Rafael Padilla
Acting
1865-01-01
Chocolat was the stage name of Rafael Padilla (ca. 1865/68 – 4 November 1917), a clown who performed in a Paris circus around the turn of the 20th century. Rafael was of Afro-Cuban descent and was one of the earliest successful black entertainers in modern France. He was the first black clown to play a lead role in a circus pantomime act, and with his longtime partner George Foottit they revolutionized the art of clowning by pairing the sophisticated white clown with the foolish auguste clown.
Filmography(8)
movieLe policeman
as · 1900 · 4.0
movieLa mort de Chocolat
as · 1900 · 4.0
moviePhono-Cinéma-Théâtre
as · 1900 · 1.0
movieFoottit et Chocolat, II. Acrobates sur la chaise
as · 1900 · 5.0
movieFoottit et Chocolat, I. Boxeurs
as · 1900 · 5.0
movieChaise en bascule
as · 1900 · 4.7
movieFoottit et Chocolat, IV. Guillaume Tell
as Chocolat · 1900 · 4.2
movieGuillaume Tell
as Self · 1896 · 5.0