Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes, known by the stage name Cantinflas, was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mexican comedian and is celebrated throughout Latin America and in Spain as a popular icon. His humor, loaded with Mexican linguistic features of intonation, vocabulary, and syntax, is beloved in all the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and in Spain and has given rise to a range of expressions including cantinflear, cantinflada, cantinflesco, and cantinflero.
Cantinflas in 1964
Apartment building that occupies the premises of the "vecindad" where Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" was born, former Sexta Calle de Santa María la Redonda (Sixth Street of Santa María la Redonda), today Eje Central Lázaro Cardenas 182.
Cantinflas (left) with Manuel Medel, c. 1938
Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" by Rufino Tamayo, 1948, exhibition "The Collection of Mexican Painting by Jacques and Natasha Gelman" poster, 1992, Cultural Center of Contemporary Art (defunct) City of Mexico.
Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)
Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 American epic adventure-comedy film starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton and Shirley MacLaine, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists.
Theatrical release poster
Michael Anderson, Michael Todd and Frank Sinatra on set
The main square of Chinchón arranged as a bullring
CBS paid Mike Todd for the rights to cover the anniversary celebration as a television special. Todd and his wife Elizabeth Taylor are seen here at home in a film clip which was used for the television special.
