Amador Bendayán


Amador Jacobo Bendayán Bendayán was a Venezuelan actor and entertainer.

Biography

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 and La Bodega de la Esquina, and when it went from radio to television, his popularity – and his audience – 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.
Bendayán hosted his show until 1988, a few months before his death in Caracas, aged 68. Gilberto Correa succeeded him as host of the show.
Amador Bendayán was the founder and first president of Casa del Artista, a cultural center which is located in a boulevard named after him, in an area next to the Santa Rosa church, a synagogue, and a mosque.

Selected filmography

  • Misión atómica
  • Yo quiero [una mujer así]
  • Seis meses de vida
  • Yo y las mujeres
  • Si yo fuera millonario
  • El idolo
  • Napoleoncito
  • Escuela para solteras
  • El Pícaro
  • El Reportero
  • Departamento de soltero
  • ''O.K. Cleopatra''