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Also known as Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, Mario Moreno

Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well known throughout Latin America and Spain.

Person · Open Library

Born
1911
Died
1993
Works
1

Top works

  • Su Excelencia

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Film & TV

Acting · Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and stage and film actor, known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin. The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful…

Known for

  • El Barrendero — Napoleon1982
  • Amigo and Friends — cantinflas1982
  • México de mis amores1979
  • El patrullero 777 — Diógenes Bravo1978
  • Mickey's 50 — Self1978
  • The Minister and Me — Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'1976
  • Conserje en Condominio — Ursulo1974
  • Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo — Sancho Panza1973
  • Cantinflas Show — Cantinflas1972
  • El profe — Sócrates García1971

via TMDB

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
199
Total plays
625

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Key facts

Person.name
Cantinflas
Person.image
Cantinflas en 1967 (cropped).webp
Person.caption
Cantinflas in 1967
Person.other_names
Mario Moreno
Person.birth_name
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes
Person.birth_place
Santa María la Redonda, Mexico City, Mexico
Person.death_place
Mexico City, Mexico
Person.burial_place
Panteón Español, Mexico City, Mexico
Person.education
Instituto Politecnico Nacional Chapingo Autonomous University (Agronomy, few months)
Person.years_active
1937–1993
Person.children
Mario Arturo Moreno
Person.party
Institutional Revolutionary Party

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Early and personal life
  • Origin of name
  • Entertainment career
  • Film career
  • Theater
  • Hollywood and beyond
  • Death
  • Career
  • Characterizations
  • Critical response
  • Filmography
  • Awards and nominations
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes (12 August 1911 – 20 April 1993), known by the stage name Cantinflas (), was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is well known throughout Latin America and Spain.

His humor, loaded with Mexican linguistic features of intonation, vocabulary, and syntax, is beloved in all the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and in Spain. His abilities gave rise to a range of expressions based on his stage name, including: cantinflear, cantinflada, cantinflesco, cantifleando and cantinflero.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cantinflas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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