José Ángel Espinoza

José Ángel Espinoza Aragón (2 October 1919 – 6 November 2015), also known as Ferrusquilla, was a Mexican singer-songwriter and film actor. He was the father of actress Angélica Aragón. There is a statue of him along Olas Altas Promenade in Mazatlán, Mexico. He also was a composer affiliated to the SACM (Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico).

Espinoza was born in Choix, Sinaloa on 2 October 1919, though the family moved to after the death of his mother. The family moved once again to Los Mochis, where Espizona attended secondary school. He went to Mazatlán in 1935 to continue his studies before going to Mexico City two years later to pursue a medical degree. However, Espinoza became enamored by the radio industry and began working at XEQ-AM in 1938.

Selected filmography

¡Ya tengo a mi hijo! (1946) – Gitano (uncredited) A media luz (1947) The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) – Vendedor de paraguas (uncredited) The Newlywed Wants a House (1948) – José Conejo Hijos de la mala vida (1949) Midnight (1949) – Profesor Florentino Mendizábal The Perez Family (1949) – Narrator Carta Brava (1949) – Gilberto Las puertas del presidio (1949) – Zeferino Martínez 'El Ciengramos' La liga de las muchachas (1950) – Mario Mariachis (1950) Quinto patio (1950) – Javier Pata de palo (1950) – Ferruco La tienda de la esquina (1951) – Cristóbal La hija de la otra (1951) – Picot Retorno al quinto patio (1951) – Javier Mátenme porque me muero (1951) – Narrator Por el mismo camino (1953) – Fritas The Strange Passenger (1953) – Lucas Soriano Reportaje (1953) – Young doctor from Yucatán The Rapture (1954) – Don Cándido Madame X (1955) – Ruperto Sánchez (Sanchitos) Amor de lejos (1955) – El enchufe Fury in Paradise (1955) The Littlest Outlaw (1955) – Señor Garcia Massacre (1956) – Vincent Comanche (1956) – Scalphunter (uncredited) Bandido (1956) – Driver Mi influyente mujer (1957) Tres desgraciados con suerte (1958) Aquí está Heraclio Bernal (1958) – Vicente Bernal El rayo de Sinaloa (La venganza de Heraclio Bernal) (1958) – Vicente Bernal Sierra Baron (1958) – Felipe La rebelión de la sierra (1958) – Vicente Bernal Qué noche aquella (1959) Pa' qué me sirve la vida (1961) Dos Alegres Gavilanes (1963) – Tito Qué bonito es querer (1963) El hombre de papel (1963) – Torcuato El amor llegó a Jalisco (1963) El norteño (1963) Dos alegres gavilanes (1963) – Titote Vuelve el Norteño (1964) – Chimino Dos inocentes mujeriegos (1964) Los hermanos Barragán (1964) – Figaro Cuatro balazos (1964) – Borracho La sombra del mano negra (1964) La nueva Cenicienta (1964) El niño y el muro (1965) – Hombre que escapa del muro Las tapatías nunca pierden (1965) – Casio El dengue del amor (1965) Viva Maria! (1965) – The Dictator of San Miguel El tragabalas (1966) – Viejo preso Gigantes planetarios (1966) – Rey Taquito El planeta de las mujeres invasoras (1966) – Taquito Los jinetes de la bruja (En el viejo Guanajuato) (1966) – Don Manuelito Rage (1966) La guerrillera de Villa (1967) The Bandits (1967) El centauro Pancho Villa (1967) – Miguelito Guns for San Sebastian (1968) – Luis House of Evil (1968) – Dr. Emery Horvath The Candy Man (1969) – The Vagabond Faltas a la moral (1970) – Filarmonico Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) – French Officer Chisum (1970) – Governor's Aide (uncredited) El hermano Capulina (1970) – Carlos Gutiérrez The Bridge in the Jungle (1970) – Garcia El tunco Maclovio (1970) – The Gunfighter Rio Lobo (1970) – (uncredited) Big Jake (1971) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited) Chico Ramos (1971) Something Big (1971) – Emilio Estevez Los Beverly de Peralvillo (1971) – El Padrino, abogado The Doubt (1972) – Don Pío Pobre, pero honrada (1973) – Chimino El extraño caso de Rachel K (1973) En busca de un muro (1974) – Dr. Atl El desconocido (1974) – Sanchito Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975) El padrino... es mi compadre (1975) El alegre divorciado (1976) – Gonzalitos Cuartelazo (1977) – Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora Mariachi – Fiesta de sangre (1977) – Don Nico Ratero (1979) – Profe El Bronco (1982) – Manager To Kill a Stranger (1984) – Gas attendant Guantanamera (1995) – Justo Sabor latino (1996) – Comisario René Mambí (1998) – Parroquiano (final film role)

Selected songs "Échame a mi la culpa" "La ley del monte" "El tiempo que te quede libre" "Cariño nuevo" "Silencio Corazón" "Sufriendo a solas"