[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
‘Chelelo’ was a nickname used by Mexican actor Eleazar García Sáenz. He was born in Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 28, 1924. Eleazar appeared in close to 120 films between 1961 and 1999.
As ‘Chelelo’ he was best remembered as Antonio Aguilar's comic sidekick. Eleazar originally is from a ranch called, El Rancho de Los Guerras, current municipality of Miguel Aleman near Mier, Tamaulipas Mexico. García was known professionally as Chelelo and was one of the three main norteño comedians of Mexican cinema, along with Eulalio González and Alejandro Reyna.
He died on 24 August 1999 after three years of struggle to recover from embolism.[1] His son Eleazar Lorenzo García Gutiérrez (1957-2011) was known as Chelelo Jr.
His only Euro-western was as an old man in 1961’s “El caballo blanco” (The White Horse).
'CHELELO' (aka (E. Garcia 'Chelelo', Eleazar Garcia
'Chelelo', Eleazar García 'Chelelo', Eliazar Garcia 'Chelelo', Eleazar Garcia
Chelelo, Eleazar García Chelelo, El Chelelo) (Eleazar
García Sáenz) [9/28/1924, Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico – 8/24/1999,
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (complications due to surgery after a fall)] – comedian,
film actor, singer, married to ? father of actor, director Eleazar Lorenzo
García Gutiérrez [1957-2011]
The White Horse – 1961 (old man)
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