Born and raised in San Juan, Raul Julia graduated from the University of Puerto Rico, after which he worked as an actor while also performing in a nightclub act. In 1964 he moved to New York and rose to stardom on the New York stage. He frequently took time away from his stage career to act in movies and was known to millions as Gomez Addams of the Addams Family.
Raul Julia died from complications following a stroke at age 54.
