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Shawn Elliott

Date of birth: 1937-02-24

Place of birth: Santurce, Puerto Rico

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Eliezer Santiago

Shawn Elliott

Biography

Shawn Elliott (February 24, 1937 – March 11, 2016) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the original cast of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris onstage and as Paco in the film Short Eyes (1977).

Movie Credits

Dream House
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Dream House

1981-11-28

Vacationing Georgia construction worker (John Schneider) meets and falls for Manhattan's comely Dire

Off Beat
2.4

Off Beat

1986-04-10

Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his i

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
3.1

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

2001-09-02

In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people ar

Hurricane Streets
2.6

Hurricane Streets

1997-01-21

Marcus is a New York City street kid torn between his friends' criminal activities and a girl trying

Short Eyes
3.4

Short Eyes

1977-09-28

A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison

Arbitrage
3.2

Arbitrage

2012-09-14

A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error

The New Yorker
0

The New Yorker

1998-12-09

Skirt-chasing Gaul Alfred and comely American tourist Alice meet by chance and strike up a rapport d

Crossover Dreams
2.4

Crossover Dreams

1985-08-23

Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career s

Promised a Miracle
1.5

Promised a Miracle

1988-05-19

True story of a couple charged with manslaughter when their rejection of modern medicine in favor of

The Feast of the Goat
2.5

The Feast of the Goat

2006-02-11

Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's rela

Beat Street
3.4

Beat Street

1984-06-08

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business

Death in Small Doses
3

Death in Small Doses

1995-01-16

One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immed

Do the Right Thing
3.9

Do the Right Thing

1989-06-14

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset

Impulse
2.8

Impulse

1990-04-06

A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relation

Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh
2.6

Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh

1991-05-02

A police detective teams up with his buddy's daughter to investigate cult-ritual mutilations.

The Dead Pool
3.1

The Dead Pool

1988-07-13

Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he mus

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
2

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

1975-01-27

Three attendees at a puppet theater don various roles in order to sing a variety of songs by Jacques

Double Take
2.8

Double Take

2001-01-12

A man on the run takes another man's passport, only to find himself stuck with the identity of a str

Blue Moon
2.5

Blue Moon

2000-01-16

Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on vacatio