Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Miguel Ángel Álvarez ( "Johnny el Men" ; born August 25, 1928 in San Juan , † January 16, 2011 in Guaynabo ) was a Puerto Rican actor and film director .

After attending school in Bayamón, Álvarez began his acting career on the radio. He has worked on successful programs such as El tremendo hotel (with Ramón Rivero , José Luis Torregosa and Rafael Agudo ), appeared in radio soaps under the direction of Edmundo Rivera Álvarez , edited stories by Abelardi Díaz Alfaro for the radio and produced the series Teatro del Mundo . For this he adapted dramas in which he also appeared himself.

Francisco Arriví brought him to the theater, and he participated in its productions Club de solteros , Caso del muerto en vida and María Soledad . At the Festival de Teatro des Instituto de Cultura he represented the actor Jacobo Morales , who was unable to attend due to illness, at the world premiere of Edmundo Rivera Alvarez's play El cielo se rindió al amanecer . With Juano Hernández he appeared in the performance of Widows walk at the Teatro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico .

Álvarez became internationally known as a cinema actor. He made 34 films in nine years and worked with fellow actors like Mario Moreno , Arturo de Córdova , Marga López , Tarzo , Fernando and Mapy Cortés . As a director, he made the films Arocho y Clemente , Dos contra el destino and Natas es Satán for Columbia Pictures .

For television, Álvares worked as a voice actor and appeared in series and television films. As a comedian, he became known in the role of Johnny El Men . He had a leading role in Manuel Méndez Ballester's satire Los cocorocos in the 1970s . In the 1980s he had his own show on Canal 13 and worked in productions such as El Barrio Cuatro Calles and El kiosko Budweiser .

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SURNAME	Álvarez, Miguel Ángel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Johnny el Men
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Puerto Rican actor and film director
DATE OF BIRTH	August 25, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Juan (Puerto Rico)
DATE OF DEATH	January 16, 2011
Place of death	Guaynabo