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Tony Martínez (actor)
Tony Martínez (27 January 1920 - 16 September 2002) was an actor, singer, and bandleader originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, best remembered for having played the Mexican farmhand Pepino García in the ABC and CBS situation comedy ''The Real McCoys'' from 1957 to 1963. Along with Leo Carrillo and Desi Arnaz, Sr., Martinez was among the earliest Latinos featured in regular television roles during the early years of the medium.
==Early years==
Martínez came to New York City to study at the Juilliard School at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Martinez, 'Pepino' on 'Real McCoys', Dies at 82 )〕 He also studied acting and gained small parts in several films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1954, he made his first television appearance as himself on ''The Colgate Comedy Hour'', again as himself. He again appeared as himself with his band, Tony Martinez and His Mambo, in the 1956 musical picture ''Rock Around the Clock''.〔
For his role on ''The Real McCoys'', Martínez was discovered by the producer-writing team of the brothers Irving Pincus (1914–1984) and Norman Pincus (1906–1978), while Martínez was performing at a club in Hollywood, California. Martínez sang and played five instruments. Kathleen Nolan, as Kate McCoy, one of the last two surviving members of ''The Real McCoys'' cast, recalls that Martínez failed to contact the Pincus brothers because he thought that their interest in his talent was merely a joke, but the producers pursued Martinez and signed him to the cast. Nolan, president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1975–1980, called Martínez's selection "a major breakthrough in terms of minority representation on television. It may not have been the representation that we are seeking now, but it certainly was a breakthrough to have a major character on television that was not white... He was just a natural, and he had this enormous sense of comedy timing."〔 Nolan noted too that the Pepino character despite the stereotype was "wise" and often used common sense to help the McCoys resolve their family squabbles.〔
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