Evaristo Márquez
Evaristo Márquez (August 23, 1939 – June 15, 2013), was an Afro-Colombian actor best known for his role as José Dolores in the film Burn!(1969), with Marlon Brando and directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.Before his involvement with Pontecorvo he was a herdsman and illiterate. Márquez appeared in three more movies during the 1970s. With the decline of his film career, Márquez returned to work as a herdsmanOf his experience with Brando, Márquez said "he never made me feel inferior to him, he regarded me as a brother", and "indeed, there was no one like Brando; that way of changing the expression of his face, of his eyes; even more, he was a brave man."In 2008 Márquez appeared in Chimbumbe, short film shown at the Cartagena Film Festival.In August 2010 Márquez appeared in El Tambor Magico, a short film made by San Basilio de Palenque children.He lived in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia. Marquez died at a hospital in Cartagena, Colombia on June 15, 2013. He was 73.
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Alias (AKA) | Márquez Evaristo (full name) |
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Birth date | August 23, 1939 |
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Date of death | June 15, 2013 |
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- http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:i5y8gTnlZvsJ:www.leeds.ac.uk/italian/staff/staffpubl/06-cinema_of_pontecorvo-o'leary-srivastava.pdf+gillo+pontecorvo+burn!&hl=iw&gl=il&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgF_ZO5J2gHcT3t48Ts6A7ZVCH3i34Abi2uW2EmUJFeMWzBz0e5CpP4N_nQxbRp_P2l5WNXWHt6fKRx5hHxILC0qdxmM50s9RaFfUH8X4bTG5OBogldQDd97AUjXyXBGdtn0sfC&sig=AHIEtbSSnBr2I75uPa9iafGi_8pNcugp4w
- http://www.filmforum.org/films/burn.html
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0617304
- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/evaristo-marquez