| Eulalio González | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eulalio González Ramírez December 16, 1921 Los Herrera, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Died | September 1, 2003 (aged 81) San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Other names | Piporro, Lalo González 'Piporro' |
| Years active | 1951–1994 |
| Spouse | Ernestina Ballí González |
| Children | Tina |
| Website | |
| http://piporro.com/ | |
Eulalio González (December 16, 1921 – September 1, 2003) was a Mexican film actor, singer, screenwriter, film director, film producer, and songwriter.[1] Starting his career as a radio personality for the XEW and an extra in uncredited roles in films, González was later best-known for his comic performance of an elderly norteño named "Piporro", in the film Ahí viene Martín Corona and the radio-novela of the same name.
His popular portrayals of comical, witty "norteño" characters from Nuevo León during the Golden era of Mexican cinema, led him to become a famous leading man in films of the 1960s. "Piporro" later became his permanent professional nickname.
Nominated two times for a Silver Ariel Award in 1955-56 and winning the latter year, Piporro's highest-grossing films include El rey del tomate, and La Valentina with María Félix.
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Piporro was born Eulalio González Ramírez in the provincial town of Los Herrera, Nuevo León approximately 50 miles east of Monterrey, to Pablo González Barrera, a Mexican customs agent, and his wife Elvira Ramírez. During his early infancy, González's father had to work in various towns across the northern border of Mexico, one of them being Río Bravo, Tamaulipas. This caused the family to relocated several times to different populations. He was known as a witty, young boy.
He studied both medicine and accounting, although he never worked as any of those professions.
By the early 1950s, Eulalio González was already working as a radio announcer, and during the time was noted by popular film actor-singer Pedro Infante who invited González to participate in the radio-novela, Martín Corona. González accepted the role of "Piporro", an elderly comical norteño who served as the sidekick of Infante's character "Martín Corona". With the success of the radio-novela, Infante and González reprised their roles in the film Ahí viene Martín Corona (1952), with Sara Montiel.
Up to that point, his career began to rise and Piporro later portrayed similar roles as a comic side-kick of Fernando Casanova in his El aguila negra film series. and reached its point in the 1960s. As Piporro grew older, his character roles increased.
On August 31, 2003; Eulalio González was invited to an event in honor of composer Manuel Esperón. He was also chosen to be the guest speaker at the event, but he chose to fly back to his home in San Pedro Garza García, suburb of Monterrey. He died the next morning in his sleep, on September 1, 2003.
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Los chiflados del rock and roll | Apolonio Aguilar |
| 1962 | Ruletero a toda marcha | Crisostomo Garza González |
| 1963 | El rey del tomate | Librado Cantú Escamilla |
| 1963 | Héroe a la fuerza | Caín / Abel |
| 1966 | La Valentina | Genovevo Cruz García |
| 1967 | Qué Hombre tan Sin Embargo | Filomeno Malo |