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Ramón Rivero (Diplo)

Ramón Rivero (Diplo)

Born: May 29, 1909
Died: August 24, 1956
in Naguabo, Puerto Rico
Ramón Rivero Diplomatura (May 29, 1909 – August 24, 1956) was a Puerto Rican comedian, actor, and composer from Naguabo, Puerto Rico. Rivero made his television debut in Puerto Rico in "La Taberna India" (The India Tavern), the first comedy/variety show on Puerto Rican TV. He starred in the movies, Los Peloteros ("The Baseball Players"), and Una Gallega en La Habana ("A Gallega in Havana"). Rivero also organized the world's first known Walk-A-Thon, to raise money for the Liga Puertorriqueña Contra el Cáncer (the Puerto Rican League Against Cancer) Rivero also defended the victims of injustice during student revolts at the University of Puerto Rico, led the first actors' strike on the island, and was the first producer/personality to actively combat racial prejudice on Puerto Rican television, incorporating blacks in his television shows; first in "La Taberna India" (Juan Boria), followed by Rita Delgado and Dixon as cast members of his "La Farándula Corona".

Movies for Ramón Rivero (Diplo)...

Juego de pasiones
Title: Juego de pasiones
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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Una gallega en La Habana
Title: Una gallega en La Habana
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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Cándida's boyfriend left her in Spain to go to work to Havana. After twenty years without news, she decides to go look for him, although the only thing she knows of him is his name. In the port of Havana, she is confused with a jewel smuggler, which kicks off a series of comical events.
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Los peloteros
Title: Los peloteros
Character: Pepe
Released: May 29, 1951
Type: Movie
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A group of kids in a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican rural town need money to purchase baseball uniforms for little league.
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