Pepe Iglesias

Pepe Iglesias
Pepe Iglesias (unknown date).
Born José Ángel Iglesias Sánchez
(1915-02-11)February 11, 1915
Buenos Aires
Died (1991-03-04)March 4, 1991 (aged 88)
Santiago de Chile
Other names El Zorro
Occupation Actor
Website http://www.pepeiglesiaselzorro.com.ar/

Pepe Iglesias (February 11, 1915 in Buenos Aires – March 4, 1991 in Santiago de Chile), full name José Ángel Iglesias Sánchez, nicknamed El Zorro (The Fox), was an Argentine comedian, who, though he developed much of his career in his home country, also spent time in Chile and Spain. At the 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards Iglesias won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role for his performance in Mi novia es un fantasma (1944).

Biography

Son of Spanish immigrants, he developed his career in his native land of Argentina, before settling in Spain in May 1952. Soon after, he made his debut with the Spanish public through a local radio station in Barcelona. The following year, he appeared Ramon Torrado's film Que Loco!, alongside Pepe Isbert and Emma Penella.[1] He was then signed by Cadena SER and became one of Spain's best paid radio stars. Endowed with an uncanny ability to play different voices, attributed to different people, like 'Don Tapadera' and 'Finado Fernández' who was one of the most popular. All of these were living in the imaginary One Bed Hotel (where there is anger all week). Iglesias, under the nickname 'The Fox' became one of the comics par excellence of the Spanish 50s. The taglines of his shows soon passed into everyday language, and it became common to hear one, followed by a whistled theme tune. With the advent of television in Spain, Iglesias tried his luck at the new media (Gran Parada). However, his form of linguistic comedy did not survive the adaptations necessary for the changing times.

Films

YearTitle
1938Dos amigos y un amor
193924 horas en libertad
1944Mi novia es un fantasma
1945Llegó la niña Ramona
1946El tercer huésped
1947Un ángel sin pantalones
1948El barco sale a las diez
1948Recuerdos de un angel
1949Una noche en el Ta-Ba-Rín
1949Wiseguy
1950El Zorro pierde el pelo
1950Piantadino
1951El heroico Bonifacio
1951Si usted no puede, yo sí (as Pepe Iglesias 'El Zorro')
1952Como yo no hay dos
1952Los sobrinos del Zorro
1953¡Che, qué loco!
1955Pobre pero honrado

References

  1. ↑ "CAPITOL: "¡CHE, QUÉ LOCO!" (reseña del estreno)". Diario ABC. Madrid. 24 March 1953.
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