Biography

Manuel Pachón (1936 - February 20, 2021) was a Colombian film, theater, television and radio actor. Pachón began his acting career as a child, playing the role of Alberto Limonta in the radio soap opera El derecho de nacer. He continued to be linked to this medium for some years and starred in Kadir, a very popular radio soap opera in Colombia. In the 1960s and 1970s he made the leap to television and film, appearing in productions such as La abuela, El cazador nocturno and El Virrey Solís. In the 1980s he played his most recognized roles in the films Cóndores no entierran todos los días, El embajador de la India and Técnicas de duelo, and in the television series Dejémonos de vainas and Los dueños del poder. After acting in productions by filmmaker Sergio Cabrera in the 1990s, such as Águilas no cazan moscas, Ilona llega con la lluvia and Golpe de estadio, he made sporadic appearances on Colombian television in the series Sin senos no hay paraíso, Verano en Venecia, Victorinos and La ley del corazón. Afflicted with heart problems and kidney failure, Pachón died of heart complications on February 21, 2021 at the age of 84.