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{{Infobox person
| name = René Enríquez
| image = René_Enríquez.jpg
| caption = Enríquez as Lt. Ray Calletano
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|24}}
| birth_place = [[Granada, Nicaragua]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|3|23|1933|11|24}}
| death_place = [[Tarzana,
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| yearsactive = 1960–1989
| notable_works = ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
}}
'''René Enríquez''' (November 24, 1933 – March 23, 1990) was a Nicaraguan-born<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 March 1990 |title=Rene Enriquez, 56; Played a Lieutenant In 'Hill Street Blues' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/28/obituaries/rene-enriquez-56-played-a-lieutenant-in-hill-street-blues.html}}</ref> American television actor of the 1970s and 1980s. He is best remembered for his role as Lt. Ray Calletano in the long-running television series ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' (1981–1987).<ref>{{cite book| first1=Rafael J.| last1=Rivera Viruet| first2=Max| last2=Resto| title=Hollywood-- Se Habla Español| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hk52WGdUmbEC&q=hill+street| year=2008| page=136| quote=yet not forgotten, are character actors René Enríquez, who began his film career in [[Woody Allen]]'s hilarious comedy ''Bananas'' and who enjoyed a long and productive career in television, including ''Hill Street Blues''| publisher=Terramax Entertainment| isbn=978-0981665009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| first=Douglas| last=Heil| title=Prime Time Authorship: Works About and by Three TV Dramatists| date=1 March 2002| page=298| quote=As Calletano, Rene Enriquez was just wonderful. He knocked us out at the first reading when he auditioned.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ee8OTKqGj4gC&q=enriquez| publisher=Syracuse Univ Press| isbn=978-0815628781}}</ref>
==Career==
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Co-star [[Daniel J. Travanti]] reminisced that, during his time on ''Hill Street Blues'', Enríquez was "sad, unhappy because they were not thrilled with him, they kept saying that it was difficult to understand him. He was really crushed when they let him go. ... He was sweet, sweet natured and grateful for what he had there but saddened by being let go."<ref>{{cite video| url=https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/daniel-j-travanti| title=The Interviews: Daniel J. Travant, Actor| website=Television Academy Foundation| date=13 October 2004| access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>{{efn|Enríquez appeared in all seven seasons of ''Hill Street Blues'', in 109 of the series' 144 total episodes (76%).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081873/ |title=Hill Street Blues |website=[[IMDb]] |accessdate=September 27, 2024}}</ref> Early in the sixth season of the show, his character became captain of the Polk Avenue Precinct, and he appeared sparingly thereafter. See also [[List of Hill Street Blues episodes|List of ''Hill Street Blues'' episodes]].}}
Enríquez died on March 23, 1990, from [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]], the first of two ''Hill Street Blues'' stars to die that year, as [[Kiel Martin]] succumbed to [[lung cancer]] on December 28. Original reports said Enríquez died of [[pancreatic cancer]].<ref name="nyt"/> However, upon publication of his [[death certificate]],
==Partial filmography==
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*''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' (1981–1987, TV series) – Lt. Ray Calletano / Captain Ray Calletano
*''[[Bulletproof (1988 film)|Bulletproof]]'' (1988) – Gen. Maximiliano Brogado
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0258089|name=René Enríquez}}
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