Mario Passano (1925 - 23 July 1995) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines ...

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

and

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...

performer. He starred in some 20 films between 1951 and the late 1970s. In 1972 he starred in '' Autocine mon amour''. He was the brother of the actor Ricardo Passano and uncle of the actor Ricardo Passano Jr. He died of a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which m ...

in Ituzaingó on 23 July 1995. He was buried at the Panteón Asociación Argentina de Actores, nicho#380, Cementerio de la Chacarita.

Selected filmography

* '' The Fan'' (1951) * '' Los Isleros'' (1951) * '' The Black Market'' (1953) * '' El Último perro'' (1956) * ''

Behind a Long Wall ''Behind a Long Wall'' (Spanish: ''Detrás de un largo muro'') is a 1958 Argentine drama film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Susana Campos, Gloria Ferrandiz and Ricardo Argemí. A rural family emigrate to Buenos Aires but are disillusioned ...

'' (1958) * ''

The Escaped ''The Escaped'' ( es, Los evadidos) is a 1964 Argentine drama film directed by Enrique Carreras. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film and was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Juan Carlos Altavista * Alber ...

'' (1964)

External links

* * 1925 births 1995 deaths Argentine male film actors Argentine people of Italian descent Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 20th-century Argentine male actors {{Argentina-actor-stub