My 88 yr old mother went to fox tech high school with him in san antonio she said he was always a crack up and always acting in every school play and would go to every movie he could and dream of being a star i think his dream came true
@blueskye63722 жыл бұрын
Thought he left school at age 7 and was functionally illiterate.
@lesliesylvan5 жыл бұрын
Saw the full Groucho flick a few days ago and was glad to see this. Pedro certainly deserved his successes. Ole!
@Lindams998 жыл бұрын
He was a natural born comedian. I am happy he made it into big movies and dozens of TV shows. Pedro deserves his star?
@wizardoffrobozz3 жыл бұрын
Watched his work in so many films. His subtle immersion into the character. and sooo intellectual. To put together the presence to play a stereotype that broke the stereo type. I love him. imagine films without his subtle injections of reality. Talented and clever. One of the most under recognized and appreciated Acting Geniuses of my lifetime.
@bethbartlett56925 жыл бұрын
There's something - an energy he had, that was overwhelmingly powerful with goodness and one would be bitten with an "endearing like for him" ❤💜❤
@turnofevent80945 жыл бұрын
Remember seeing him in older movies, what a character, and it looks like he was a nice man as well. He was a born star.
@retiredtom16545 жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid watching Pedro on Groucho Max's show. He had a fresh clean talent with timing and creativeness to match. What a great natural actor!
@darrilmiller81675 жыл бұрын
Great tribute to a great actor/comedian.
@starworth113 жыл бұрын
I worked with Pedro for years when I was Rex Allen Sr.s girl singer. he and my Dad Speedy Haworth were very close friends. I miss him
@miked63353 ай бұрын
Pedro appearred with Rex Allen Jr at a Lone Pine Film festival a while back. When my family would ride the Mexico boat ride at Epcot and Pedro showed up in the market scene, I'd tell my kids I met him at Lone Pine.
@timoteoluna37895 жыл бұрын
Gonzalez Gonzalez had a restaurant in Venice California. my dad used to bring us hamburgers from there really late at night or very early in the morning. that was back in the 60s
@funguy4utube5 жыл бұрын
One of a kind for sure .... I tip my hat to him ... man, he knew comedy ... what a bright light on the screen.
@pedromeza23985 жыл бұрын
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, sure brings back old memories from the 60's, he was such a straight comedian that made you think this guy is just to silly to be funny, yet he was funny.
@noahfence44937 жыл бұрын
He was an actor.....although his first break was You Bet Your Life. Born in 1925 and died in 2006. His real name was Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez.
@kenowens90216 жыл бұрын
I think he's real first name was Ramero, but everyone called him Pedro.
@magellan61085 жыл бұрын
I was thinking I would love to have heard John Wayne's tribute to him. He truly was a natural comedian. Timing, delivery, inflections - perfection every time.
@rockvilleraven2 жыл бұрын
John Wayne thought he was the funniest comedian since Charlie Chaplin.
@kenowens90217 жыл бұрын
John Wayne also saw that show with Groucho Marx and laughed so much that he got Pedro to be in many of his movies.
@conniereyna46595 жыл бұрын
What happen to pedro gongalez gongalez
@phillipbishop78005 жыл бұрын
You know this how?
@eldaddio91005 жыл бұрын
Every time I am feeling low I watch PGG on Groucho !!🤣😄🤗😂😀👍🙌 We are going to call our act " GONZALEZ GONZALEZ AND MARX !!"ALL SAID WITH A STRAIGHT FACE BY PEDRO 🙃😳
@lesliesylvan5 жыл бұрын
@@conniereyna4659 Passed age 81 in 2006
@TheBee87bee5 жыл бұрын
@@lesliesylvan Sad to know he died,but his presence will be with us through films and shows,RIP, Pedro!
@TheMoonchild19697 жыл бұрын
Streets, stadiums, schools, hospitals and avenues should bear his name. He was bigger than life itself a true hero for all Latinos to follow.
@johnaltyn31716 жыл бұрын
He was my neighbor when I lived across the street from him on Aletta Ave in Culver City, CA. HE WAS SUCH A GREAT GUY. I actually have gardening tools from him and I was able to give him Warner Bros, cartoons that I had on video tape.
