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Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'

Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'

Born: 1910-08-14 • Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico

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

Filmography
Desmadre mexicano poster
Desmadre mexicano
1988
Bohemios de aficion poster
Bohemios de aficion
1984
Estoy sentenciado a muerte poster
Estoy sentenciado a muerte
1983
En las garras de la ciudad poster
En las garras de la ciudad
1982
Ratero poster
Ratero
1979
Lágrimas de mi barrio poster
Lágrimas de mi barrio
1973
La marchanta poster
La marchanta
1973
The Mocking Ghosts poster
The Mocking Ghosts
1965 • Manitas
Los fenómenos del fútbol poster
Los fenómenos del fútbol
1964
Las chivas rayadas poster
Las chivas rayadas
1964
Los bárbaros del norte poster
Los bárbaros del norte
1962
No Image
El cara parchada
1962
On the dead the crowns poster
On the dead the crowns
1961
Besito a papá poster
Besito a papá
1961
No Image
El globero
1961
Mis abuelitas... no más! poster
Mis abuelitas... no más!
1961
Conquistador de la luna poster
Conquistador de la luna
1960 • Bartolo
Juan Polainas poster
Juan Polainas
1960
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Una señora movida
1959
No Image
El joven del carrito
1959
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El sordo
1959
Castle of the Monsters poster
Castle of the Monsters
1958 • Clavillazo
Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp poster
Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp
1958 • Aladino
Pobres millonarios poster
Pobres millonarios
1957 • Clavillazo
No Image
Nunca me hagan eso
1957
No Image
El organillero
1957
Piernas de Oro poster
Piernas de Oro
1957 • Clavillazo
The Window Gossip poster
The Window Gossip
1956
No Image
Vivir a todo dar
1956 • Clavillazo
No Image
The Phantom of the Red House
1956 • Diogenes Holmes
Pura vida poster
Pura vida
1956 • Melquiades
Una Movida Chueca poster
Una Movida Chueca
1956 • Clavillazo
Sindicato de telemirones poster
Sindicato de telemirones
1954
Chucho el Roto poster
Chucho el Roto
1954
Se solicitan modelos poster
Se solicitan modelos
1954 • Facundo
Reportaje poster
Reportaje
1953 • Damián García
Here Come The Freeloaders poster
Here Come The Freeloaders
1953
El genial Detective Peter Pérez poster
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
1952
Monte de piedad poster
Monte de piedad
1951 • El bolero