SnchezPolack Luis

Spanish humorist and actor, popularly known as Tip. In 1945 he entered Radio Madrid, where he made his radio debut in a childrens program playing a character named Don Poeto Primavero de Quintillas. He stayed in that radio station for 14 consecutive years, during which he formed with Joaquín Portillo Flores (Joaquín Portillo Top) the comic duo Tip y Top, which became very popular in Spain. They both together, apart from their radio appearances, worked in theatre and night clubs, wrote a book and made three films: Tres eran tres (1954), _Fierecilla domada, La (1955)_ and Afternoon of the Bulls (1956). In 1961 the couple broke off. Tip went on alone and started to work on TV with the program Las Zapatiestas. In the early 60s, he started to work sporadically together with José Luis Coll, and finally they formed the comic duo Tip y Coll. Since 1967 they worked together in many shows. At that time they made a film, La garbanza negra, que en paz descanse... (1972), where the clothing they used (formal, a top hat for Tip and a bowler hat for Coll) became their trademark since that moment on. They worked in night clubs, theatres and radio. In the beginning of 1969 they presented the TV program Galas del sábado. Yet in the early 70s they had more than 15 films made, and presented their daily show at the Top-Less night club during at least 8 years. They also worked in the TV program 625 líneas, directed by José Antonio Plaza, where their sketches were frequently censored. After a poll made in 1979 by the Blanco y Negro magazine, they appeared at the first place in the Top humorists of the year list, followed by Antonio Mingote and Antonio Fraguas Forges. Later, they continued their shows in nightclubs all over Madrid and Barcelona. In the 80s, Tip entered the radio program Protagonistas (directed by Luis del Olmo) on the COPE station, and later the program Debate sobre el estado de la nación on Onda Cero. Together with other participants from this latter program and simultaneously, he started his participation on 3 November 1993 in the weekly TV program Este país necesita un repaso (directed by José Luis Coll) on the Tele 5 channel. In September 1997 he was hired by Onda Cero as a collaborator in the program La brújula, directed and presented by Concha García Campoy, where he had a section called Cuentos infantiles para personas de cierta edad. After 15 years staying on the air with the program Debate sobre el estado de la nación, in September 1998 Luis del Olmo announced that the program would finish due to a disease suffered by Tip: a throat tumor. Among others, Luis Sánchez Polack has got the Pueblo journals popularity award, the Ondas award and one of the Years Protagonists Awards given by the Onda Rambla de Barcelona station. Hes been nominated a Honorary Member in many associations and circles. At the cabinet on 13 May 1994 he was given the Gold Medal for the Merit at Work. He also wrote several books. He died 8 February 1999 in Madrid. Link to Wikipedia biography (Spanish) Read less