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Cook (11 November 2000 – 19 May 2016) was a Jack Russell Terrier dog actor known for his role as Pancho in the advertisement of Lotería Primitiva of Spain, in which he earned 500 euros per day of shooting.


Biography

He was born in Casteldefels, Barcelona, and his owner was Antonio Valor, his trainer, and his wife Yolanda. At the age of four months, he was sold for 70,000 pesetas and they decided to change his name to Cook (his original name was Lucke and it sounds too musical). His partner was Turia and they had several puppies; one of them, Ramsés, worked hardly. He first worked when he was only six months. Due to Loterías y Apuestas del Estado being sold to
Goya Awards The Goya Awards () are Spain's main national annual film awards. They are presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain. The first ceremony was held in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Ar ...
, Cook attended the 24th Goya Awards. In 2003, he played Valentín in the TV series '' Aquí no hay quien viva'', which is the mate of Vicenta Benito ( Gemma Cuervo). In August 2014, Cook starred in his first film with the production company
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Cine, titled ''Pancho, el perro millonario'', in the role of Pancho. He died on 19 May 2016 of
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aged 15. His son Ramsés starred in 2018 the television series ''Sabuesos''.


Awards

The advertising campaign he worked on was awarded the Gran AMPE de Oro and the Premio a la Excelencia Publicitaria, given by
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See also

*
List of individual dogs The following is a list of individual dogs. Actors Advertising * Alex the dog, Banjo, portrayed Carlos, an Irish Setter-Golden Retriever mix and star of Stroh Brewery Company, Stroh's beer advertising in the 1980s. Also mentioned in the 1 ...


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* {{Animal actors 2000 animal births 2016 animal deaths Dog actors Individual animals in Spain