Rafael Padilla
January 1, 1865 (159 years old) in
Chocolat was the stage name of Rafael Padilla (ca. 1865/68 – 4 November 1917), a clown who performed in a Paris circus around the turn of the 20th century. Rafael was of Afro-Cuban descent and was one of the earliest successful black entertainers in modern France. He was the first black clown to play a lead role in a circus pantomime act, and with his longtime partner George Foottit they revolutionized the art of clowning by pairing the sophisticated white clown with the foolish auguste clown.
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Credits
- 1900 · La mort de Chocolat as
- 1900 · Le policeman as
- 1900 · Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre as
- 1900 · Chaise en bascule as
- 1900 · Foottit et Chocolat, IV. Guillaume Tell as Chocolat
- 1900 · Foottit et Chocolat, II. Acrobates sur la chaise as
- 1900 · Foottit et Chocolat, I. Boxeurs as
- 1896 · Guillaume Tell as Self