Chalo González

Chalo González was a Mexican-American actor and property master.

Born in Fresno, California and raised in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, González came to Los Angeles as a young man, becoming a truck driver and eventually opening his own business exporting lumber to Mexico.

On one of these trips to Mexico, he had a chance encounter in a cantina with film director Sam Peckinpah, which began an enduring relationship that launched González's career in the film industry.

González worked in a wide range of positions on Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969), Junior Bonner (1971), The Getaway (1972), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). González also had small acting roles in The Wild Bunch and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.

González became a property master in the 1970s and worked on numerous television series, including The Six Million Dollar Man, Quincy, M.E., Taxi, Mork and Mindy, and Family Ties. At the urging of Family Ties creator Gary David Goldberg, González received a special certificate from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his contributions to the Emmy Award-winning 1987 Family Ties episode, "A, My Name Is Alex."

González began acting in the 1990s and earned many accolades, most notably for his performance in the 2006 indie film Quinceanera.

In recent years, González appeared as himself in several documentaries about Sam Peckinpah, including When Peckinpah Met Chalo, which is scheduled for release in late 2020.

González died March 20, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. He was 95.