Antonio Prieto (Chilean actor)
Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto (26 May 1926 – 14 July 2011)[1] was a Chilean actor.
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| Born | Juan Antonio Espinoza Prieto 26 May 1926 |
| Died | 14 July 2011 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1954–68 |
Also a popular singer, he scored an international 1961 hit with "La novia", later known as "The Wedding" in Great Britain and the US. In 1995 a 20 Greatest Hits CD was released, which included such hits as "La novia" and "El milagro". He also made a very popular Spanish version of a song from the Italian singer Domenico Modugno.
Prieto also sang a popular ballad, "Juan Bobo", in homage to the popular Juan Bobo of Puerto Rican folklore.[2]
Partial filmography
- Juan Mondiola (1950)
- The Two Little Rascals (1961)
- La boda (1964)
- El tímido (1965)
- La industria del matrimonio (1965) - (segment "Romántico")
- De profesión, sospechosos (1966) - Joaquin Frias
- Eroe vagabondo (1966)
See also
References
- Ulloa, Eric; Ponce, David (July 14, 2011). "La música está de duelo: Muere Antonio Prieto, quien inmortalizó "La Novia"" (in Spanish). Emol. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- Musica Fusion, Juan Bobo Retrieved 2013-05-29
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