CantinflasMario Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 - April 20, 1993), better known as Cantinflas, was a Mexican actor, circus performer and comedian. Charlie Chaplin once called Cantinflas the 'funniest man in the world'. Cantinflas did not start his professional life as an entertainer. It is a little known fact that Cantinflas was in the military and later, also a professional boxer before he joined to the entertainment world as a dancer. Cantinflas started out performing at a circus in the 1930s. In 1935, he joined the Follies Bergere theater, becoming a popular figure on Mexico's theater scene. He also appeared in a few movies during that time, but it was in 1940, that Cantinflas finally became a movie star, after shooting Ahí está el detalle. The phrase that gave that movie its name became a Cantinflas catch phrase for the rest of his career. From there on, Cantinflas went on to make more than 50 feature films, becoming a widely known entertainer and legendary comic all over Latin America and in Spain. Cantinflas went to Hollywood in the 1950s, making two popular movies in English, Around the World in Eighty Days and Pepe. Later, Cantinflas became President of the Mexican actors' union as well as Secretary of their filmworkers' union. He invested his earnings in real estate and in the sport of bullfighting. Cantinflas was so fond of bullfighting that he played his torero scenes himself . Cantinflas has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame and when he died in 1993, the US Senate held a minute of silence to honor his memory. Among the things that endeared him to his public was his comic use of language in his films: his characters, like El Barrendero, loved to strike up a normal conversation with anyone in the movie, and then complicate the conversation to the point where no one understood what they were talking about. This manner of talking became known as Cantinfleada, and it became common parlance for Spanish speakers to say ¡estas cantinfleando! (loosely translated as you're pulling a 'Cantinflas'! or you're 'Cantinflassing'!) whenever someone became hard to understand in conversation. The Real Academia Española has included the verb cantinflear in its dictionary . On October 16, 2003, a controversy surfaced over alleged abusive behaviour by Cantinflas’s son towards Cantinflas. Filmography
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On October 16, 2003, a controversy surfaced over alleged abusive behaviour by Cantinflas’s son towards Cantinflas. Sir Thomas Courtenay was knighted in 2001. The Real Academia Española has included the verb cantinflear in its dictionary . In 2003 he appeared on the West End stage again in the one-man show Pretending To Be Me, as Philip Larkin. This manner of talking became known as Cantinfleada, and it became common parlance for Spanish speakers to say ¡estas cantinfleando! (loosely translated as you're pulling a 'Cantinflas'! or you're 'Cantinflassing'!) whenever someone became hard to understand in conversation. His best known film role after the 1960s is probably in The Dresser, (from Ronald Harwood's play of the same name, in which he also appeared), with Albert Finney. Among the things that endeared him to his public was his comic use of language in his films: his characters, like El Barrendero, loved to strike up a normal conversation with anyone in the movie, and then complicate the conversation to the point where no one understood what they were talking about. He appeared in "I Heard the Owl Call My Name" on US television in 1973. Cantinflas has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame and when he died in 1993, the US Senate held a minute of silence to honor his memory. His television appearances have been relatively few, but have included She Stoops to Conquer on BBC and several Ayckbourn plays. Cantinflas was so fond of bullfighting that he played his torero scenes himself . He showed his comic talent again by creating the role of Norman in Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy, The Norman Conquests. He was briefly married to the actress, Cheryl Kennedy. He invested his earnings in real estate and in the sport of bullfighting. His Hamlet at the Edinburgh Festival of 1968 marked him out as one of Britain's leading stage actors as well as a