Eulalio González(1921-2003)
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Renowned for portraying his witty, stereotypical norteño character
named "Piporro" in the Pedro Infante film
Ahí viene Martín Corona (1952),
Eulalio González quickly became one of the box-office stars of the
1960s and the best norteño comedian ever. Born and raised in northern
Mexico, González was the son of customs agent Pablo González Barrera
and Elvira Ramírez. During his youth he studied medicine and
accounting, though he never sought these professions. His first break
came when he working as a radio announcer and popular film actor-singer
Pedro Infante invited him to
participate in the radio-novela "Martín Corona". The success of the
radio-novela spawned a film starring Infante and
Sara Montiel with González reprising his
role as the comic norteño sidekick. It would not be until the early
1960s when González's popularity grew in both film and music, starring
as the leading man in the films
The Ship of Monsters (1960),
Ruletero a toda marcha (1962),
El rey del tomate (1963),
El bracero del año (1964),
La Valentina (1966),
Qué hombre tan sin embargo (1967),
and
El pistolero desconocido (1967).
His quick and inventive humor can be appreciated today in his films,
screenplays, and songs.
