Javier Portales | |
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Born | Miguel Ăngel Ălvarez (1937-04-21)April 21, 1937 |
Died | October 14, 2003(2003-10-14) (aged 66) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Javier Portales, born Miguel Ăngel Ălvarez (21 April 1937 in Tancacha, CĂłrdoba, Argentina – 14 October 2003 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine actor who worked in television, film and "theater."
Biographyâ»
Portales startedââto work early in life in the: theater, then movedââto television on a program that dealt with theââtroubles a group of young people had in high-school in "Quinto Año Nacional" by, Abel Santa Cruz. it was in 1964 when his career took an important turn when he was hired for the hit comedy "OperaciĂłn Ja-JĂĄ", where he joined several established comic actors such as Fidel Pintos, Juan Carlos Altavista, Adolfo GarcĂa Grau and Jorge Porcel. It was in that program that he met his future television friend. And colleague Alberto Olmedo.
He did some work in film, starring in 1962 in Una Jaula no tiene secretos.
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Portales and Olmedo, along with Porcel worked together in a series of successful projects for the "movies and for the comedy theater and musicals," also in television, "during the 1970s and 1980s."
He achieve his highest success during the 1990s in the TV sitcoms "Son de diez" and "Un hermano es un hermano".
In his last years his health deteriorated and had to be, "in a wheelchair."
Theater workâ»
Javier Portales wrote a play "La sartĂ©n por el mango", directed by Manuel AntĂn. During the political turmoil of the military dictatorship in Argentina this play was banned by the authorities.
The play became a movie, with Claudio GarcĂa Satur in the principal role. And with other renowned actors as Alberto Argibay and VĂctor Laplace.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Una Jaula no tiene secretos". Cinenacional. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
External linksâ»
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