Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Henry Darrow

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Henry Darrow was born Enrique Tomás Delgado Jiménez on September 15, 1933. He was an American character actor of stage and film known for his role as Manolito "Mano" Montoya on the 1960s television series ‘The High Chaparral’. In film, Darrow played the corrupt and vengeful Trooper Hancock in “The Hitcher”. During the 1970s and 1980s, he was seen in numerous guest starring television roles. Darrow replaced Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Zorro's father Don Alejandro de la Vega in the 1990s television series ‘The New Zorro’.

Darrow's parents had moved from Puerto Rico to New York in the early 1930s. At the age of eight, he played a woodcutter in a school play, an experience which convinced him that his destiny was as an actor.

In 1946, when Darrow was 13, his family returned to Puerto Rico, where he discovered his roots and grew to love the island he had not known. He graduated from Academia del Perpetuo Socorro high school in Miramar, Puerto Rico, as class president before enrolling in the University of Puerto Rico. There he studied political science and acting and worked as a part-time English-language interpreter. During his third year at the university, he was awarded a scholarship to attend acting school. Thereupon Darrow moved to Los Angeles, where he enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse. He met and married his first wife, Louise, whom he referred to as Lucy, and they went on to have two children, Denise and Tom. Darrow graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in theater arts.

In Zorro related appearances Darrow was a voice for the U.S. animated TV series 'The New Adventures of Zorro' in 1981 and played Zorro senior in the short-lived U.S. 1983 TV series 'Zorro and Son'. [Thanks to Michael Ferguson for this information.]

Darrow appeared in two Euro-westerns: “The New Zorro” TV series 1991-1993 as Don Alejandro de la Vega, and the film made from episodes of the TV series “Zorro: A Conspiracy of Blood” 1992 as Don Alejandro de la Vega.

DARROW, Henry (aka Henry Del Gado, Hank Delgado, Henry Delgado) (Enrique Tomás Delgado) [9/15/1933, New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 3/14/2021, Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S.A.] – author, theater, film, TV actor, singer, married to actress Lucy Darrow (Louise DePuy) [1934-2011] (1956-1979) father of two children Denise ‘DeeDee’ Darrow [1957-    ], Thomas ‘Tom’ Darrow [1960-1980], married to actress Lauren Levinson [1945-    ] (1982-2022), awarded Ricardo Montalbán Lifetime Achievement Award [2012].

The New Zorro (TV) – 1991-1993 (Don Alejandro de la Vega)

Zorro: A Conspiracy of Blood – 1992 (Don Alejandro de la Vega)