# Ismael 'East' Carlo

Ismael Manny "East" Carlo (born January 29, 1942) is a Puerto Rican actor. He has sometimes been credited as East Carlo or Ismael East Carlo.

## Life and career

Carlo was born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, and raised in Spanish Harlem. He served in the U.S. Army after enlisting at age 17. He was stationed in Panama. From New York he moved to Florida, where he took a job as a janitor at a local theater and it was at that juncture his acting career started.
He started appearing in TV shows back in the 1970s, like his role in Caribe (1975) in the lady killer episode, he played lately the role of Don Diego in the comedy movie Bandidas (2006). He also appeared briefly in the series Prison Break, on episode 15 of the second season.

## Family

He has been married twice.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Episode Title(s) | Note |
| 2011 | True Blood | Don Santiago | "Me and the Devil" | |
| 2009 | Cold Case | Ramiro Valens | S07 Ep. 2 "Hood Rats" | |
| 2007 | Days of Our Lives | Alessandro Chavez | Ep. #1.10722 | a.k.a. Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives (USA: summer title) DOOL (USA: informal short title) Days (USA: short title) |
| 2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Man | "The Cradle Will Rock" | |
| 2007 | Prison Break | Old Mexican Man | "The Message" | aka Prison Break: On the Run (Australia: Season 2 title) |
| 2005 | Commander in Chief | Congressman Ferrer | "First Scandal" | |
| 2003 | George Lopez | Uncle Joe | S02 Ep. 13 "Super Bowl" | |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Basilio | S01 E03 "Wet Foot/Dry Foot" | aka "CSI: Weekends" (USA: promotional title) |
| 2000 | Family Law | Scott McClarran | S01 Ep. 21 "Second Chance" | |
| 1999 | The Parkers | Padre | "Quarantine" | |
| 1998 | Air America | Secretary Morales | "Hostage Situation" | |
| 1998 | Nash Bridges | Frank Dominguez, Joe's Father | "Special Delivery" | |
| 1998 | USA High | Hector | "Everybody Loves Raphael" | |
| 1998 | Michael Hayes | Varone | "Götterdämmerung" | |
| 1997 | 413 Hope St. | | "Redemption" | |
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | Ibarra | "Emission Impossible" | |
| 1996 | High Tide | Professor Don Arreggio | "Anything, Anytime, Anywhere: Part 2" | |
| 1996 | Nostromo | General Barrios | | TV mini-series aka "Joseph Conrad's Nostromo" aka "Nostromo - Der Schatz in den Bergen" (Germany) |
| 1994-1997 | General Hospital | Hernando Rivera | unknown episodes | |
| 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff Serafio Zuniga | "Crimson Harvest" | |
| 1994 | 1993 | Frank Fernandez | "Double Jeopardy" | |
| 1994 | 1992 | Juan Garcia | "Day of the Dead" | |
| 1993 | Roc | Mr. Mendez | "Shove It up Your Asprin" | a.k.a. "Roc Live" |
| 1993 | The Untouchables | Luis Murado | "Cuba: Part 1 & 2" | |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | Mariso | "Scorpio Lover" | |
| 1992 | Renegade | | "Second Chance" | |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | | "Monkey on My Back Lot" | |
| 1991 | The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage | Gustavo | E04 "Deals Are Made to Be Broken" | aka "Black Jack Savage" (USA) |
| 1990 | Broken Badges | Enrique Cardenas | Pilot | |
| 1990 | Hunter | Pablo Torres | "Where Echoes End" | |
| 1986 | Hunter | Colonel Hector Ramirez | "High Noon in L.A." | |
| 1990 | Baywatch | Escudero | "Eclipse" | a.k.a. "Baywatch Hawaii" (USA: new title) |
| 1990 | Booker | Ricardo Flores | "The Life and Death of Chick Sterling" | a.k.a. "Booker, P.I." |
| 1989 | B.L. Stryker | | "Auntie Sue" | |
| 1989 | Miami Vice | Chi-Chi | "Hard Knocks" | |
| 1987 | Miami Vice | Victor Vasquez | "Cuba Libre" | |
| 1987-1988 | Crime Story | Jorge Senterro | 5 episodes | |
| 1988 | Supercarrier | | "Rest and Revolution" | |
| 1987 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Judge | "Juvi" | |
| 1986 | Sidekicks | Judge | "Catherine the Not-So-Great" | |
| 1986 | Hotel | Colonel Vargas / Hector | "Separations" / "Choices" | aka "Arthur Hailey's Hotel" |
| 1986 | Crazy Like a Fox | | "The Road to Tobago" | |
| 1986 | Airwolf | Carlos / Sergeant / Sanchez | "Wildfire" / "Short Walk to Freedom" / "Mad Over Miami" | a.k.a. "Lobo del aire" (USA: Spanish title) |
| 1983-1985 | T. J. Hooker | Gunter Castro / Richard Garcia | "Rip-off" / "The Trial" | |
| 1983-1985 | The A-Team | Alvarez / Captain Cordoba / Salvador / Delgado | "Lease with an Option to Die" / "Sheriff of Rivertown" / "The Only Church In Town" / "A Small and Deadly War" | |
| 1985 | Fame | Perez | "Wishes" | |
| 1984-1985 | Santa Barbara | Ruben Andrade | 23 episodes | |
| 1984 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | | "Savior" | |
| 1984 | Riptide | Bartender | "The Mean Green Love Machine" | |
| 1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Dock Worker | "The Late Sarah White" | |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Enriquez | "Conduct Unbecoming" | |
| 1982 | Voyagers! | Jorge | "Bully and Billy" | |
| 1981 | The New Adventures of Zorro | Gaspar | 13 episodes | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Coin Thief | "Fruits of the Poisonous Tree" | |
| 1981 | Lou Grant | Judge | "Reckless" | |
| 1980 | The Tarzan / Lone Ranger Adventure Hour | Gaspar | | a.k.a. The Tarzan / Lone Ranger / Zorro Adventure Hour (USA: new title) |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Aguira | "Passport to Murder" | |
| 1977 | Baretta | First Junkie | "Open Season" | |
| 1975 | Caribe | Doctor | "Lady Killer" | |

