+ suffered a stroke that kept him several years in a vegetative
+ worked alongside the great actors, acted in more than 150 films
+ In Colima was in the Filming of "The corner of the virgins" by A. Isaac
by Hector FLORES ESPINOSA
Pancho Cordoba was a great actor, but also a writer of great talent, specializing in comedy. His film career lasted more than 30 years and was very active, but also highlighted as a writer some of the films in which he participated, and has participated in prominent American films like "Butch Cassidy" and "The Guns of San Sebastian."
When he died in 1990, already had several years away from the art. But he already had several years to vegetative life support because of a stroke.
For over 30 years he worked in over 150 films that delighted several generations of moviegoers. It was a great master of comedy, because it gave them a full touch of credibility, rogue roles of malicious, sarcastic or as a genius. Even came to write several scripts for the screen himself.
But he also liked politics and in 1977 resigned from the National Association of Actors and began his project to integrate a new agency to improve the conditions for the actors, because, for example, was said to allow the signing of some vedettes, and when you reach the age was not very clear his support and attention. So he founded the UPS and never abandoned the cause.
Pancho Cordoba was born in Chiapas, but in Mexico City after finishing his career began to work on various things, like life insurance salesman, agent advertising for radio and television and that's when he decided to write film scripts for radio and then began to drop through contacts he had made alos. And lue was well for his good-natured character that allowed her to open many doors for him, because in addition to writers, got a job as an actor and announcer at XEW.
In Colima is remembered with appreciation for his role in "The corner of virgins" who led the Alberto Isaac Colima and Colima and Comala came to film entirely on location in Colima. Including bath Horses, which was at the crossroads of Necromancer and Herrera. And it was in the same place where they filmed the scenes where Rosalba Brambila appears fully nude in her film debut after leaving in two telenovelas. But the big attraction was his physique. In this film also worked Emilio Fernandez, Alfonso Arau, Carmen Salinas, the former Lilia Prado, Hector Ortega, but also many Colima as Professor Manuel Cedeño, Melchor Fierros, Gabriel Portillo, Jorge Rocha, Leticia Gaitán, Jesusa Anguiano, among others.
worked alongside Mexican cinema stars such as Jorge Negrete, Pedro Armendariz and Andrés Soler in "Three gay compadres" in 1952 only the second film in which he intervened. But he was next to great comedians Alfonso Arau in "The Madness of rock'n roll" which is precisely the argument and just Pancho Córdova was his sixth film as an actor.
Clavillazo also participated in "I never do that", with springs in "Echenme the cat" and "Carnival in my neighborhood, or in the drama" Johnny and the kidnappers ", then made two films about" The gang fun "with Angelica Maria, or tape for children" Pirate's Chest, "but also worked alongside Tin-Tan in" Tin-Tan and models, or Chip and Capulina in "Two servants spoiled" or Mauricio Garces "Amorcito Heart", or Luis Aguilar, Joaquin Cordero and Dagoberto Rodriguez in "Three Trapped Tigers," or German in July in several films about the Black Whip, or next to Antonio Aguilar and Julio German in the successful "The Brothers of Iron ", or" John the Fearless "with Luis Aguilar, but also worked under award-winning English director Luis Buñuel's" Exterminating Angel ", but also stood by Angel Fernandez in" Taraumara "and by Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens in "Evil", or "The camp follower" with Silvia Pinal.
also worked in international films, in "The Guns of San Sebastian" with Anthony Quinn, as well as a chapter of the American TV series "I-Spy" with Robert Culp, but also worked no less than in the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid "with Paul Newman and Robert Redford that won 4 Oscars, including best film and that film just plays a cowboy named like him, but he also worked in the wester" Three Mules for Sister Sara "with Clint Eastwood.
also worked on other films that were very successful time as "Mercury Rising" "Life of Pito Perez useless," "The Barefoot Eagle", "Dona Macabre", "National Mechanics", "Puppies," "Faith, hope and charity," "Calzonzin inspector," "Omen," "Tivoli" "Fine night," among others.
survived by his wife Luz Maria Lira and her four children.
was, defnitivamente, a great actor and screenwriter.
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