Person
Dámaso Pérez Prado
Acting · 1916–1989 · Matanzas, Cuba
Biography
Dámaso Pérez Prado (December 11, 1916 – September 14, 1989) was a Cuban bandleader, singer, organist, pianist and composer, who also made brief appearances in films. He is often referred to as the King of the Mambo.He became known and professionally billed as Pérez Prado, his paternal and maternal surnames respectively.
Known for
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
CITY THE ANIMATION
Music
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
Self (archive footage)
Dancing, salón de baile
Dámaso Pérez Prado (uncredited)
Lost Love
Dámaso Pérez Prado
Tivoli
Self
El pecado de ser pobre
Self
Underwater!
Perez Prado
Victims of Sin
1951
Perdida
Music Arranger
Filmography
- 2025CITY THE ANIMATIONMusic
- 2022Nemanja Radulović & Electro Street at the Jacquemart-André Museum Paris sur MesureOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Cachitos de hierro y cromoSelf (archive footage)
- 1986Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernosMusic
- 1983El sexo de los pobres
- 1980A Fuego Lento
- 1975TivoliSelf
- 1968Stripping and DyingNick
- 1965El dengue del amor
- 1961Punto y bancaMusic
- 1958Locos por la televisiónSelf
- 1958Música y dinero
- 1956Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!Perez Prado
- 1955Underwater!Perez Prado
- 1954De ranchero a empresario
- 1952Las zapatillas coloradasMusic
- 1952¡Qué rico el mambo!Music
- 1952Dancing, salón de baileDámaso Pérez Prado (uncredited)
- 1951From Can-Can to Mambo
- 1951Lost LoveDámaso Pérez Prado
- 1951Serenata en Acapulco
- 1951Victims of Sin
- 1950El pecado de ser pobreSelf
- 1950To the Sound of the Mambo
- 1950PerdidaMusic Arranger
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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