Frank González, Cuban actor in radio, film and television which was done well known for giving voice to the cartoon character of Elpidio Valdés, Died at the age of 75 in Havana this Friday morning.
from the #Uneac we mourn the death of renowned Cuban actor Frank González. Its versatility will always be remembered in the multiple personages who interpreted, mainly in Elpidio Buckets. Our condolences to family and friends.
“Goodbye, mate!” pic.twitter.com/bWOdLGb7Va– UNEAC (@UNEAC_online) April 9, 2021
UNEAC announced the death in a comment on its Twitter profile. The pro-government institution did not report the cause of death, although for years the actor had shown significant physical impairment that kept him away from the stage.
González began as a performer for amateur theater groups and musical ensembles, until in the late 1960s he began working at the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT) as a costume designer and decorator.
His success came as a dubbing artist in several productions of the Cuban Institute of Film Art and Industry (ICAIC), And close collaborator of the director Juan Padró. Among his interpretations was the characterization of the character of the mambí Elpidio Valdés, as well as in the feature films Vampires in Havana, Mafalda and also in humorous shorts Minutes.
With the ensemble Teatre Estudi participate in works such as Ten days that shook the world, The squaring of the circle i Romance to Federico. He also participated in several dramatized spaces of Cuban Television.
He also played characters such as in Cuban cinema, in feature films such as The other Francisco (Sergio Giral, 1974), In three and two (Rolando Díaz, 1985) i Plaff or Too afraid of life (Juan Carlos Tabío, 1988).
He also received the 2019 National Television Award and the Actuar Award for the work of a lifetime in 2016, among others.
Actor Erdwin Fernandez Collado lamented the death on his Facebook wall: “A star without the recognition he deserved, an ACTOR practically in the oblivion of those who don’t believe and like to forget. From us, I repeat, our RESPECT and ADMIRATION “.
“Very sad. He left a great and total actor. Guilty of many of my enthusiasms watching TV, of many laughs and surprises,” wrote for his part the comedian Ulysses Toirac.
His body will be cremated at the request of his relatives, UNEAC has reported.