Marco Antonio Campos

Marco Antonio Campos (9 September 1919 – 19 February 1996) was a Mexican comedian, actor, and singer best known as Viruta in the double act Viruta y Capulina with Gaspar Henaine. His best known role is as the straight man in the comic duo Viruta y Capulina along with Gaspar Henaine. Campos and Henaine worked together in 95 comedy films and one television series until they separated over work issues in 1969. He died in 1996 from an aortic aneurysm.

Selected filmography

Comedians and Songs (1960)

Awards

2005, Premio Casa de América de Poesía Americana

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Comedians from Mexico City

Male actors from Mexico City

Mexican male comedians

Mexican male film actors

Mexican male television actors

Golden Age of Mexican cinema

1919 births

1996 deaths

20th-century Mexican male actors

Deaths from aortic aneurysm

20th-century comedians