Emilio Aragón Álvarez (born 16 April 1959) is a Spanish director, musician, actor, presenter and producer. He was the original presenter of the Spanish game show ''

VIP Noche VIP Noche was a popular 1990s game show in the Spanish Telecinco network, originally presented by the Spanish TV producer Emilio Aragón. In the show, the Spanish version of ''Hollywood Squares'', national stars and comedians were seated in a ver ...

'', which was a popular 1990s game show on the Spanish

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network. He later hosted and directed the first season of ''

El gran juego de la oca ''El gran juego de la oca'' (''The Great Game of the Goose'') is a TV game show produced in Madrid, Spain from 1993 through 1995 and again in 1998 as ''El nuevo juego de la oca'' (''The New Game of the Goose''). It was a weekly show airing in a ...

'' on Antena 3, also in Spain. Since 2006 he has been the president of the television network

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Life

Emilio Aragón Álvarez was born 16 April 1959 in

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

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. His father,

Emilio Aragón Bermúdez Emilio Alberto Aragón Bermúdez (; 4 November 1929 – 18 November 2012), better known as Miliki (), was a Spanish clown, accordionist and singer, he was a member of the artist family Aragón. He was declared Son of the City of Carmona and ...

or ''Miliki'', was a clown, along with his grandfather Emilio Aragón Foureaux, known as ''Emig''. He began his career in the program ''The Great Circus of TVE'' in 1977, using stage name ''Milikito'', with his father, his uncle

Gabriel Aragón Los Payasos de la Tele ( en, The TV Clowns) is the name by which a trio of popular Spanish clowns are known, initially formed by Gaby (Gabriel Aragón), Fofó (Alfonso Aragón Bermúdez) and Miliki ( Emilio Aragón), and succeeded by Fofito (Alfons ...

(''Gaby''), and his cousin Alfonso Aragón (''Fofito'') who were better known as Los Payasos de la Tele. He also went in to get his undergraduate degree in History from

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, Ma.

Filmography

* ''

A Night in Old Mexico ''A Night in Old Mexico'' is a 2013 Spanish-American Western film directed by Emilio Aragón about a man (Robert Duvall) and his grandson (Jeremy Irvine). Plot Forced to give up his land and home, cantankerous Texas rancher Red Bovie (Robert Duva ...

'' (director, music composer and producer) (2013) * '' Pájaros de papel'' (director, writer, music composer and producer) (2010) * '' Carlitos y el Campo de los Sueños'' (music composer and producer) (2008)

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