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Herbert King

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Herbert King
King in 2017
Born(1963-12-16)16 December 1963
Santa Marta, Colombia
Died2 August 2018(2018-08-02) (aged 54)
Bogotá, Colombia
OccupationActor
RelativesRadamel García (brother)
Alex García King (brother)
Radamel Falcao (nephew)

Herbert García King (16 December 1963 – 2 August 2018), known artistically as Herbert King, was a Colombian actor.[1]

Biography

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King was born in the city of Santa Marta and in his youth moved to England, where he had his training in dramatic art.[2] Back in his native country he moved to the city of Bogotá where he began his career as an actor. After a minor appearance in the series The alternative of the scorpion, he joined the cast of Guajira, popular telenovela of 1996 by RCN Televisión. Two years later he played the role of Bernabé in the short film by Sergio Cabrera, Golpe de Estadio.[3] A year later he joined the cast of the series Francisco the mathematician in the role of Octavio Tobón.

He started the 2000s with a participation in the telenovela Alejo, the search for love, followed by appearances in soap operas Pedro el escamoso,[4] Pasión de Gavilanes, La saga, negocio de familia, La Tormenta, En los tacones de Eva, Nuevo rico, nuevo pobre. Also in the same decade he joined the cast of films like Perder es cuestión de método, Mi abuelo, mi padre y yo and La immoral ministra.

In the decade of 2010 its participation in the Colombian television continued being active, registering appearances in series and telenovelas like El capo, Sin tetas no hay paraíso, Bella calamidades, ¿Dónde carajos está Umaña?, Tres Caínes, and Diomedes, el cacique de la junta. In 2017 he acted in the Spanish film Loving Pablo, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa. He died on 2 August 2018, of a heart attack in the Clinic La Colina in Bogota.[5]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Falleció el actor Herbert King, tío de Radamel Falcao García" [Actor Herbert King, uncle of Radamel Falcao García, died]. El Universal (in Spanish). Cartagena, Colombia. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Herbert King, Actores" [Herbert King, Actors]. ColArte (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Falleció el actor samario Herbert King, tío de Falcao García" [The samaritan actor Herbert King, uncle of Falcao García, died]. El País (in Spanish). Cali. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Falleció el reconocido actor Herbert King, tío de Falcao" [The renowned actor Herbert King, uncle of Falcao, died]. Caracol Televisión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Falleció el actor Herbert King, tío de Falcao García" [Actor Herbert King, uncle of Falcao García, died]. Vanguardia.com (in Spanish). 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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