film actor. Later, Cantinflas became President of the Mexican actors' union as well as Secretary of their filmworkers' union. He was born Thomas Courtenay in Hull, England, and made his stage début in 1960 with the Old Vic company. Cantinflas went to Hollywood in the 1950s, making two popular movies in English, Around the World in Eighty Days and Pepe. (In the latter two, he appeared alongside Julie Christie). From there on, Cantinflas went on to make more than 50 feature films, becoming a widely known entertainer and legendary comic all over Latin America and in Spain. Zhivago (1965). The phrase that gave that movie its name became a Cantinflas catch phrase for the rest of his career. Tom Courtenay (pronounced "Courtney") (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. He also appeared in a few movies during that time, but it was in 1940, that Cantinflas finally became a movie star, after shooting Ahí está el detalle. In 1935, he joined the Follies Bergere theater, becoming a popular figure on Mexico's theater scene. Cantinflas started out performing at a circus in the 1930s. It is a little known fact that Cantinflas was in the military and later, also a professional boxer before he joined to the entertainment world as a dancer. Cantinflas did not start his professional life as an entertainer. Charlie Chaplin once called Cantinflas the 'funniest man in the world'. Mario Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 - April 20, 1993), better known as Cantinflas, was a Mexican actor, circus performer and comedian. Cantinflas. No te engañes corazón (1936) ... El Tejón. ¡Así es mi tierra! (1937) ... Polito Sol. Águila o sol (1937) http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/aguila.html ... Cantinflas. El signo de la muerte (1939) ... Chencho Albondigón (cortometraje publicitario). Siempre listo en las tinieblas (1939) ... Bala Fría (cortometraje publicitario). Jengibre contra dinamita (1939) ... Cantinflas (cortometraje publicitario). Cantinflas en los censos (1940) ... Cantinflas (cortometraje publicitario). Cantinflas boxeador (1940) ... Cantinflas (cortometraje publicitario). Cantinflas ruletero (1940) ... Cantinflas (cortometraje). Cantinflas y su prima (La prima de Cantinflas) (1940) ... Cantinflas/"Leonardo del Paso". Ahí está el detalle (1940) http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/detalle.html... El Chato/Manuel Márquez "Manolete". Ni sangre ni arena (1941) ... Cantinflas, el 777. El gendarme desconocido (1941) ... participación involuntaria. Carnaval en el trópico (Fiesta en Veracruz) (1941) ... Cantinflas/D'Artagnan. Los tres mosqueteros (1942) ... el zapatero. El circo (1942) ... ruletero/Romeo de Montesco. Romeo y Julieta (1943) ... Cantinflas. Gran Hotel (1944) ... el voceador. Un día con el diablo (1945) ... Cantinflas. Soy un prófugo (1946) ... Cantinflas. ¡A volar joven! (1947) ... Cantinflas. El supersabio (1948) ... Cantinflas. El mago (1948) ... Cantinflas. Puerta, joven (El portero) (1949) ... Margarito/El Siete Machos. El Siete Machos (1950) ... El bombero atómico, el 777. El bombero atómico (1950) ... Cantinflas. Si yo fuera diputado (1951) ... participación. Lluvia de estrellas (1951) ... Cantinflas. El señor fotógrafo (1952) ... Cantinflas. Caballero a la medida (1953) ... Cantinflas. Abajo el telón (1954) ... Cantinflas. El bolero de Raquel (1956) ... Paspartout (producción estadounidense). Around the World in Eighty Days (La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días) (1956) ... Cantinflas. Ama a tu prójimo (1958) ... Cantinflas. Sube y baja (1958) ... Pepe (coproducción con los Estados Unidos). Pepe (1960) ... Inocencio Prieto y Calvo. El analfabeto (1960) ... Rogaciano. El extra (1962) ... Feliciano Calloso. Entrega inmediata (1963) ... padre Sebastián o Sebas. El padrecito (1964) ... doctor Salvador Medina. El señor doctor (1965) ... Lopitos. Su excelencia (1966) ... Fidencio Barrenillo. Por mis pistolas (1968) ... Justo Leal y Aventado. Un Quijote sin mancha (1969) ... Sócrates García. El profe (1970) ... Sancho Panza (coproducción con España). Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1972) ... Úrsulo. Conserje en condominio (1973) ... Mateo Melgarejo. El ministro y yo (1975) ... Diógenes Bravo. El patrullero 777 (1977) ... Napoleón. El barrendero (1981) ... |