Buddy Holly — La Bamba Character Profile

About Buddy Holly

A fellow rock-and-roll musician who joins Ritchie on the Winter Dance Party tour. When the tour bus breaks down, he charts a plane to fly the group to Minnesota. He tragically dies alongside Ritchie in the February 2, 1959 plane crash.

Character Facts

Played by

Marshall Crenshaw

Appears in

La Bamba (1987)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (1)

• Buddy Holly — Social Tour Mate — Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips)

  Fellow musician on the Winter Dance Party tour

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