Who is this TV legend? Erik Estrada, who played a motorcycle cop Frank Llewelyn 'Ponch' Poncherello on the smash hit NBC crime drama CHiPs, was the actor spotted in Burbank this week. He wore a ...

According to IMDb, the show follows a new officer, Jon Baker, as he learns from undercover federal investigator Frank “Ponch” Poncherello. Deputy Kilbon has been riding the roads in Jefferson ...

It’s CHiPs come to life. Erik Estrada, who played Officer Frank Poncherello for six seasons on the ’70s-’80s cop show about California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers, has brought fantasy ...

"Poncherello was Poncherelli," he said ... Why don't we [make this character] a Hispanic-American cop. Prime time had never had a Latino in a positive role image. They went with it and it ...

A: Well, originally Poncherello was Poncharelli, an Italian-American cop. When I got the role, I changed it to a Hispanic-American cop. It was the first time you had a Hispanic-American officer in ...

Willis took notice of his extra-tight patrol uniform and adopted it for his role as the “cop” in the musical group. 7. PONCH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ITALIAN. The role of Frank Poncherello was ...

It’s been more than 30 years since Ponch and Jon rode off into the sunset on the hit buddy cop show "CHiPs ... Patrol partners Jon Baker and "Ponch" Poncherello on the show and while rumors ...

Pena’s Frank “Ponch” Poncherello is a hyper-masculine ... The film opens with the revelation that a dirty cop and an armored car driver, both African-American men, have secretly been ...