### Film

| Year | Film | Role | Note |
| 2009 | Double Duty | General Sloan | |
| 2008 | Polar Opposites | Alberto | |
| 2006 | For the Best | Boss | |
| 2006 | Wet Foot/Dry Foot | Man On Boat | |
| 2006 | Leila | Robbie | |
| 2006 | Bandidas | Don Diego | aka Bandidas (France) |
| 2006 | The Deal | Arias | a.k.a. El pacte (Spain: Catalan title) |
| 2004 | El padrino | Manny | a.k.a. El padrino: The Latin Godfather (USA: DVD title) |
| 2003 | El Matador | Mr. Ortega | |
| 2002 | Purpose | Fisherman | |
| 2002 | Fidel | Eddy Chibas | TV |
| 2001 | The Way She Moves | Ernesto | TV |
| 2001 | Almost a Woman | Don Julio | TV |
| 2001 | The Suitor | Mundo | TV |
| 2000 | A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story | | TV |
| 1999 | Y2K | Camarillo | aka Terminal Countdown (USA: DVD title) |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | Mexican Dignitary | |
| 1998 | The Christmas Wish | Jose Rivera | TV |
| 1998 | Patch Adams | Hispanic Father | |
| 1998 | The Unknown Cyclist | Farm Worker | |
| 1998 | My Little Havana | Senor Grande | |
| 1996 | Eraser | Father Rodriguez | |
| 1995 | Criminal Hearts | Morcho | |
| 1993 | Huevos de oro | El Detective | aka Golden Balls aka Macho aka Uova d'oro (Italy) |
| 1993 | The Discoverers | Don Marcelino | |
| 1992 | Intent to Kill | Nick Gonzalez | |
| 1992 | Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel | General Fernando Osario | TV |
| 1991 | Wedlock | Chief Officer | a.k.a. Deadlock |
| 1991 | Fire: Trapped on the 37th Floor | Battalion Chief Rinosso | TV |
| 1987 | Love Among Thieves | Mazo | TV |
| 1987 | Juarez | Sergeant Quintana | TV |
| 1983 | Right of Way | Gardener | TV |
| 1983 | Sparkling Cyanide | Medical Examiner | aka Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide (UK: complete title) TV |
| 1983 | Hotel | Hector | TV |
| 1983 | One More Chance | Gonzales | |
| 1982 | Farrell for the People | Judge Sanchez | TV |
| 1980 | Defiance | El Bravo | |
| 1975 | Beyond the Bermuda Triangle | aka Beyond This Place There Be Dragons (USA) | TV |

### Miscellaneous Crew

| Year | Film | Role | Note |
| 1994 | Of Love and Shadows | ADR voice | aka De amor y de sombras (Argentina) |