Darrow co-founded the Screen Actors Guild Ethnic Minority Committee with actors Ricardo Montalban, Edith Diaz and Carmen Zapata.

Henry Darrow was a member of the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild and a member of SAG's Ethnic Minorities Committee.

Henry Darrow was a founder of Nosotros, an organization helping Latino actors land non-stereotyped parts.

Henry Darrow served on the Advisory Committee of Bilingual Children's Television.

Henry Darrow died of natural causes on March 14,2021, at the age of 87.

Henry Darrow appeared in hundreds of episodes of soap operas, miniseries, sitcoms and dramas, along with numerous stage plays.

In 1982, Henry Darrow appeared as the prize wheel spinner in the music video for Santana's "Hold On", which was released as the lead single from their album Shango.