Huracán Ramírez
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Huracán Ramírez was a fictitious character invented for the 1952 Mexican wrestling movie of the same name. In the film a young Mexican, whose father is a professional wrestler, decides to follow his father's footsteps by adopting the secret identity of Huracán Ramírez, a masked luchador, who fights in the ring in spite of his father's wishes to the contrary.
Although actor David Silva played the role of the young man in the film, the masked wrestler scenes were played by real-life luchador Eduardo Bonada. Following the film's release, Bonada continued to wrestle in the ring as Huracán Ramírez until 1959, when he tired of and was replaced by the film's producers by wrestler Daniel García (born April 9, 1926). García wrestled in the ring wearing the Huracán Ramírez costume for more than 30 years, and played the role in all of the later movie sequels. Daniel García was close personal friend of El Santo, and when he died in 1984, Daniel Garcia was one of Santo's pall bearers. Garcia died on November 1, 2006 at the age of 80. [1]
[edit] Filmography
A total of seven "Huracán Ramírez" movies were made, though the films tended to focus on secondary characters, dramatic situations and musical numbers, and never really gave Huracán Ramírez a lot to do in the films from a heroic standpoint.
- Hurricane Ramirez (1952)
- The Mystery of Hurricane Ramirez (1962)
- The Son of Hurricane Ramirez (1966)
- The Revenge of Hurricane Ramirez (1967)
- Hurricane Ramirez and the Black Nun (1973)
- De Sangre Chicana (1974)
- Hurricane Ramirez against the Terrorists (1989)
[edit] Trivia
- García was the creator of the Huracarrana, a move that has been a signature move of several Lucha Libre wrestlers and was popularized by WWE's Rey Mysterio.
