Rafael Padilla

Explore Rafael Padilla's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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

• Le policeman (1900)
• La mort de Chocolat (1900)
• Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre (1900)
• Foottit et Chocolat, I. Boxeurs (1900)
• Foottit et Chocolat, II. Acrobates sur la chaise (1900)
• Chaise en bascule (1900)
• Foottit et Chocolat, IV. Guillaume Tell (1900)
• Guillaume Tell (1896)