Friday, July 24, 2026

Fidel Castro is Dead, Was Not Popular in Movies– Only Three Actors Ever Played Him

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Fidel Castro is dead– Donald Trump Tweeted that out this morning, so we know it’s true.

Castro wasn’t popular in movies. For some reason, no one ever made a film about him. And only three actors ever played him.

Jack Palance played Castro in a 1969 movie called “Che” about Che Guevera. Castro wasn’t even the main player. And Anthony Lapaglia played him in a bad comedy called “Company Man.”

He was also featured in Steven Soderbergh’s four hour, two part “Che” in 2008. Demian Bechir took the role. But again, the movie was called “Che,” not “Fidel.”

Castro’s biggest media presence was his name used to sell sofa beds, as in Castro Convertibles. But Bernard Castro, the inventor of the pull out sofa, was Italian and not related.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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