@jamesbaker71665 жыл бұрын
No chit
@fh82105 жыл бұрын
Same here. In the mid sixties when I was in High School we lived on the dead end part of Charles Ave. I knew he lived there on Aletta but I never met him.
@43jaygee5 жыл бұрын
What a great story. I saw Pedro when he was on Groucho and laughed like everyone else.
@dennisduran85005 жыл бұрын
Gonzales Gonzalez and Marx! I'd pay to see that!
@jeffzloczower288611 ай бұрын
They don't make them like that anymore. Gonzalez Gonzalez & Marx. Pure classic !
@fewovercomers53475 жыл бұрын
What a Great Natural Comedian Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Was, and Probably Still Is! :-)
@Ettoredipugnar5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Vaudvillian actor and comedian
@TheHaratashi7 жыл бұрын
He was great in Rio Bravo. He had a small part, but he stood out big time in the movie. He's one of the first people I think of when I think of that movie.
@TheBee87bee5 жыл бұрын
@Joe Cosenza A small part can be remembered longer than a larger scene! Character actors are more loved than lead stars, in a film, IMO!
@aqualane15 жыл бұрын
He sure seemed like a charming guy. RIP
@georgemusic4all4seasons5 жыл бұрын
What a talented individual
@jamesbaker71665 жыл бұрын
I can,t believe I just watched,and almost busted a gut laughing from his role on the " you bet your life" with Groucho,but of course I remember his many roles in the classic westerns.after seeing this.Thanks for sharing it.
@cubanbach5 жыл бұрын
me, toooooo
@brianspencer42207 жыл бұрын
Man that brings back memories. A truly wonderful person
@markhoffman73976 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful talent.
@romandivalenti96905 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this in my mothers living room. I can't provide a date, but my entire family were in delightful hysterics. So wonderful a few brief moments on TV - He was great then and through the years he continued to entertain.
@danielstorm91106 жыл бұрын
The family was funny and entertaining. One of his brothers was my godfather and he and his sister used to play guitar and sing at Disneyland. When they'd come to my family's get togethers they would do their Disneyland act. They had very bright personalities. The Gonzalez-Gonzalez family and mine were very close, but somewhere around my teen years they just disappeared, I believed they had moved out of state. Tried my best to reconnect with them but failed. By now they have probably passed on or are very aged with infirmities. They hold a lot of bright special memories. Pedro I didn't know that well. I might have met him as a child.
@shelley46246 жыл бұрын
My cousins & I were talking about him just the other day. He use to come visit my grandma when I was a kid. They were cousins! Good memories...
@bonnieduke5577 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this walk down memory lane for me! Just A great talent!
@gregoryrodriguez9252 Жыл бұрын
Pedro has made me even prouder to be Tex Mex. It doesn't matter if there were barriers , obstacles. Pedro succeeded because he knew his self worth. RIP. Your memory lives on.!
@dasUberputer5 жыл бұрын
I recently discovered his appearance on Groucho's show, and I thought Pedro looked familiar. Then I found this video - now I realize that I've seen him many times before.
@BenAziz0074 жыл бұрын
Classic comedy.
@cubanbach5 жыл бұрын
WHAT a coincidence!!!! I just discovered the ENTIRE episode with Groucho and PEDRO last night!
@josemoreno33345 жыл бұрын
So did i.
@hectorsalcido41065 жыл бұрын
And I .
@bernieweber46633 жыл бұрын
Me too and it was great. I laughed a good hearty laugh ! He was like a professional actor already. No wonder John Wayne spotted talent. In actuality Mr. Gonzalez worked Vaudeville as I understand it in Texas previous to this show.
@cubanbach3 жыл бұрын
@@bernieweber4663 Ah very interesting. Thanks for that tidbit!
@LLV19155 жыл бұрын
One of a kind
@jpinon20135 жыл бұрын
Im happy to know this man existed. Ill try to.learn more about him
@williamfairchild8119 Жыл бұрын
He was a great asset to usa and Mexico and I liked him from the first time I saw him
@robertmartinez4174Ай бұрын
Gonzalez was actually from San Antonio Texas. not Mexico.
