Name
Antonio Espino 'Clavillazo'
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-08-14
Deathday
1993-11-24 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico
Biography
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
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- 1960 Conqueror of the Moon as Bartolo
- 1956 Vivir a todo dar as Clavillazo
- 1956 Pura vida as Melquiades
- 1956 The Phantom of the Red House as Diogenes Holmes
- 1956 Una Movida Chueca as Clavillazo
- 1959 Una señora movida
- 1957 El organillero
- 1979 Ratero
- 1957 Pobres millonarios as Clavillazo
- 1961 El globero
- 1952 El genial Detective Peter Pérez
- 1954 Se solicitan modelos as Facundo
- 1964 Las chivas rayadas
- 1960 Juan Polainas
- 1953 Here Come The Freeloaders
- 1956 The Window Gossip
- 1959 El sordo
- 1961 Besito a papá
- 1962 El cara parchada
- 1957 Nunca me hagan eso
- 1962 Los bárbaros del norte
- 1964 Los fenómenos del fútbol
- 1959 El joven del carrito
- 1951 Monte de piedad as El bolero
- 1965 The Mocking Ghosts as Manitas
- 1958 Castle of the Monsters as Clavillazo
- 1982 En las garras de la ciudad
- 1961 On the dead the crowns
- 1983 Estoy sentenciado a muerte
- 1973 Lágrimas de mi barrio
- 1961 Mis abuelitas... no más!
- 1954 Chucho el Roto
- 1973 La marchanta
- 1957 Piernas de Oro as Clavillazo
- 1988 Desmadre mexicano
- 1958 Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp as Aladino
- 1953 Reportaje as Damián García
- 1954 Sindicato de telemirones
- 1984 Bohemios de aficion
