My 88 yr old mother went to fox tech high school with him in san antonio she said he was always a crack up and always acting in every school play and would go to every movie he could and dream of being a star i think his dream came true
Watched his work in so many films. His subtle immersion into the character. and sooo intellectual. To put together the presence to play a stereotype that broke the stereo type. I love him. imagine films without his subtle injections of reality. Talented and clever. One of the most under recognized and appreciated Acting Geniuses of my lifetime.
I remember as a kid watching Pedro on Groucho Max's show. He had a fresh clean talent with timing and creativeness to match. What a great natural actor!
Gonzalez Gonzalez had a restaurant in Venice California. my dad used to bring us hamburgers from there really late at night or very early in the morning. that was back in the 60s
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, sure brings back old memories from the 60's, he was such a straight comedian that made you think this guy is just to silly to be funny, yet he was funny.
Pedro appearred with Rex Allen Jr at a Lone Pine Film festival a while back. When my family would ride the Mexico boat ride at Epcot and Pedro showed up in the market scene, I'd tell my kids I met him at Lone Pine.
I was thinking I would love to have heard John Wayne's tribute to him. He truly was a natural comedian. Timing, delivery, inflections - perfection every time.
He was my neighbor when I lived across the street from him on Aletta Ave in Culver City, CA. HE WAS SUCH A GREAT GUY. I actually have gardening tools from him and I was able to give him Warner Bros, cartoons that I had on video tape.
Same here. In the mid sixties when I was in High School we lived on the dead end part of Charles Ave. I knew he lived there on Aletta but I never met him.
He was great in Rio Bravo. He had a small part, but he stood out big time in the movie. He's one of the first people I think of when I think of that movie.
Every time I am feeling low I watch PGG on Groucho !!🤣😄🤗😂😀👍🙌 We are going to call our act " GONZALEZ GONZALEZ AND MARX !!"ALL SAID WITH A STRAIGHT FACE BY PEDRO 🙃😳
I remember seeing this in my mothers living room. I can't provide a date, but my entire family were in delightful hysterics. So wonderful a few brief moments on TV - He was great then and through the years he continued to entertain.
I can,t believe I just watched,and almost busted a gut laughing from his role on the " you bet your life" with Groucho,but of course I remember his many roles in the classic westerns.after seeing this.Thanks for sharing it.
Pedro has made me even prouder to be Tex Mex. It doesn't matter if there were barriers , obstacles. Pedro succeeded because he knew his self worth. RIP. Your memory lives on.!
The family was funny and entertaining. One of his brothers was my godfather and he and his sister used to play guitar and sing at Disneyland. When they'd come to my family's get togethers they would do their Disneyland act. They had very bright personalities. The Gonzalez-Gonzalez family and mine were very close, but somewhere around my teen years they just disappeared, I believed they had moved out of state. Tried my best to reconnect with them but failed. By now they have probably passed on or are very aged with infirmities. They hold a lot of bright special memories. Pedro I didn't know that well. I might have met him as a child.
I recently discovered his appearance on Groucho's show, and I thought Pedro looked familiar. Then I found this video - now I realize that I've seen him many times before.
So talented! So glad I found this video after hearing about it for years. Good thing Wayne was watching. As for stereotyping, well, that was inevitable, just as it was for great Afro-American actors like Tim Moore and Spencer Williams who played Kingfish and Andy, respectively, on the old Amos 'n' Andy TV show. But they made money. Pedro was the Mexican-American Cantinflas, and I'm sure that Cantinflas would agree. Gracias, Pedro, vivirás siempre en la memoria.
Me too and it was great. I laughed a good hearty laugh ! He was like a professional actor already. No wonder John Wayne spotted talent. In actuality Mr. Gonzalez worked Vaudeville as I understand it in Texas previous to this show.
For sure. He was additional voice talent for the Warner Bros' -released "Speedy Gonzalez" cartoons outsourced to DePatie-Freleng in the mid-60's - and was strangely billed as simply "Gonzalez Gonzalez". You know, the ones with the cheap, often-repeated Bill Lava scores.
