Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'
José Antonio Hipólito Espino Mora, Better Known as Clavillazo He was a Mexican comedian and actor, born on August 13, 1910, in Puebla, Mexico. Second of all Children, his parents installed a butcher shop in Teziutlán, which in a few years became a success, where the young José worked since he was 10 years old. Barely 20 years old, he experienced his first tragedy, when his sister Bertha, his confidant and almost his second mother, died from an epidemic of black pox. In his adolescence, he ran away from his native city to live in Mexico City, but his father forced him to return and, looking for something that he was passionate about, he began working as an ocassal actor in the variety theater, today Victoria , from town. From Fernando Soler, Whom, All His Life, He Recognized As His Great Grand Master. He had the good idea of saving to pay for his own tent, but when he managed to have enough money, he spent it on a night out and the next day he had to go back to look for work, finding a vacancy as a night watchman. Eventually he returned to the Tent Theater and Vaudeville, where he used Nicknames like Chumiate and Polidor and became one of the most popular and Beloved comedians. To highlight his comedy, if he drew nails in his eyes, that's where the name Clavillazo came from. Pickpocket (1979), Among Others. Actor, comedian, producer and Real Estate Entrepreneur, Clavillazo Died on November 24, 1993, in Mexico City, at 83 Years
Reportaje
as Damián GarcíaReporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Conquistador de la luna
as BartoloCalled to the home of a scientist to deal with a simple electrical problem, bumbling electrician...
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Pobres millonarios
as ClavillazoSquatter neighborhood finds a wealthy sponsor.
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Ratero
as uncreditedSolovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province...
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Castle of the Monsters
as ClavillazoA couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!
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Los fenómenos del fútbol
as uncreditedWorking class family owns a restaurant: one brother's a rising star in local soccer, one's a...
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Monte de piedad
as El boleroAnthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their...
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Lágrimas de mi barrio
as uncreditedSlice-of-life melodrama in a Mexico City slum.
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En las garras de la ciudad
as uncreditedOwner of an auto repair shop deals with marital problems and neighborhood gangsters running...
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Mis abuelitas... no más!
as uncreditedBush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then:...
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Pura vida
as MelquiadesHapless Melquiades arrives in the city and embarrasses his relatives.
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The Window Gossip
as uncreditedA quirky peeper with a telescope accidentally discovers serial-killer activity across the courtyard.
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El genial Detective Peter Pérez
as uncreditedBumbling detective solves a murder on board a train.
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La marchanta
as uncreditedYoung woman just-arrived in the big city makes friends with two middle-aged couples.
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Una Movida Chueca
as uncreditedExperimental drug gives the ability to foretell the future.
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Los bárbaros del norte
as uncreditedTownsfolk expect that when the dead sheriff's son comes home, people will quit doing crimes......
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Chucho el Roto
as uncreditedHumble craftsman runs afoul of a rich girl's father and ends up in prison; the ill-fated romance...
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Here Come The Freeloaders
as uncreditedAuthorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the...
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Juan Polainas
as uncreditedPathetic shmuck loser tries to rival his twin brother's exploits in the Mexican Revolution.
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Estoy sentenciado a muerte
as uncreditedWhen his father dies, a Colombin child decides to go to Mexico to find his grandfather. And...
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Se solicitan modelos
as uncreditedIn this Mexican comedy, Mr. Lazaro's fashion house is on the brink of bankruptcy and in...
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Las chivas rayadas
as uncreditedThe comical misadventures of two brothers who are part of the local soccer team and their family.
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Besito a papá
as uncreditedA young man hires somebody to impersonate his father when it comes times to meet his...
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On the dead the crowns
as uncreditedA family has their daughter marry a dying man in order to get an inheritance, but get into...
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The Mocking Ghosts
as ManitasTwo fake fortune-tellers at a carnival accidentally conjure up some real ghosts.
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