Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 14, 1910
Died
Nov 24, 1993
Place of Birth
Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico
Credits
39 titles
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
Known For
Filmography
Desmadre mexicano
Bohemios de aficion
Estoy sentenciado a muerte
En las garras de la ciudad
Ratero
Lágrimas de mi barrio
La marchanta
The Mocking Ghosts
Manitas
Los fenómenos del fútbol
Las chivas rayadas
Los bárbaros del norte
El cara parchada
On the dead the crowns
Besito a papá
El globero
Mis abuelitas... no más!
Conqueror of the Moon
Bartolo
Juan Polainas
Una señora movida
El joven del carrito
El sordo
Castle of the Monsters
Clavillazo
Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp
Aladino
Pobres millonarios
Clavillazo
Nunca me hagan eso
El organillero
Piernas de Oro
Clavillazo
The Window Gossip
Vivir a todo dar
Clavillazo
The Phantom of the Red House
Diogenes Holmes
Pura vida
Melquiades
Una Movida Chueca
Clavillazo
Sindicato de telemirones
Chucho el Roto
Se solicitan modelos
Facundo
Reportaje
Damián García
Here Come The Freeloaders
El genial Detective Peter Pérez
Monte de piedad
El bolero