66 Facts About Raul Julia

Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay was a Puerto Rican actor.

Raul Julia took over the role of Orson in the Off-Broadway hit Your Own Thing, a rock musical update of Twelfth Night.

Raul Julia performed in mobile projects, including the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.

Raul Julia was eventually noticed by producer Joseph Papp, who offered him work in the New York Shakespeare Festival.

In 1979, Raul Julia starred in the original Broadway production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal alongside Roy Scheider and Blythe Danner.

In 1991, Raul Julia acted alongside Christopher Walken in a revival of Othello and in 1984, he starred in Design for Living with Frank Langella and Jill Clayburgh.

Raul Julia is known for his performances in films; his film debut came in 1971 acting alongside Al Pacino in The Panic in Needle Park.

Raul Julia appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart, Sidney Lumet's The Morning After, Romero and Alan J Pakula's Presumed Innocent.

In 1991 and 1993, Raul Julia portrayed Gomez Addams in two film adaptations of The Addams Family.

Raul Julia's funeral was held in Puerto Rico, attended by thousands.

Raul Julia was the oldest of four brothers, and sisters Maria Eugenia Julia and Olga Maria Julia.

Raul Julia's mother was a mezzo-soprano who sang in a church choir before marrying Julia's father, who was an electrical engineer graduated from Trine University.

Raul Julia's father was the founder of La Cueva del Chicken Inn, a restaurant in San Juan.

Raul Julia's father claimed that he brought pizza to Puerto Rico, after he hired an Italian cook in New York City who could prepare pizza.

Raul Julia was enrolled in the Colegio Espiritu Santo in Hato Rey, a Catholic private school, where most of the personnel spoke exclusively English.

Raul Julia's mother received recognition from the Catholic University of Ponce for these efforts.

Raul Julia concluded his secondary education at Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola, where he would organize plays of Julius Caesar, Hamlet, King Lear, and The Tempest.

Raul Julia continued acting in local plays and nightclubs as he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Raul Julia eventually realized that he had no interest in pursuing the law career favored by his parents, choosing to act full-time despite having doubts that he could sustain himself working as an actor.

Consequently, Raul Julia began performing in several plays that were held in San Juan.

Raul Julia performed in a re-staging of Macbeth, which was held in one of the municipality's colonial castles in order to simulate the setting of the work.

Parallel to this, Raul Julia began making presentations at the Ted Mack Amateur Hour.

Raul Julia's parents were shocked by the proposal, but ultimately agreed to support his decision.

Raul Julia's departure was postponed after his younger brother, Rafael, died in a traffic collision.

Raul Julia's first work was in a production of Pedro Calderon de la Barca's Life Is a Dream, where he played Astolfo, thereby making himself eligible to receive his Actors Equity card from Actors' Equity Association.

Raul Julia began performing with Phoebe Brand's mobile theatre, presenting plays in low-income neighborhoods of New York.

In 1966, Raul Julia was cast in the role of Macduff in a Spanish-language version of Macbeth, and performed in The Ox Cart, a stage play written by Puerto Rican playwright Rene Marques.

In 1967, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, attended a performance at Delacorte Theater, where Raul Julia was reading patriotic Puerto Rican poetry.

In September 1968, after auditioning four times for the role, Raul Julia debuted in his first Broadway play, performing as Chan in a staging of The Cuban Thing.

Raul Julia disliked his role in Love of Life, only appearing on the show for a brief time.

Raphael the Fix-It Man's partner at the Fix-It Shop was Emilio Delgado's character Luis, who, after debuting with Raul Julia, went on to a long tenure on the show.

Raul Julia noted that he cherished the roles he played in these Shakespeare plays, particularly the rhythm, music, and poetry present in them.

Raul Julia acted in Via Galacticas limited presentation on Broadway and, on television, played Dr Greg Robinson, Jerry's brother, in the "Oh, Brother" episode of The Bob Newhart Show.

Raul Julia subsequently joined Werner Erhard's Erhard Seminars Training or "est", an organization that promotes self-motivation, by participating in its seminars.

In 1976, Raul Julia played Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera, interpreting the dialogue with a marked British accent.

Raul Julia then returned to film as Italian car racer Franco Bertollini in The Gumball Rally.

That same year, Raul Julia married Poloway in the Catskill Mountains.

Raul Julia joined the initiative at its conception, establishing a personal goal of raising one million dollars for the organization.

Raul Julia followed up his double-duty stage work with a role in a film adaptation of The Tempest, spending several months in Italy while exploring its culture.

In preparation for his role in Harold Pinter's Betrayal, Raul Julia moved temporarily to London, hiring a dialect coach to train him in British pronunciation.

In 1982, Raul Julia played Calibanos in Mazursky's Tempest and Ray in the musical One from the Heart.

In view of the uniqueness of the script, Raul Julia agreed to begin filming before receiving his salary and traveled to South America, where he interviewed rebels and ex-prisoners to familiarize himself with their experiences and ideology.

In 1986, Raul Julia played a hairdresser named Joaquin Manero in The Morning After.

In 1988, Raul Julia played a corrupt official in Paul Mazursky's comedy, Moon over Parador, which received negative reviews from critics.

In 1989, Raul Julia was cast as San Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero in the biographical movie, Romero.

Raul Julia accepted the role based on its political nature, seeking to draw attention to the issues in that region of Central America.

Raul Julia then starred in the 1989 film adaptation of The Threepenny Opera, recreating the role of Macheath for the movie, which was renamed Mack the Knife for its American release.

In 1991, when Joseph Papp died, Raul Julia commented that the director was directly responsible for finding him roles besides that of "stereotypical Latinos", such as the "Latin lover".

Raul Julia was cast to play Gomez Addams in an adaptation of The Addams Family.

Raul Julia was attracted to the role because of the character's irreverent portrayal, noting that "even his depressions are wonderful".

In 1992, Raul Julia played the title role in a revival of Man of La Mancha with Sheena Easton, a Broadway musical adaptation of the Miguel de Cervantes novel, Don Quixote.

In 1994, Raul Julia played Chico Mendes in The Burning Season for HBO, for which he received critical acclaim.

Raul Julia familiarized himself with the role by analyzing interviews and footage from Mendes' Xapuri Rubber Tappers Union.

Raul Julia felt that this film would allow him to spend more time with his children, who were fans of the video game franchise and helped him prepare for the role.

Raul Julia received his second Saturn Award nomination for his performance, which was considered the high point of the otherwise poorly received motion picture.

Unbeknownst to the public, Raul Julia had suffered from stomach cancer for three years prior to his death and had undergone surgery for it.

Raul Julia was airlifted to a hospital in Los Angeles to receive medical attention.

Four days later, on October 24,1994, Raul Julia died at the age of 54 from complications of the stroke, never having regained consciousness.

Raul Julia's contributions were acknowledged with an invitation to join the New York Council for the Humanities.

Raul Julia continued to work in the NYSF, electing to donate his time.

Raul Julia promoted interracial acceptance and cooperation as a member of Racial Harmony and served as the chairman of the Joseph Papp Celebrity Coalition for Racial Harmony.

Raul Julia promoted the program on television and radio and served as the narrator of bilingual videos about the Hunger Project.

Raul Julia somehow found time in his notoriously busy schedule to participate in multiple benefit galas on behalf of the organization as well.

Raul Julia's involvement was recognized in "Ending Hunger: An Idea Whose Time Has Come".

On March 24,1992, Raul Julia received the Courage of Conscience Award.

Raul Julia received it for her work as the executive producer of the George Lopez TV series, which offered work and exposition for Hispanic talent.