Julio Villarreal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julio Villarreal

Mexican actor

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1885

Place of Birth: Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1958

Profession: film director, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Spain, Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Julio Villarreal (December 7, 1885 – August 4, 1958) was a Spanish actor who later settled and worked in Mexico.
He also directed two films in the early 1930s.Born as Julio Crochet i Martínez Villarreal in Madrid to a family of theater actors, he moved to Argentina and Perú in 1900, then returned to Spain in 1921.
After the Spanish Civil War, Julio moved to the United States and in 1932 he finally settled in Mexico City. He acted in many Mexican movies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema along with many stars such as Maria Félix, Cantinflas, Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete who became his son in law by gettin married to Elisa Christy (Elisa Crochet Asperó), daughter of Julio Villarreal.