What a nice tribute to an amazing man & actor/performer! When I received the link to the Marx show where he was discovered, I was put off by how Mr. Marx poked fun at Pedro, but maybe Pedro knew that would happen & was great with it...it sure got him started on the star track!! And his bio on IMDB says he had a keen comedic sense, & stole the show from his family, who had a traveling show when Pedro was young. I can almost remember him from the westerns that I used to watch as a kid, in the 60s -- I really think I remember some of his characters!! He was clearly a VERY good man, as well as a great actor/performer!
bburnsga All those interactions were planned in advance. That's well known. What I remember about Gonzales-Gonzales is that he is actually the only actor in the long history of Warner Brothers cartoons ever to voice a Mexican character who was not only not a stereotype, but a professional man... a Psychiatrist! Check out the short "A Taste Of Catnip," released some time after 1963. Unfortunately, like all of the other Daffy/Speedy cartoons, it's cringingly unfunny.
I had no idea that he had a career. I remember seeing his clip with Groucho many years ago, and knew it was probably the most famous clip from a very famous show. I thought that after that appearance, he went back home and that was it. No idea he became an actor. Good for him. Sounds like he was an entertainer before he was on Groucho's show, however. Even if it was a bit of a set up, he pulled it off spectacularly.
That clip of him at the end with the cigar and gun is from I dream of Jeannie. That's what I just watched and that's why I looked him up just now. He was very talented and in many tv shows and movies.
I’d seen that clip with Groucho but I never knew that’s how he got his start, frankly I thought that was planted by the studios. Great character actor, he was playing clownish but was not a clown. Just like Groucho said the Mexican Jerry Lewis.
I tried my hardest to find out the name of the song since it’s quite catchy, the best I could do is listen to it over and over and I got “la vanito chino chino” but I can’t find any song even close to the one he’s singing. Maybe it was a made up song so he could do the act with the pants, they did that a lot in the 50’s 60’s.
I guess it's to much to asked Chinese Communist Hollywood to play from clips where he co-stared with the first Man to call him after the Grocho Show & put him in a movie John Wayne & with his co-stars Dean Martin, Walter Brennen & Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo huh?
Pedro understood entertainment and he DELIVERED.
My 88 yr old mother went to fox tech high school with him in san antonio she said he was always a crack up and always acting in every school play and would go to every movie he could and dream of being a star i think his dream came true
Thought he left school at age 7 and was functionally illiterate.
Saw the full Groucho flick a few days ago and was glad to see this. Pedro certainly deserved his successes. Ole!
Great tribute to a great actor/comedian.
Watched his work in so many films. His subtle immersion into the character. and sooo intellectual. To put together the presence to play a stereotype that broke the stereo type. I love him. imagine films without his subtle injections of reality. Talented and clever. One of the most under recognized and appreciated Acting Geniuses of my lifetime.
There's something - an energy he had, that was overwhelmingly powerful with goodness and one would be bitten with an "endearing like for him" ❤💜❤
He was a natural born comedian. I am happy he made it into big movies and dozens of TV shows. Pedro deserves his star?
I remember as a kid watching Pedro on Groucho Max's show. He had a fresh clean talent with timing and creativeness to match. What a great natural actor!
Gonzalez Gonzalez had a restaurant in Venice California. my dad used to bring us hamburgers from there really late at night or very early in the morning. that was back in the 60s
Remember seeing him in older movies, what a character, and it looks like he was a nice man as well. He was a born star.
One of a kind for sure .... I tip my hat to him ... man, he knew comedy ... what a bright light on the screen.
Streets, stadiums, schools, hospitals and avenues should bear his name. He was bigger than life itself a true hero for all Latinos to follow.
What a talented individual
What a great story. I saw Pedro when he was on Groucho and laughed like everyone else.
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, sure brings back old memories from the 60's, he was such a straight comedian that made you think this guy is just to silly to be funny, yet he was funny.
What a Great Natural Comedian Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez Was, and Probably Still Is! :-)
Brilliant Vaudvillian actor and comedian
Gonzales Gonzalez and Marx! I'd pay to see that!
Thank you for this walk down memory lane for me! Just A great talent!
They don't make them like that anymore. Gonzalez Gonzalez & Marx. Pure classic !
Man that brings back memories. A truly wonderful person
I worked with Pedro for years when I was Rex Allen Sr.s girl singer. he and my Dad Speedy Haworth were very close friends. I miss him
Pedro appearred with Rex Allen Jr at a Lone Pine Film festival a while back. When my family would ride the Mexico boat ride at Epcot and Pedro showed up in the market scene, I'd tell my kids I met him at Lone Pine.
Just wonderful talent.
I was thinking I would love to have heard John Wayne's tribute to him. He truly was a natural comedian. Timing, delivery, inflections - perfection every time.
John Wayne thought he was the funniest comedian since Charlie Chaplin.
Classic comedy.
He was an actor.....although his first break was You Bet Your Life. Born in 1925 and died in 2006. His real name was Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez.
