Leo Carrillo

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Leopoldo Antonio "Leo" Carrillo (born August 6, 1881 in Los Angeles , California , † September 10, 1961 in Santa Monica , California) was an American film and stage actor .

Life

family

Leo Carrillo belonged to one of the most prominent Californian families of his time; his family tree can be dated back to José Raimundo Carrillo, one of the first settlers in San Diego in 1769. Leo Carrillo's great-grandfather was Carlos Antonio Carrillo , who served as Governor of California from 1837 to 1838 . José Antonio Carrillo , Carrillo's great-uncle, was Mayor of Los Angeles from 1826 to 1834.

Leo Carrillo himself was born to Juan José Carrillo and his first wife Francisca Roland. In 1881 the family moved to Santa Monica, where Carrillo's father was elected the city's first mayor from 1890 to 1897. After the early death of his mother in 1897, his father remarried. Carrillo grew up in an extended family. In addition to the ten siblings from his father's first marriage, Juan Carillo had seven more children with his second wife, Eva Van Vusker Carrillo. Carrillo is also a cousin of actor William Gaxton .

Career

Carrillo began working as a cartoonist for the San Francisco Examiner as a young adult and moved to New York City around 1915 . Here he got his first engagement on Broadway in March [1915] , and so appeared on stage in Fads and Fancies by Glen MacDonough . In the next 12 years, up to 1927, eight more productions were to follow, such as The Padre by Stanley Logan in 1927.

If other actors are in the limelight as film and theater actors at the same time, Carrillo first ended his career in the theater in 1927 and only now concentrated on a career in film and television. Carrillo made his debut in the ten-minute short film At the Ball Game in June 1927. Although Carrillo appeared in front of the camera in over 90 films, his real breakthrough did not come until 1948, when the character of Pancho Villa was first embodied in the Western Cisco cleans up . After five more films, a television series was produced in 1950 from the subject of The Cisco Kid , which was produced until 1956, and comprised 156 episodes. Two years later, in 1958, Carrillo ended his acting career.

Political activities

Carrillo was also politically active throughout his life. He served for 18 years in the California Beach and Parks Commission , and was responsible for the development of several national parks that are still located in California today, including Hearst Castle and the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park . The California Governor Pat Brown also made him an Honorary Ambassador for California.

Private life and death

Carrillo's grave in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery

Leo Carrillo, who was in a relationship with the actress Dorothy Dare (1911-1981) for a long time , was married to Edith Haeselbarth from 1940 until her death in 1953. Both became parents of a daughter.

Carrillo himself died of cancer at the age of 80 and was buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica.

Honors

Today, not only does Leo Carrillo State Park bear his name in honor of the actor, but also an elementary school in Westminster . He was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to film and television .

Filmography

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personal data
SURNAME Carrillo, Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carrillo, Leopoldo Antonio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1961
Place of death Santa Monica , California