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






