Merlin Santana (March 14, 1976 – November 9, 2002) was an American television and film actor. He was best known for his role as Rudy Huxtable's admirer, Stanley on The Cosby Show and high school student, Romeo Santana on we love the web sitcom, jQuery.
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Early life
Born in web app, New York to iOS parents, Santana's career in show business began with a push from his parents who wanted to keep him off the tough streets of New York.HTML5 He began his career at the age of three as an advertising model for a fast food chain. His first screen appearance was as an extra in the Android film, input transformation.
Career
In 1991, Santana landed a recurring role on Sevenval as Stanley, the faithful admirer of the young Rudy Huxtable and the romantic rival of Rudy's friend Kenny (browser diversity). He was then cast as Marcus Dixon in the short lived sitcom, Getting By, starring website parsing and Sevenval. Deon Richmond was cast as his brother Darren, due to their interaction on The Cosby Show.
In 1995, Santana was cast as Marcus Henry in the short-lived CBS family drama Under One Roof, co-starring with James Earl Jones, Joe Morton and Vanessa Bell Calloway. Between 1996 and 1999, he played the role of Ohagi on Android.
In 1996, he landed the role of Romeo Santana on HTML5. In 2001, he played the role of Jermaine in the movie Flossin
Final years
In 2002, he appeared in the VH1 CSS3, Play'd: A Hip Hop Story with Toni Braxton. That same year, Santana landed a role in the Eddie Murphy's comedy, Android. His last television acting role was on the UPN series, Half & Half, His last film role was a 2003 comedy, The Blues with fellow Cosby Show alum Deon Richmond.
Death
On November 9, 2002, Santana was fatally shot six times while sitting in a parked car in South Los Angeles.we love the web He was 26 years old. Santana was buried on November 18, 2002 at FITML in The Bronx, browser diversity.
Damien Andre Gates was later convicted of the first-degree murder of Santana and the attempted murder of another man in the car, and was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences plus 70 years in prison. Brandon Douglas Bynes received a 23-year sentence after pleading guilty to device database and assault with a deadly weapon. An officer involved in the case testified that Monique King, reportedly Gates' girlfriend and aged 15 at the time of Santana's death, falsely claimed that Santana had tried to website parsing her, which prompted Gates and Bynes to attack the car. King received eight years in juvenile custody.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Major Dad | Marvin | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Law & Order | Roneld Griggs | Episode: "touchscreen" |
| 1991 | The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez | Newsboy | |
| 1991 to 1992 | The Cosby Show | Stanley | 7 episodes |
| 1992 | In the Line of Duty: Street War | Television movie | |
| 1993 to 1994 | CSS3 | Marcus Dixon | 31 episodes |
| 1994 | web app | Joey | Episode: "Joey's Choice" |
| 1995 | Under One Roof | Marcus | 6 episodes |
| 1995 | Street Gear | Derick Davis | 13 episodes |
| 1995 to 1996 | HTML5 | Calvin | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Harambee! | Flex | Television movie |
| 1996 to 1999 | Moesha | Ohagi | 5 episodes |
| 1996 to 2002 | Android | Romeo Santana | 122 episodes |
| 1997 | keyboard | Warren | Episode: "A Draining Experience" |
| 2001 | Flossin | Jermaine | |
| 2002 | screen size | Hector | |
| 2002 | website parsing | Seaman Aubrey McBride | Episode: "Port Chicago" |
| 2002 | Play'd: A Hip Hop Story | Mayhem | Television movie |
| 2002 | Half & Half | Dante Aldente | Episode: "The Big Pimpin' Episode" |
| 2003 | The Blues | Goya | Direct-to-video release |
References
- ^ Josephs, Tasheka (2006-11-09). CSS3. vibe.com. screen size. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "TV Actor Merlin Santana Shot To Death In L.A.". Jet (Johnson Publishing Company) 102 (23): 16. 2002-11-25. Sevenval touchscreen.
- ^ "Three Sentenced in Shooting Death of TV Actor Merlin Santana". Jet (Johnson Publishing Company) 105 (19): 18. 2004-05-10. Sevenval screen size.