@gohstdog235 жыл бұрын
That is Clifton Collins jr.'s grandfather from Capote and west world
@Pachapuma16 жыл бұрын
So talented! So glad I found this video after hearing about it for years. Good thing Wayne was watching. As for stereotyping, well, that was inevitable, just as it was for great Afro-American actors like Tim Moore and Spencer Williams who played Kingfish and Andy, respectively, on the old Amos 'n' Andy TV show. But they made money. Pedro was the Mexican-American Cantinflas, and I'm sure that Cantinflas would agree. Gracias, Pedro, vivirás siempre en la memoria.
@josemoreno33345 жыл бұрын
I'm sure he would.
@asteverino856927 күн бұрын
Thank you Pedro G G. You are a wonderful human being.
@GucciFam20114 жыл бұрын
Talent at it's Best, Que viva la Raza ")
@dennisduran85005 жыл бұрын
His name is Ramiro, his mother called him Pedro.
@maxnullifidian5 жыл бұрын
I thought when he said he was going to play music inside his pants that he was going to whip out his instrument! LOL
@NB19806 жыл бұрын
He was also in some Speedy Gonzales cartoons. Chili Corn Corny is one I know of.
@musicom673 жыл бұрын
For sure. He was additional voice talent for the Warner Bros' -released "Speedy Gonzalez" cartoons outsourced to DePatie-Freleng in the mid-60's - and was strangely billed as simply "Gonzalez Gonzalez". You know, the ones with the cheap, often-repeated Bill Lava scores.
@KillerBebe5 жыл бұрын
Talented
@DarthTwilight Жыл бұрын
Every 90s hip-hop star and boy band pulled from this man's dance routine.
@bburnsga10 жыл бұрын
What a nice tribute to an amazing man & actor/performer! When I received the link to the Marx show where he was discovered, I was put off by how Mr. Marx poked fun at Pedro, but maybe Pedro knew that would happen & was great with it...it sure got him started on the star track!! And his bio on IMDB says he had a keen comedic sense, & stole the show from his family, who had a traveling show when Pedro was young. I can almost remember him from the westerns that I used to watch as a kid, in the 60s -- I really think I remember some of his characters!! He was clearly a VERY good man, as well as a great actor/performer!
@littlemissmello9 жыл бұрын
are you kidding me? That was Groucho's thing! EVERYONE got mocked! And people were honoured to get mocked by him! I'd know I'd be.
@litlgrey9 жыл бұрын
bburnsga All those interactions were planned in advance. That's well known. What I remember about Gonzales-Gonzales is that he is actually the only actor in the long history of Warner Brothers cartoons ever to voice a Mexican character who was not only not a stereotype, but a professional man... a Psychiatrist! Check out the short "A Taste Of Catnip," released some time after 1963. Unfortunately, like all of the other Daffy/Speedy cartoons, it's cringingly unfunny.
@bburnsga9 жыл бұрын
Carl Howard Thanks for the info, that's great to know! :)
@jamesedwards22375 жыл бұрын
You could tell that Groucho loved having him on. Look at how big his smile was whenever Pedro would come up with a great line!
@lestoil5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, those interactions were allll planned.
@poetrypebbles57255 жыл бұрын
I knew of him from the John Wayne movies. What a great guy.
@cleverclogs22447 жыл бұрын
What a hero!! :)
@TheBee87bee5 жыл бұрын
What wonderful poasting for this fine actor and man!!!!
@HunterMann13 жыл бұрын
Gracias! Me encanta los actores quien pueden canfinflar como es!
@marytorres48432 жыл бұрын
I love ❤ this man he was so funny!😂
@poetcomic1 Жыл бұрын
Pedro's grandson, Clifton Collins Jr., was nominated for an Academy Award for his outstanding role as Perry in the film 'Capote'.
@IamIUrU772 жыл бұрын
That clip of him at the end with the cigar and gun is from I dream of Jeannie. That's what I just watched and that's why I looked him up just now. He was very talented and in many tv shows and movies.
@stevestroh22675 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that he had a career. I remember seeing his clip with Groucho many years ago, and knew it was probably the most famous clip from a very famous show. I thought that after that appearance, he went back home and that was it. No idea he became an actor. Good for him. Sounds like he was an entertainer before he was on Groucho's show, however. Even if it was a bit of a set up, he pulled it off spectacularly.
