2023-09-18 03:27:00
Written in CURIOSITIES on 9/17/2023 · 9:27 p.m.
Today we will talk to you regarding Golden Cinema actor who had it all, but ended up begging in the Historic Center and selling shoes to survive following the death of his love.
This is another of those sad stories from the golden age of national cinematography, just like the one we told you regarding the actor who died in agony following a strong crash.
The person referred to in this text was not the protagonist of films; In reality, his role was more regarding playing secondary roles in comedies or comic projects.
We refer to Manuel Vergara, who worked alongside figures such as Pepito Romay, Julio Alemán, Viruta y Capulina, Lilia Prado, Germán Valdés ‘Tin Tan’, Fernando Soto ‘Mantequilla’ and more.
Among the films where he can be seen are ‘Nostradamus’, ‘Illusion travels by tram’, ‘La cucaracha’, ‘El latigo negro’, ‘Pancho Villa’, ‘El Tragabalas’, ‘What has that woman given you’ and more.
It is Golden Cinema actor He was also known as ‘Manver’ and was born on June 17, 1912. As he suffered from financial difficulties during his childhood, he had to work as a bolero player and a shoemaker’s assistant.
Later he migrated to Mexico City and that was where his life changed radically, as he managed to venture into the seventh art almost by chance:
“While being a spectator at the filming of a short film, he caught the attention of the production staff. Shortly following, he was hired as an extra,” it was explained on the El Dorado Investigador YouTube channel.
What happened to Manuel Vergara?
The actor was addicted to alcohol from a very young age, but he put that vice aside when he was part of the regular cast of films from the era of the Golden Cinema Mexican.
That job helped him a lot not only to amass a fortune and acquire fame, but also because it allowed him to stay away from narcotic drinks.
Years later he fell in love with a dancer and began a life with her. They both loved each other deeply, but the girl had a problem with illicit substances and intoxicating liquids.
Manuel Vergara He let himself be carried away little by little and in the same way his fortune ran out, because he was only interested in living to buy and consume substances.
“By 1968 the actor declared bankruptcy, since he had spent all the money. In addition to this, her partner was found dead in one of the streets surrounding her home. It is known that the cause of death of the young woman was cardiac arrest resulting from a narcotic overdose,” he expressed on the YouTube channel El Dorado Investigador.
That was a hard blow for him. Golden Cinema actorso he fell into depression and only dedicated himself to minor jobs to survive.
“It is said that they saw him on the streets of the Historic Center bowling shoes and, at some point, begging for alms because he had the disease of alcoholism very marked.”
Manuel Vergara He died on January 6, 1970 due to liver problems because, although the members of La Casa del Actor wanted to help him, the histrion of the Golden Cinema it was not left.
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