Joaquin Garay (November 15, 1911 – September 13, 1990) was a Mexican actor and singer. He was known for voicing

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in the 1944

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film ''

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''.

Career

Born in El Oro, Mexico, Garay came to America at eleven months. He was a well-known radio performer in the 1940s, and opened the popular Copacabana nightclub in September 1941, which was frequented by visiting Hollywood celebrities. He hosted shows in the nightclub and performed in vaudeville, and recorded an album in the mid-40s, "A Night at Joaquin Garay's Copacabana". Garay voiced the Mexican rooster Panchito in 1944, teaming up with

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and José Oliveira as

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to sing ''The Three Caballeros title song. However, after recording, Garay's speaking voice as Panchito was found to be wanting: Cutting hired a Mexican actor,

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, to be Garay's vocal coach, but for the Mexican Spanish-language version of the film, Cutting decided to simply use Turich as Panchito's speaking voice, with Garay singing. Turich also replaced Gary as Panchito in the Italian-language version of the film, but only for the speaking parts, as Panchito's singing is taken from the Mexican Spanish dub. However, Garay returned to Disney in 1953 to voice the Narrator and the other characters in a

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short, '' For Whom the Bulls Toil''. In the 1950s, Garay appeared in the films ''

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'' (1950) '' Saddle Tramp'' (1950), '' Lightning Strikes Twice'' (1951), ''

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'' (1953) and '' Latin Lovers'' (1953). He also had a small part in an episode of ''

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'',"Lucy Goes to Mexico", in 1958. He later moved to Los Angeles. In the 1970s, Garay appeared on television in the TV-movies ''

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'' (1971) and '' The Gun'' (1974), and in the shows ''

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'' ("Pops 'n' Pals", 1973) and ''

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'' ("Bird of Prey", 1975).

Personal life

Garay has four children: Grammy Award-winning

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and

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, actor and writer Ricky Garay, actress Linda Garay, and actor Joaquin Garay III who, like his father, also appeared in a Disney film, 1980's ''

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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garay, Joaquin 1911 births 1990 deaths Mexican male film actors American male film actors 20th-century Mexican male actors 20th-century American male actors Mexican emigrants to the United States

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