Chávez, Oscar

(1935 - )

   singer/actor who made his debut in the well-received Los caifanes (1966). Later became involved with in an actors' union dispute and has apparently been banned from acting in Mexico, although he is able to appear as a singer/songwriter, at which he is apparently quite successful, having released more than 80 records. One of his most recent films is the U.S.-made Rompe el alba (Break of Dawn, 1988), a biography of a Chicano radio personality.