@OhAodha_ Жыл бұрын
Love this guy.
@piontropechetrini56406 жыл бұрын
Que bien que halla sobresalido en esos tiempos tan duros.
@mikeorclem Жыл бұрын
thanks...great man he was...
@nandofigueira20058 ай бұрын
Pedro is great.
@googletaqiyya1845 жыл бұрын
You Bet Your Life (TV Series) Contestant - Episode #3.22 (1953)
@marymacdonald16515 жыл бұрын
Question lindo!
@AnthonyMartino-jj4bs5 ай бұрын
Rio Bravo! "My hands is full of the lady!"
@richiecrivaro73333 жыл бұрын
Born Talent
@chucknchar4 жыл бұрын
Damn, Im old, I was a kid but we never saw Latinos on TV back in the day.
@parakeet8157 Жыл бұрын
He was quite a performer. No wonder he was offered movie roles.
@DarthTwilight Жыл бұрын
Such a superbly funny man
@mablesyrup15715 жыл бұрын
Con mucho gusto
@joesolese4 жыл бұрын
San Antonio Texas product
@tommytube2685 жыл бұрын
I’d seen that clip with Groucho but I never knew that’s how he got his start, frankly I thought that was planted by the studios. Great character actor, he was playing clownish but was not a clown. Just like Groucho said the Mexican Jerry Lewis.
@billkalenborn79805 жыл бұрын
Thomas D It was, they imported him from Texas. He’d been doing comedy for years.
@Lindams998 жыл бұрын
Sorry should say star!!!
@dannyruiz68687 жыл бұрын
Does anyone Know the name of song where he plays marimbas in his pants and sings a ranchera...
@annodomini78876 жыл бұрын
I tried my hardest to find out the name of the song since it’s quite catchy, the best I could do is listen to it over and over and I got “la vanito chino chino” but I can’t find any song even close to the one he’s singing. Maybe it was a made up song so he could do the act with the pants, they did that a lot in the 50’s 60’s.
@jesusvela89255 жыл бұрын
@@annodomini7887 the name of that song is, clavelito chino chino, you may found it in youtube, todo luck my friend, GOD BLESS YOU..
@Zarina1634 Жыл бұрын
Sweet.
@robertmartinez4174Ай бұрын
Gonzalez Gonzalez was actually from San Antonio Texas. Not Mexico.
@jkbish12 жыл бұрын
timing, it is all about the timing
@1owebb5 жыл бұрын
What's the song in the beginning of this video?
@gilbertsanchez32775 жыл бұрын
Speedy Gonzalez
@adamantman32006 ай бұрын
The week following Pedro's appearance with Groucho, his sister appeared. If you can believe it, she was even funnier.
@HermesTrismegistes36917 күн бұрын
❤❤❤
@JorgeGarcia-we1xk Жыл бұрын
He bad super
@47hammer5 жыл бұрын
I all ways wonder who the man was.
@unique74muzik Жыл бұрын
🙏🏾👑
@robertmartinez4174Ай бұрын
the majority of Hispanics of the southwest at the time spoke in Spanish even if they were born and raised in The US.
@rossmartenak5517 Жыл бұрын
What's with two of the same name?
@dalhaybron70632 жыл бұрын
I guess it's to much to asked Chinese Communist Hollywood to play from clips where he co-stared with the first Man to call him after the Grocho Show & put him in a movie John Wayne & with his co-stars Dean Martin, Walter Brennen & Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo huh?
@TFfolkes6 жыл бұрын
I like Pedro as well but get over it. Humphrey Bogart he was not.
@mdaley43905 жыл бұрын
Your family must cringe when they see you coming to family reunions.
@marcager91565 жыл бұрын
But who is? Another time another place and who knows, was he a success to himself, I'd wager yes.
@jhamptonjr5 жыл бұрын
What a talented guy! And he and Clifton could be twins! So cool. Peace!
@bethbartlett56925 жыл бұрын
There's something - an energy he had, that was overwhelmingly powerful with goodness and one would be bitten with an "endearing like for him" ❤💜❤