Oscar Morelli, born Oscar Bonfiglio Mouet (February 4, 1936 in Guaymas,

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– June 6, 2005 in

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), was a Mexican actor. Morelli debuted as an actor in the 1960s working in radio, theater, television and film. He also was director and sports writer. In 1983, Morelli starred in the Puerto Rican canal 4's production, Poquita Cosa, a

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

in which he shared credits with co-protagonist Angela Meyer, with Junior Alvarez, Yolandita Monge,

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and Pedro Orlando Torres, among other Puerto Rican show-business legends. Participation in this soap opera gave Morelli fame in Puerto Rico.

Personal life

The son of

Óscar Bonfiglio Óscar Bonfiglio Martínez (October 5, 1905 – November 4, 1987) was a Mexican football goalkeeper, and Olympian, who played for the Mexico national team in the 1930 World Cup. Career Bonfiglio was the first goalkeeper beaten in World Cup histo ...

(military and goalkeeper of the national football team of Mexico) and Mercedes Mouet, Óscar Morelli studied in the Military School of Mexico and acting with

Andrés Soler Andrés Soler (born Andrés Díaz Pavia; 18 November 1898 – 26 July 1969) was a Mexican actor. He was considered one of the greatest figures of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Soler appeared in about two hundred films and received four Ariel ...

and

Seki Sano Seki Sano (Japanese: 佐野碩) (January 14, 1905, Tientsin – September 29, 1966, Mexico City) was a Japanese actor, stage director and choreographer. He contributed to the development of the theatre in Japan and later in Mexico, where he was kn ...

. He married actress María Eugenia Rios on June 2, 1958, with whom he had four children:

Óscar Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of Irish origin. Etymology The name is derived from two elements in Irish: the first, ''os'', means "deer"; the second element, ''car'', means "loving" or "friend", thus "deer-loving one" or "friend of deer" ...

(actor), Andrés (actor, singer), Gustavo and María Eugenia. Morelli died on June 6, 2005, due to pulmonary problems in the Santelena Hospital in Mexico City, at the age of 69. He wasn't able to complete his last role as an actor in the telenovela '' Contra viento y marea''. His remains rest in the Nuevo Jardín cemetery in Mexico City. He will forever be remembered as one of greatest actors in Mexican Cinema.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1967)

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