David Huffman (actor)
David Huffman (born May 10, 1945 in Berwyn , Illinois , † February 27, 1985 in San Diego , California ) was an American actor who was active in both cinema and television films and on Broadway. He was married to Phyllis Huffman and was murdered in 1985.
murder
Huffman was murdered by a thief in San Diego. He discovered 16-year-old Genaro Samano Villanueva, who had just broken into a trailer. He chased him to Balboa Park , where Villanueva stabbed him with a screwdriver. In 1986 Villanueva, an illegal immigrant from Mexico , was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Huffman would have starred in the series Torches by Storm a week later . In December 2011, Villanueva was denied a pardon for the next 15 years.
Filmography (selection)
- 1974: The Gun
- 1976: The Price of Power (Captains and the Kings) (TV series, three episodes)
- 1978: Amok Hunt (Wolf Lake)
- 1978: FIST - A man goes his way (FIST)
- 1978: The Winds of Kitty Hawk (TV movie)
- 1978: Ice Fever (Ice Castles)
- 1979: Murder in the Onion Field
- 1979–1983: Trapper John, MD (TV series, two episodes)
- 1980: Leo and Loree (Leo and Loree)
- 1980: Blood Beach (Blood Beach)
- 1980: Baby Comes Home
- 1981: Mount St. Helens - The Killer Volcano ( St. Helens )
- 1982: Firefox (Firefox)
- 1982: Our Little Farm ( Little House on the Prairie , TV series, episode 9x11)
- 1983: Flight from Hell (Last Plane Out)
- 1984: TJ Hooker (TV series, episode 3x13)
Broadway
- Butterflies Are Free (October 21, 1969– July 2, 1972)
Web links
- David Huffman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The New York Times . The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ Youth, 16, Held in Death of Actor David Huffman . The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.sandiegodaannualreport.com/2011/pages/divisions/case_issuance_extradition.html
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SURNAME | Huffman, David |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1945 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berwyn , Illinois , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1985 |
Place of death | San Diego , California , United States |