<P> Chico and the Man is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 13 , 1974 to July 21 , 1978 . It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown ( the Man ) , the cantankerous owner of a run - down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio , and ( until his suicide late in the third season ) Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez , an upbeat , optimistic young Chicano who comes in looking for a job . It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican - American neighborhood . </P>
<P> Chico and the Man is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 13 , 1974 to July 21 , 1978 . It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown ( the Man ) , the cantankerous owner of a run - down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio , and ( until his suicide late in the third season ) Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez , an upbeat , optimistic young Chicano who comes in looking for a job . It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican - American neighborhood . </P>
who played chico in chico and the man
who played chico in chico and the man
Freddie Prinze
Freddie Prinze