Dámaso Pérez Prado
December 11, 1916 (109 years old) in Matanzas, Cuba
Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer, who also made brief appearances in films. He is often referred to as the King of the Mambo.He became known and professionally billed as Pérez Prado, his paternal and maternal surnames respectively.
Known For
Credits
- 2013 · Cachitos de hierro y cromo as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · El sexo de los pobres as
- 1981 · Las noches del Blanquita as
- 1980 · A Fuego Lento as
- 1975 · Tivoli as Self
- 1968 · Stripping and Dying as Nick
- 1965 · El dengue del amor as
- 1958 · Locos por la televisión as Self
- 1958 · Música y dinero as
- 1958 · Locura musical as Self
- 1956 · Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! as Perez Prado
- 1955 · Underwater! as Perez Prado
- 1954 · De ranchero a empresario as
- 1954 · Sindicato de telemirones as
- 1952 · Dancing, salón de baile as Dámaso Pérez Prado (uncredited)
- 1951 · From Can-Can to Mambo as
- 1951 · Manos de seda as Damaso
- 1951 · Lost Love as Dámaso Pérez Prado
- 1951 · Serenata en Acapulco as
- 1951 · Victims of Sin as
- 1950 · El pecado de ser pobre as Self
- 1950 · To the Sound of the Mambo as
- 1950 · Perdida as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self