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Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes, known casually as Mario Moreno, and known professionally as Cantinflas (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993), was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter. He often portrayed impoverished ''campesinos'' or a peasant of ''pelado'' origin.〔"The peladito is the creature who came from the carpas with a face stained with flour or white paint, dressed in rags, the pants below the waist and covered with patches, the belt replaced by an old tie, the peaked cap representing a hat, the ruffled underwear that shows at any provocation, the torn shirt, and gabardine across his left shoulder." – Cantiflas〕 The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin once commented that he was the best comedian alive,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cantinflas: 1911-1993: Actor, Comedian - Mexico's Answer To Charlie Chaplin )〕 and Moreno has been referred to as the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico".〔(Cantinflas biography by Allmovie ) Retrieved January 24, 2006. 〕 To audiences in the United States, he is best remembered as co-starring with David Niven in the Academy Award winner for Best Picture film ''Around the World in 80 Days'', for which Moreno won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. As a pioneer of the cinema of Mexico, Moreno helped usher in its golden era. In addition to being a business leader, he also became involved in Mexico's tangled and often dangerous labor politics. Although he was a political conservative, his reputation as a spokesperson for the downtrodden gave his actions authenticity and became important in the early struggle against ''charrismo'', the one-party government's practice of co-opting and controlling unions. Moreover, his character Cantinflas, whose identity became enmeshed with his own, was examined by media critics, philosophers, and linguists, who saw him variably as a danger to Mexican society, a bourgeois puppet, a kind philanthropist, a transgressor of gender roles, a pious Catholic, a verbal innovator, and a picaresque underdog. ==Personal life== Cantinflas Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes was born in the ''Santa María la Ribera'' neighbourhood of Mexico City, and grew up in the tough neighbourhood of Tepito. He was one of the children born to Pedro Moreno Esquivel, an impoverished mail carrier, and María de la Soledad Reyes Guízar (from Cotija, Michoacan). They had eight children: Pedro, José ("Pepe"), Eduardo, Fortino, Esperanza, Catalina, Enrique, and Roberto.〔Yahoo (Cantinflas biography ). Retrieved February 9, 2006.〕 He made it through difficult situations with the quick wit and street smarts that he would later apply in his films. His comic personality led him to a circus tent show, and from there to legitimate theatre and film. He married Valentina Ivanova Zubareff, of Russian ethnicity, on October 27, 1936, and remained with her until her death in January 1966. A son was born to Moreno in 1961 by another woman;〔Ilan Stavans. ''The riddle of Cantinflas: Essays on Hispanic popular culture'', 1st ed. ISBN 0-8263-1860-6. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico. 1998, page 37.〕 the child was adopted by Valentina Ivanova and was named Mario Arturo Moreno Ivanova, causing some references to erroneously refer to him as "Cantinflas' adopted son".〔(Biography from ''Vanity Magazine'' ) Retrieved January 29, 2006.〕 He served as president of the Mexican actors' guild known as ''Asociación Nacional de Actores'' (ANDA, "National Association of Actors") and as first secretary general of the independent filmworkers' union ''Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica'' (STPC). Following his retirement, Moreno devoted his life to helping others through charity and humanitarian organizations, especially those dedicated to helping children. His contributions to the Roman Catholic Church and orphanages made him a folk hero in Mexico. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cantinflas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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