Florencio Castelló (1905 – 23 August 1986) was a Spanish actor, known for participating in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, acting alongside personalities of Mexican cinema such as Pedro Infante and Cantinflas. He usually played roles of a Spaniard with an Andalusian accent.[1][2]
Florencio Castelló | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 23 August 1986 (aged 80–81) |
| Occupation(s) | Film, television and voice actor |
| Years active | 1941–1986 (film) |
He left Spain in 1936 fleeing the civil war in his country, joining a theater company in which he performed Andalusian works, which toured throughout Latin America until in 1939 he arrived in Mexico.[2]
He also served as a voice actor, being known for voicing Mr. Jinks in the Latin American Spanish dub (done in Mexico) of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, also using his Andalusian accent.[1][2][3][4]
Selected filmography edit
- Neither Blood nor Sand (1941)
- Dos mexicanos en Sevilla (1942)
- Simón Bolívar (1942)
- El verdugo de Sevilla (1942)
- ¡Así se quiere en Jalisco! (1942)
- Santa (1943)
- Escándalo de estrellas (1944)
- Gangsters Versus Cowboys (1948)
- Tía Candela (1948)
- Lost (1950)
- Azahares para tu boda (1950)
- También de dolor se canta (1950)
- Port of Temptation (1951)
- Canasta uruguaya (1951)
- Las locuras de Tin-Tan (1952)
- Here Comes Martin Corona (1952)
- El Enamorado (1952)
- Sombrero (1953)
- You Had To Be a Gypsy (1953)
- Camelia (1954)
- Tú y las nubes (1955)
- Barefoot Sultan (1956)
- A sablazo limpio (1958)
- Dos corazones y un cielo (1959)
- The Miracle Roses (1960)
- The Black Bull (1960)
- Adventures of Joselito and Tom Thumb (1960)
- Vacations in Acapulco (1961)
- The White Horse (1962)
- The Exterminating Angel (1962)
- El padrecito (1964)
- La casa de las muchachas (1969)
- The Holy Office (1974)
- The Bricklayer (1975)
References edit
- ^ a b "Florencio Castelló". ABC Play (in Spanish).
- ^ a b c "Florencio Castelló". La Tremenda Corte (in Spanish).
- ^ Iwasaki, Fernando (12 December 2020). "Florencio Castelló, un actor de dibujos animados" [Florencio Castelló, a cartoon actor]. ABC de Sevilla (in Spanish).
- ^ Rodrigo, Borja (19 August 2018). "La voz andaluza de los dibujos animados (doblados en latino) que veías en los 80" [The Andalusian voice of cartoons (dubbed in Latin [American Spanish]) that you saw in the 80s]. El Confidencial (in Spanish).