I think he's real first name was Ramero, but everyone called him Pedro.
One of a kind
He sure seemed like a charming guy. RIP
He was my neighbor when I lived across the street from him on Aletta Ave in Culver City, CA. HE WAS SUCH A GREAT GUY. I actually have gardening tools from him and I was able to give him Warner Bros, cartoons that I had on video tape.
No chit
Same here. In the mid sixties when I was in High School we lived on the dead end part of Charles Ave. I knew he lived there on Aletta but I never met him.
He was great in Rio Bravo. He had a small part, but he stood out big time in the movie. He's one of the first people I think of when I think of that movie.
@Joe Cosenza A small part can be remembered longer than a larger scene! Character actors are more loved than lead stars, in a film, IMO!
John Wayne also saw that show with Groucho Marx and laughed so much that he got Pedro to be in many of his movies.
What happen to pedro gongalez gongalez
You know this how?
Every time I am feeling low I watch PGG on Groucho !!🤣😄🤗😂😀👍🙌 We are going to call our act " GONZALEZ GONZALEZ AND MARX !!"ALL SAID WITH A STRAIGHT FACE BY PEDRO 🙃😳
@@conniereyna4659 Passed age 81 in 2006
@@lesliesylvan Sad to know he died,but his presence will be with us through films and shows,RIP, Pedro!
I remember seeing this in my mothers living room. I can't provide a date, but my entire family were in delightful hysterics. So wonderful a few brief moments on TV - He was great then and through the years he continued to entertain.
My cousins & I were talking about him just the other day. He use to come visit my grandma when I was a kid. They were cousins! Good memories...
I can,t believe I just watched,and almost busted a gut laughing from his role on the " you bet your life" with Groucho,but of course I remember his many roles in the classic westerns.after seeing this.Thanks for sharing it.
me, toooooo
His name is Ramiro, his mother called him Pedro.
What a talented guy! And he and Clifton could be twins! So cool. Peace!
Pedro has made me even prouder to be Tex Mex. It doesn't matter if there were barriers , obstacles. Pedro succeeded because he knew his self worth. RIP.
Your memory lives on.!
Im happy to know this man existed. Ill try to.learn more about him
Talented
The family was funny and entertaining. One of his brothers was my godfather and he and his sister used to play guitar and sing at Disneyland. When they'd come to my family's get togethers they would do their Disneyland act. They had very bright personalities. The Gonzalez-Gonzalez family and mine were very close, but somewhere around my teen years they just disappeared, I believed they had moved out of state. Tried my best to reconnect with them but failed. By now they have probably passed on or are very aged with infirmities. They hold a lot of bright special memories. Pedro I didn't know that well. I might have met him as a child.
Talent at it's Best, Que viva la Raza ")
I recently discovered his appearance on Groucho's show, and I thought Pedro looked familiar. Then I found this video - now I realize that I've seen him many times before.
So talented! So glad I found this video after hearing about it for years. Good thing Wayne was watching. As for stereotyping, well, that was inevitable, just as it was for great Afro-American actors like Tim Moore and Spencer Williams who played Kingfish and Andy, respectively, on the old Amos 'n' Andy TV show. But they made money. Pedro was the Mexican-American Cantinflas, and I'm sure that Cantinflas would agree.
Gracias, Pedro, vivirás siempre en la memoria.
I'm sure he would.
That is Clifton Collins jr.'s grandfather from Capote and west world
What a hero!! :)
Every 90s hip-hop star and boy band pulled from this man's dance routine.
WHAT a coincidence!!!! I just discovered the ENTIRE episode with Groucho and PEDRO last night!
So did i.
And I .
Me too and it was great. I laughed a good hearty laugh ! He was like a professional actor already. No wonder John Wayne spotted talent. In actuality Mr. Gonzalez worked Vaudeville as I understand it in Texas previous to this show.
@@bernieweber4663 Ah very interesting. Thanks for that tidbit!
I thought when he said he was going to play music inside his pants that he was going to whip out his instrument! LOL
Gracias!
Me encanta los actores quien pueden canfinflar como es!
Que bien que halla sobresalido en esos tiempos tan duros.
I love ❤ this man he was so funny!😂
I knew of him from the John Wayne movies. What a great guy.
He was also in some Speedy Gonzales cartoons. Chili Corn Corny is one I know of.
For sure. He was additional voice talent for the Warner Bros' -released "Speedy Gonzalez" cartoons outsourced to DePatie-Freleng in the mid-60's - and was strangely billed as simply "Gonzalez Gonzalez". You know, the ones with the cheap, often-repeated Bill Lava scores.
