Amador Bendayán [ben-dah-IAN] (November 11, 1920 â€" August 8, 1989)
was a Venezuelan actor and entertainer.The son of Moroccan Jewish
immigrants, Bendayán was born in Villa de Cura, Aragua, and was
raised and educated in Caracas. He started his career in radio in 1937
as an announcer and comedian.Bendayán gained a huge popularity for
his comedies El Bachiller y Bartolo (1949â€"59) and La Bodega de la
Esquina (1950â€"1960), and when it went from radio to television, his
popularity â€"and his audienceâ€" continued to grow. He also appeared
in several movies in Mexico and Venezuela from 1947 through 1971 and
worked in The Amador News, a satirical TV-news parody, in the
mid-1960s.In 1968, Bendayán was hired by Radio Caracas Televisión to
host Sábado Espectacular, a five-hour marathon variety show which
lasted through 1971. A year later he moved to Venevisión, as the show
was renamed Sábado Sensacional.
was a Venezuelan actor and entertainer.The son of Moroccan Jewish
immigrants, Bendayán was born in Villa de Cura, Aragua, and was
raised and educated in Caracas. He started his career in radio in 1937
as an announcer and comedian.Bendayán gained a huge popularity for
his comedies El Bachiller y Bartolo (1949â€"59) and La Bodega de la
Esquina (1950â€"1960), and when it went from radio to television, his
popularity â€"and his audienceâ€" continued to grow. He also appeared
in several movies in Mexico and Venezuela from 1947 through 1971 and
worked in The Amador News, a satirical TV-news parody, in the
mid-1960s.In 1968, Bendayán was hired by Radio Caracas Televisión to
host Sábado Espectacular, a five-hour marathon variety show which
lasted through 1971. A year later he moved to Venevisión, as the show
was renamed Sábado Sensacional.
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