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Antonio Aguilar

Antonio Aguilar

Acting
17 May 1919
19 Jun 2007
Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico

Biography

Antonio Aguilar Barraza (17 May 1919 – 19 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, film actor, film producer, andscreenwriter. During his career, he recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 million copies, and participated in more than 120 films. He was given the honorific nickname "El Charro de México" (The Horseman of Mexico) because he is credited with popularizing la charrería, considered to have originated in Mexico, to international audiences. To this day he has been the only Hispanic a...

Also Known As

El charro de México, Tony Aguilar, El Charro de Mexico, José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza, Antonio 'Tony' Aguilar

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