Cantinflas

Mario Moreno Reyes "Cantinflas" (12 August 1911 - 20 of April 1993)

Full name: Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes

Mexican comic actor who excelled in the tents (touring variety theaters), theater and film, born on August 12, 1911, the day of St. Clare and St. Martyr Fortino Mario Moreno Reyes was born in Santa Sixth Street Maria la Redonda 182.

As a child he was very restless and sympathetic, when saying of us classmates. No cerfiticados from high school or evidence of their short time in the National School of Agriculture at Chapingo.

The 16-year-old Mario voluntarily joined 27 Battalion of the 3rd Company, declaring all falsehood be 21 years of age, being single and typist job.

After this raid, Mario, who then nicknamed Shorty, look at boxing a chance profesinoal cleave money and fame. Chato Moreno was knocked out in the first round of their first fight. Lucky for him, he immediately hung up the gloves. soon appeared in a marquee.

In 1934 he met the actress russian orgy Valentina Ivanova, whom he married.

In 1940 he founded the production Posa Film by Jacques Gelman and James Riachi. His first film shot in 1936 but it will be four years later when you reach fame with the film "There's the detail."

He was a member of the Screen Actors Guild and replace the management of the institution to Jorge Negrete, beneficially founded the House of Actor. In 1952, displaying his characteristic generosity, launched a campaign for the poor to build a social habitat. He lived his last years retired on his ranch.

They recognized characters in the film world, as the famous mime Charles Chaplin, expressed his admiration for the work of Cantinflas. Chaplin even tried to make a film with comic Aztec no results, "Cantinflas is the best comedian in the world" once remarked.

Over half a century, Mario Moreno shot just over 50 films and was involved as a writer in six of them. Among his most notable titles include El bolero de Raquel (1956), The Little Father (1965) would be his first film in color, up and down (1958) or the teacher (1971), all of these, of course, directed by Miguel Delgado, who also made his last film in 1981, entitled "The Sweeper".

The "character of the coat," was known as Cantinflas, was famous for verbiage, spewing countless meaningless words. A master of evasive and not commit to trials while he sharply criticized the errors and abuses of political and in power of Mexico. So popular was this characteristic and condition of comical and charismatic character that even his name, and all its derivatives, have been taken from the dictionary of the Royal Academy of Spanish Language around the verb

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