Clavillazo

{{Short description|Mexican actor and comedian (1910–1993)}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Clavillazo in 1941.jpg

| caption = Clavillazo in May 1941

| name = Antonio Espino

| birth_date = 13 August 1910

| birth_place = Teziutlán, Mexico

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|11|24|1910|8|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| othername =

| occupation = Actor

| years active = 1951–1988

}}

José Antonio Hipólito Espino Mora (13 August 1910 – 24 November 1993), better known as Clavillazo (Great Little Nail), was a Mexican comedic actor who was mostly popular from the 1940s to the 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/95490.html|publisher=lasnoticiasmexico.com|title=Biografia Antonio Espino Clavillazo|accessdate=2016-11-12}}

History

His catchphrases were ""¡Pura vida!", "¡Ahí nomás!", en tono de alegría o "¡Nunca me hagan eso!", "¡Méndigo!"". He appeared in more than thirty films from the year 1951 to 1988.

Selected filmography

File:Clavillazo circa 1941 (cropped).jpg

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Year

! Title

! Role

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1953

|Ahí Vienen Los Gorrones

|Martin

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1954

|Se solicitan modelos

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1956

|El fantasma de la casa roja

|Diogenes Holmes

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1956

|Pura Vida

|Melquiades Ledezma

|

1957

|Pobres millonarios

|

|

rowspan=2| 1958

|Piernas de oro

|Clavillazo Tachuela

|

The Castle of the Monsters

|

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1960

|Juan Polainas

|

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1960

|Conquistador of the Moon

|Bartolo

|{{cite book|last1=Westfahl|first1=Gary|title=The Spacesuit Film: A History, 1918-1969|date=10 January 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786489992|page=272|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ob-mbLt249YC&dq=Clavillazo&pg=PA272|accessdate=1 May 2017|language=en}}

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