Braulio Castillo

:"For the Major League Baseball player see Braulio Castillo (baseball)"

Braulio Castillo Cintrón (b. March 30 1933, Bayamon, Puerto Rico) enjoyed a long and successful career as a telenovela actor in Latin America. His two sons, Braulio Castillo, Jr. and Jorge Castillo, are also actors.

Castillo played in the "Orquesta Mandolina" in Puerto Rico, but his main calling was as an actor. He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a concentration the performing arts. He enjoyed much success in Puerto Rican television soap operas, during the 1950s, being one of the first super-stars and teen idols of Puerto Rican television; he worked at Telemundo
Puerto Rico productions.

Castillo later relocated to Peru, where he performed the leading role in the telenovela, "Simplemente María" ("Simply Mary"), with Peruvian actress Saby Kamalich. There, Castillo was the first MC of the international children's puppet show based on the Italian fictional character of Topo Gigio.

He then moved to Mexico during the 1960s, and performed in mexican films such as "El Cielo y Tu" ("The Sky and You"), among others, and working in several Televisa productions. This new experience made him a very popular entertainment personality throughout Latin America.

In 1970 Castillo was hit in the head by a rock, while fiming a scene in a film. He survived, but retired from the entertainment business. He still occasionally makes appearances on television.

ee also

*List of famous Puerto Ricans
*Sonia Noemí
*Gladys Rodriguez
*Saby Kamalich