What wonderful poasting for this fine actor and man!!!!
He was a great asset to usa and Mexico and I liked him from the first time I saw him
Gonzalez was actually from San Antonio Texas. not Mexico.
thanks...great man he was...
What a nice tribute to an amazing man & actor/performer! When I received the link to the Marx show where he was discovered, I was put off by how Mr. Marx poked fun at Pedro, but maybe Pedro knew that would happen & was great with it...it sure got him started on the star track!! And his bio on IMDB says he had a keen comedic sense, & stole the show from his family, who had a traveling show when Pedro was young. I can almost remember him from the westerns that I used to watch as a kid, in the 60s -- I really think I remember some of his characters!! He was clearly a VERY good man, as well as a great actor/performer!
are you kidding me? That was Groucho's thing! EVERYONE got mocked! And people were honoured to get mocked by him! I'd know I'd be.
bburnsga All those interactions were planned in advance. That's well known.
What I remember about Gonzales-Gonzales is that he is actually the only actor in the long history of Warner Brothers cartoons ever to voice a Mexican character who was not only not a stereotype, but a professional man... a Psychiatrist!
Check out the short "A Taste Of Catnip," released some time after 1963. Unfortunately, like all of the other Daffy/Speedy cartoons, it's cringingly unfunny.
Carl Howard Thanks for the info, that's great to know! :)
You could tell that Groucho loved having him on. Look at how big his smile was whenever Pedro would come up with a great line!
Yeah, those interactions were allll planned.
Love this guy.
Con mucho gusto
I had no idea that he had a career. I remember seeing his clip with Groucho many years ago, and knew it was probably the most famous clip from a very famous show. I thought that after that appearance, he went back home and that was it. No idea he became an actor. Good for him. Sounds like he was an entertainer before he was on Groucho's show, however. Even if it was a bit of a set up, he pulled it off spectacularly.
That clip of him at the end with the cigar and gun is from I dream of Jeannie. That's what I just watched and that's why I looked him up just now. He was very talented and in many tv shows and movies.
Pedro's grandson, Clifton Collins Jr., was nominated for an Academy Award for his outstanding role as Perry in the film 'Capote'.
Pedro is great.
You Bet Your Life (TV Series)
Contestant
- Episode #3.22 (1953)
Question lindo!
Born Talent
Rio Bravo! "My hands is full of the lady!"
Such a superbly funny man
Damn, Im old, I was a kid but we never saw Latinos on TV back in the day.
Sorry should say star!!!
He was quite a performer. No wonder he was offered movie roles.
I all ways wonder who the man was.
timing, it is all about the timing
What's the song in the beginning of this video?
San Antonio Texas product
Sweet.
Speedy Gonzalez
Gonzalez Gonzalez was actually from San Antonio Texas. Not Mexico.
I’d seen that clip with Groucho but I never knew that’s how he got his start, frankly I thought that was planted by the studios. Great character actor, he was playing clownish but was not a clown. Just like Groucho said the Mexican Jerry Lewis.
Thomas D It was, they imported him from Texas. He’d been doing comedy for years.
🙏🏾👑
The week following Pedro's appearance with Groucho, his sister appeared. If you can believe it, she was even funnier.
Does anyone Know the name of song where he plays marimbas in his pants and sings a ranchera...
I tried my hardest to find out the name of the song since it’s quite catchy, the best I could do is listen to it over and over and I got “la vanito chino chino” but I can’t find any song even close to the one he’s singing. Maybe it was a made up song so he could do the act with the pants, they did that a lot in the 50’s 60’s.
@@annodomini7887 the name of that song is, clavelito chino chino, you may found it in youtube, todo luck my friend, GOD BLESS YOU..
He bad super
What's with two of the same name?
the majority of Hispanics of the southwest at the time spoke in Spanish even if they were born and raised in The US.
I guess it's to much to asked Chinese Communist Hollywood to play from clips where he co-stared with the first Man to call him after the Grocho Show & put him in a movie John Wayne & with his co-stars Dean Martin, Walter Brennen & Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo huh?
I like Pedro as well but get over it. Humphrey Bogart he was not.
Your family must cringe when they see you coming to family reunions.
But who is? Another time another place and who knows, was he a success to himself, I'd wager yes.
There's something - an energy he had, that was overwhelmingly powerful with goodness and one would be bitten with an "endearing like for him"
❤💜❤