RAUL VALE – EN

Raúl Vale
(Raúl Vale Castilla)

Was born on April 20, 1944 in Maracaibo, Venezuela
Died on December 7, 2003 in Houston, Texas, USA.

He was an actor and composer, known for Revancha de mujer (1995), La guerra de los pasteles (1979) and Operación marihuana (1985). He was married to Angélica María and Arlette Pacheco.

Actor, producer, composer

At the age of five Vale learned to play guitar thanks to the teachings of his father and at 11 he started playing the piano, in his adolescence he became fond of playing the mandolin, the harp, the Venezuelan cuatro, the violin, the bass, the harmonica, the marimba, among other instruments. His professional career began in 1970 as a performer in international festivals, later he started a series of programs as a singer and actor in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

In 1983 he brought to Mexico a silver seagull won at the Viña del Mar Festival, from 1987 to 1990 he had a very successful program in Puerto Rico and years later he set the record in the program La Movida for having told the largest number of jokes in one broadcast; a total of 409 jokes in two hours and fifteen minutes.

In 2000 he celebrated 30 years of career by founding “La Academia Mexicana del Humor”, where he supports the new values of comedy, in addition to rewarding and recognizing the work of important trajectories in the art of making people laugh.