Rick Aviles
American comedian and actorWikipedia
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Oct 22, 2026
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Don't call me Carlos Estevez.
Fred StollerGUEST
Did you know a guy back in the day, Rick Aviles? Yeah.
Fred StollerGUEST
Yeah, he...
Fred StollerGUEST
Rochette, how you doing? He was in Ghost, and he was in Carlito's Way.
Fred StollerGUEST
One time, I bumped
Felipe EsparzaHOST
into him.
Felipe EsparzaHOST
Rick Aviles, bro.
Felipe EsparzaHOST
His sister's an actress, too.
speaker_0HOST
The film deals so heavily with sudden unfair loss, and it now serves as a time capsule for so many brilliant actors who have since passed on.
speaker_1HOST
Like Rick Aviles.
speaker_0HOST
Yeah.
speaker_0HOST
He played the hired killer, Willie Lopez, uh, who by the way, also starred in The Godfather Part III that exact same year.
8 MINS LATER
speaker_1HOST
He said the profound reason he did the movie was that it gave him a chance to believe that maybe, just maybe, he would get to tell his departed father that he loved him again.
speaker_0HOST
Think about that for a second.
speaker_0HOST
Now, knowing that Patrick Swayze, Vincent Schiavelli, and Rick Aviles have all passed away, I want to challenge you to view the film through a slightly different lens the next time you watch it.
speaker_1HOST
It changes everything.