Jorge Porcel

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Jorge Raúl Porcel de Peralta (born September 7, 1936 in Buenos Aires - died May 16, 2006 in Miami) was a comedy actor from Argentina. He was nicknamed El Gordo de América (America's Fat Guy). Porcel was often considered, along with Alberto Olmedo, one of Argentina's greatest comic actors of the twentieth century.

1 Movie Career
2 Films
3 Television Career
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Movie Career

Porcel made a total of 49 movies, starting with 1962's Disloque en Mar del Plata, and ending with Carlito's Way (1993). Many of these 49 movies were collaborations with Olmedo. Among the movies they did together was 1986's Rambito y Rambón: Primera Misión. (Little Rambo and Big Rambo: First Mission)

Many of Porcel and Olmedo's movies in the 1970s and 1980s were adult-oriented comedies. Conservative Argentine authorities rated these movies as PM-18 (age 18 and above), except for some movies planned for family audiences, which had "tamer" content. These movies are considered to be the pinnacle of Argentina's sexploitation movie genre. Most of these movies were directed by Gerardo Sofovich or his brother Hugo.

[edit] Films

Carlito's Way (1993)
El profesor punk (1988)
Atracción peculiar (1988)
Galería del terror (1987)
Los colimbas al ataque (1987)
Rambito y Rambón, primera misión (1986)
Los colimbas se divierten (1986)
Mírame la palomita (1985)
Sálvese quien pueda (1984)
Los reyes del sablazo (1984)
Los extraterrestres (1983)
Los fierecillos se divierten (1983)
Los fierecillos indomables (1982)
Un terceto peculiar (1982)
Amante para dos (1981)
Las mujeres son cosa de guapos (1981)
Te rompo el rating (1981)
Departamento compartido (1980)
A los cirujanos se les va la mano (1980)
Así no hay cama que aguante (1980)
Expertos en pinchazos (1979)
Custodio de señoras (1979)
Encuentros muy cercanos con señoras de cualquier tipo (1978)
Fotógrafo de señoras (1978)

El gordo catástrofe (1977)
Las turistas quieren guerra (1977)
Basta de mujeres (1977)
Los hombres sólo piensan en eso (1976)
El gordo de América (1976)
Maridos en vacaciones (1975)
Mi novia el... (1975)
Hay que romper la rutina (1974)
Los vampiros los prefieren gorditos (1974)
La casa del amor (1973)
Los doctores las prefieren desnudas (1973)
Hoy le toca a mi mujer (1973)
Los caballeros de la cama redonda (1973)
Pasión dominguera (not released - 1970)
Los debutantes en el amor (1969)
El bulín (1969)
Desnuda en la arena (1969)
Villa Cariño está que arde (1968)
Flor de piolas (1967)
Coche cama, alojamiento (1967)
Villa Cariño (1967)
Disloque en el presidio (1965)
El gordo Villanueva (1964)
Disloque en Mar del Plata (1962)

[edit] Television Career

Porcel had many TV hit shows as well, including Operación Ja Ja (both the 1960's original and the 1980's remake) and Polémica en el Bar (Debate at the Café), where he had celebrated moments of comedy with fellow comedian Juan Carlos Altavista. Most of these TV efforts were linked to the Sofovich brothers.

After he retired from filming movies in Argentina, he moved to Miami, where he starred in a risqué late-night variety show named A la cama con Porcel (To Bed with Porcel) on the Telemundo network, and was given a cameo in Hollywood production Carlito's Way. A La Pasta con Porcel is a restaurant in Miami Beach opened by Porcel and named after his popular television show.

Porcel was touring during 1999 through Latin America to promote his autobiography Laughs, Applause and Tears, visiting such places as Puerto Rico and some other countries in that endeavor. He had also become a born again Christian.

Porcel died in a hospital in Miami after a gallbladder surgery at the age of 69. His body was flown to Buenos Aires and buried at the La Chacarita Cemetery.