- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1916
- Place of Birth
- Matanzas, Cuba
- Died
- September 14, 1989
Dámaso Pérez Prado
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.
Filmography
tvCITY THE ANIMATION
2025 · Music
movieNemanja Radulović & Electro Street at the Jacquemart-André Museum Paris sur Mesure
2022 · Original Music Composer
tvCachitos de hierro y cromo
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
movieLuis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986 · Music
movieEl sexo de los pobres
1983 · , Music Director
movieA Fuego Lento
1980 · , Music
movieTivoli
1975 · Self
movieStripping and Dying
1968 · Nick
movieEl dengue del amor
1965
moviePunto y banca
1961 · Music
movieLocos por la televisión
1958 · Self
movieMúsica y dinero
1958
movieCha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956 · Perez Prado
movieUnderwater!
1955 · Perez Prado
movieDe ranchero a empresario
1954
movieLas zapatillas coloradas
1952 · Music
movie¡Qué rico el mambo!
1952 · Music
movieDancing, salón de baile
1952 · Dámaso Pérez Prado (uncredited)
movieFrom Can-Can to Mambo
1951
movieLost Love
1951 · Dámaso Pérez Prado, Orchestrator
movieSerenata en Acapulco
1951
movieVictims of Sin
1951 · , Musician
movieEl pecado de ser pobre
1950 · Self, Music Arranger
movieTo the Sound of the Mambo
1950
moviePerdida
1950 · Music Arranger
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self