Andrés Rillón


Andrés Eugenio Rillón Romani was a Chilean lawyer, actor, film director, and comedian.

Lawyer and director of the Electoral Registry

Andrés Rillón studied law at several universities, graduating from the University of Chile. In 1963, age 33, he obtained a law degree.
He was director of his country's Electoral Registry from 1965 to 1977, acting in an interim capacity from 1965 to 1968. During his term of office, a constitutional reform was implemented granting suffrage to men and women over 18 years old, regardless of literacy, and modernizing the service through the implementation of computer technologies of the time. He was asked to resign in 1977, during the military regime, after having refused to be director of a government publication.

Artistic career

Rillón studied film at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He served as an actor, film producer and theater director. He was an assistant director at.
On television, he joined the cast of the comedy programs ', ' – where he gained notoriety for his character "Don Pío", in the sketch "La Oficina" – and ', where he formed a duo with Julio Jung. He also starred in a series of commercials for Cecinas Winter from 1987 to 1997. In cinema, he starred in the films ' and Héroes: el asilo contra la opresión.
He was also a television critic for ten years for El Mercurio, and a comedic columnist in the magazine Qué Pasa and the evening newspaper La Segunda. He wrote under the pseudonyms "Argos", "Artos", and "Aramis".

Personal life and health

On 8 December 1957, he married María Elvira Reyes, with whom he had six children.
During his final years, he suffered heart problems. In December 2016, he was admitted to the hospital for a week, and the need for a surgical intervention was evaluated. In an interview with Las Últimas Noticias, Rillón affirmed with his peculiar sense of humor that, "they have to operate on me if funerary festivities do not go ahead." On 5 January 2017, Rillón died at age 87. He was buried in Santiago's Parque del Recuerdo.

Filmography

Film

TV series

Publications